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Isabel Monte

@isabelmonte.bsky.social

Junior Professor at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab. EXC GreenRobust and TERRA. Interested in plant molecular evolution, RKs, EvoMPMI, Marchantia 💚 and Trichoderma 🍄‍🟫

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Andy Plackett@seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 2d ago

www.nature.com/articles/s41... It's been a long time coming, but delighted to say that the first major output from my Royal Society Fellowship is now published. 🙂 #PlantScience

The post-fertilization archegonium gene network of seedless plants contributed to the origin of seeds - Nature Communications

The authors identify conserved gene networks across fern and angiosperm reproductive development, including between the sporophyte ovule and the fern gametophyte egg-chamber. Repurposing of this netwo...

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós@arnausebe.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happy to share the final version of our study on the evolution of chromatin states across eukaryotes, out today in @natgenet.nature.com Led by @crisnava.bsky.social and @seanamontgomery.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... Some highlights below

Diversity and evolution of chromatin regulatory states across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics

This study introduces iChIP2, a low-input chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing method that profiles histone post-translational modifications (hPTMs) simultaneously across diverse eukar...

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Nadine Ziemert@nadineziemert.bsky.social · last wk.

Looking for BGCs in large metagenomic datasets? Our new biorxiv preprint introduces metaSMASH, a scalable fork of antiSMASH designed specifically for metagenome-scale BGC detection and analysis : www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... Thanks @canerbagci.bsky.social and @kblin.bsky.social ❤️

metaSMASH: Scalable Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Detection for Large Metagenomic Assemblies

antiSMASH is widely used for biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) detection and annotation, but its standard workflow is poorly suited to large metagenomic assemblies, where massive contig counts create severe runtime bottlenecks and complicate downstream result exploration. We present metaSMASH, a re-engineered fork of antiSMASH for metagenome-scale BGC analysis. metaSMASH preserves the original antiSMASH detection and annotation logic while introducing streaming, memory-bounded execution, record-level parallelisation, optional output filtering, and an interactive dashboard for large result sets. Across 25 benchmark metagenome datasets, metaSMASH reproduced identical BGC detection results while dramatically reducing computational cost. Relative to the default antiSMASH configuration, metaSMASH was a geometric-mean 38x faster. It also outperformed an ad hoc chunked antiSMASH workflow: in the default configuration it achieved a geometric-mean 2.9x speed-up and 1.7x lower peak memory, and with extended-analysis modules enabled it was 2.7x faster and used 3.1x less memory while completing all datasets, whereas the ad hoc workflow ran out of memory on the two largest assemblies. By substantially reducing the computational burden of large-scale metagenome analysis without sacrificing result equivalence, metaSMASH makes routine mining of assembled metagenomes more practical and provides a scalable foundation for natural product discovery from complex microbial communities. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. German Center for Infection Research, TTU Novel Antibiotics 09.716 Volkswagen Foundation, 0072511-00

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JCarlos Villarreal@jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social · last wk.

5 (+?) independent plant lineages evolved to text the same bacteria for nitrogen. we just need to learn the language they're using. www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Plant–cyanobacterial symbioses: mutualism with emerging translational possibilities

Engineering rhizobial–plant nitrogen fixation in crops is a major goal in plant synthetic biology. We propose expanding efforts to plant–cyanobacterial symbioses as an alternative path. Targeting the ...

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Paloma Durán@paduba.bsky.social · 2w ago

Together with Mathieu Hanemian, we're searching for an undergrand student (Master or Erasmus internship, final-year engineering student) to explore the effect of intercropping on the soil microbiota. If this sounds interesting to you, please reach our with your CV and a motivation letter!

Internship objectives The main objective of the internship will be to determine how intercropping modifies the composition and functions of the rhizosphere microbiome associated with each cultivated species, in comparison with sole crops. The intern will also seek to identify common microbial signatures across different intercropping systems in order to highlight potential general mechanisms associated with plant diversification. Particular attention will be paid to the functions potentially associated with the observed changes, based on the identification of microbial taxa and targeted qPCR analyses. The intern will participate in the entire analytical workflow, from molecular biology procedures (DNA extraction, PCR, preparation of sequencing libraries) to bioinformatic data processing, statistical analyses using R, and biological interpretation of the results. The results will contribute to identifying the microbial mechanisms that may explain the agronomic benefits of intercropping and may help guide the development of new agroecological practices.
Ákos T Kovács@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · last wk.

Trichoderma swollenin activates AtABCB5-dependent auxin efflux to promote plant development -in @cellcellpress.bsky.social by Jiaxin Lu et al at Nanjing Agricultural University (corr authors: Wei Xuan, Dongyang Liu, Qirong Shen) www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Trichoderma swollenin activates AtABCB5-dependent auxin efflux to promote plant development

The beneficial fungus Trichoderma acts through the secreted swollenin ThSWO, which crosses the plant cell wall and engages AtABCB5, an auxin efflux carrier, at the host cell surface. This effector-tra...

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Josep Mercadal@josepmercadal.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our work on pattern formation in fossil and extant liverworts is out! @dev-journal.bsky.social Check it out if you are interested in fossils, evo-devo, and how mathematical modeling can help us understand the evolution of developmental processes! 🌿🧪 Thread ⬇️

Lateral inhibition governs ancestral cellular patterning in fossil and extant liverworts

Highlighted Article: Comparative and mathematical analyses reveal that oil body cell patterning in fossil and extant liverworts is consistent with a local activation-lateral inhibition mechanism, poin...

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Ralph Hückelhoven@huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tomato MIK2A and Arabidopsis MIK2 appear to sense the same elicitor activity from Fusarium oxysporum. Both share some ectodomain surface amino acids for elicitor sensitivity. Tomato MIK2A, however, does not sense SCOOPs or SCOOP like peptides. Evolution of the MIK2 receptor clade is discussed.

New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 3w ago

A tomato MIK2-clade receptor is involved in the perception of a Fusarium-derived elicitor Maroschek et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Elicitor responsiveness and phylogeny of MALE DISCOVERER 1-INTERACTING RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 2-clade genes in plants of different orders.
Will Shaw@willshaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New preprint out 🌱 We present a new T-DNA vector system for Arabidopsis that supports clean, genomically mapped, single-copy T-DNA insertion with predictable cell-type/conditional gene expression. @mokhalil.bsky.social + Gehring labs biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵1/16

Rational design of T-DNA vectors enables predictable, single-copy integration in Arabidopsis thaliana

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the dominant method for plant transgenesis, yet it frequently produces multi-copy, structurally complex T-DNA insertions associated with transgene silencing, u...

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Isabel Monte@isabelmonte.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thanks to all the speakers and participants in the "Plant Robustness from molecules to ecosystems" session at the #SEB2026 conference! Exciting science and great discussions sponsored by @theplantjournal.bsky.social and our Excellence Cluster @greenrobust.de 🌱 with @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social

Kasper introducing our Excellence Cluster GreenRobust as sponsor of the SEB 2026 session on Plant Robustness from molecules to ecosystems in FlorenceFishbowl discussion on plant robustness including ECRs and invited speakers and moderated by Kasper in the P12 session on Plant Robustness from the SEB 2026 Annual Conference in Florence (Italy)
Kasper van Gelderen@kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 4w ago

Very happy with our @greenrobust.de @isabelmonte.bsky.social Plant Robustness session at the @sebiology.bsky.social conference. Excellent talks by @hildenelissen.bsky.social, Marcel Quint, @rsasidharan.bsky.social and Amy Austin. Great fishbowl discussion on plant robustness! Thanks PlantJ

Rashmi Sasidharan@rsasidharan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Had a lovely time participating in this @sebiology.bsky.social session on plant robustness excellently organized by @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social @isabelmonte.bsky.social Thanks for inviting me! @greenrobust.de @uuplants.bsky.social

Kasper van Gelderen@kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 4w ago

Very happy with our @greenrobust.de @isabelmonte.bsky.social Plant Robustness session at the @sebiology.bsky.social conference. Excellent talks by @hildenelissen.bsky.social, Marcel Quint, @rsasidharan.bsky.social and Amy Austin. Great fishbowl discussion on plant robustness! Thanks PlantJ

Pedro Beltrao@pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · last mo.

My department @eth-dbiol.bsky.social at ETH Zurich is hiring for a tenured professor in mol cell bio and biochemistry (associate/full). The position is within the Institute of Biochemistry (www.bc.biol.ethz.ch) and it is fairly open within their scope of research. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry - Zurich, Switzerland job with ETH Zurich | 12861386

The Department of Biology at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned tenured professorship at the Institute of Biochemistry

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