Malick Mbengue
@malick-mbengue.bsky.social
50% Plant Physiology Lecturer at University of Toulouse, France. 50% Researcher in Plant-Microbe interactions. 50% Parent.
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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We are hiring! Together with @bastien-boussau.bsky.social, we are looking for a motivated candidate in bioinformatic and deep-learning to develop an approach for non-coding regions prediction in eukaryotes. More information and application here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Doctorant / Doctorante en bioinformatique et deep-learning (H/F)
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Diversification of ligand preference in conserved Brassicaceae LORE immune receptors matches proteobacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acid profiles https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.15.725355v1
1/ Motivated by a sub-optimal aequorin analysis pipeline, I spent some free time building Plöttr (evompmi.github.io/plottr)
Plöttr — Toolbox
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Fancy a post-doc to study the variability of of mycorrhizal responses in wheat? jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-28865 Join the LIPMe !
Postdoctoral position on the mechanisms involved in the variability of mycorrhizal responses in wheat.
An 18-month postdoctoral position is available on a collaborative project between the research units "Laboratory of Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions (LIPME)" and "Genetics, Diversity, and Ecophysiology of Cereals (GDEC)". The objective is to study 1) the impact of wheat genetics and plant nutritional status on the tripartite interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), common wheat, and Zymoseptoria tritici, the pathogenic fungus responsible for septoria leaf blotch; 2) the potential trade-offs between resistance stimulation and growth stimulation by mycorrhiza; and 3) the underlying molecular mechanisms. Preliminary data showed that there is genetic variability in wheat for the stimulation by mycorrhiza of resistance to septoria leaf blotch and for mycorrhizal nutrition. The specificity of these responses will be tested using different strains of AMF and Z. tritici. The various factors (strains, plant genotype, and nutritional status) will be analysed under controlled conditions through a series of experiments, each combining some of these factors. The underlying molecular mechanisms will be studied using transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches on the most contrasting genotypes and conditions. You will be based at LIPME on the INRAE Toulouse campus in Auzeville-Tolosane. You will interact with the on-site genomics, metabolomics, and microscopy platforms. You will benefit from the expertise of the EFIS team (LIPME) on wheat mycorrhiza and you will be trained in phenotyping septoria leaf blotch under controlled conditions, by the IPM team (GDEC) at the INRAE Clermont-Ferrand campus.
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Voici l'annonce d'un congrès que nous organisons avec @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social les 24 et 25 Juin. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes sur le site indiqué!
PM Delaux@pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 5mo ago⚠️⚠️ @jacquet-chris.bsky.social and I are organizing the 2nd "non seed plant" French meeting. As for the one in 2025, the goal is to better structure our emerging community across French institutes. It will take place in Toulouse, June 24th-25th. Registration 🔽 nonseedplants26.sciencesconf.org
Join us in Toulouse !!
Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes, Microbes et Environnement@lipme-toulouse.bsky.social · 6mo ago[#Job]📢Post-doc position in protein interactomics of Sclerotinia effectors! ▶️We are seeking a motivated postdoc researcher to join the LoSica consortium, project aimed at improving disease resistance in Brassica crops through the identification of susceptibility factors 🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27655
The statue of Liberty has a big sister called Tragedy (1851). Same era, different vibe. Seems fitting these days...
Recruitment of SERK co-receptors determines signaling specificity within the systemin peptide family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705698v1
My lab at the JIC is recruiting 3 PDRA: 🔹 Bioinformatics / AI 🔹 Molecular Biology / Genetics 🔹 Proteomics Programme funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 📅 Closing date: 27 February Apply via JIC website: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/ Please share with outstanding candidates. 🙏
Postdoctoral Researcher (Charpentier Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Charpentier Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of plant calcium signalling.
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A novel pathosystem between Aeschynomene evenia and Aphanomyces euteiches reveals new immune components in quantitative legume root-rot resistance. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.11.698850v1
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants" doi.org/10.1101/2025... Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses! A thread ... #PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
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PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here: open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
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Want to see ferns under attack and how they respond to pathogens? Check out our latest paper! doi.org/10.1186/s129... Congrats on this huge team effort to @baptistebio.bsky.social @madeleinebaker.bsky.social @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
I wished I could have written something like this. Rude, fun and meaningful. static1.squarespace.com/static/686d9...
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So happy to see the latest preprint of the team out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common Symbiosis Pathway
The success of plants on land has been enabled by mutualistic intracellular associations with microbes for 450 million years ([Delaux and Schornack 2021][1]). Because of their intracellular nature, th...
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EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common SymbiosisPathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679610v1
The Common Signalling Pathway is on fire ! Kudos to our colleagues from Aarhus.
Nikolaj Abel@nikolajabel.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe’re thrilled to share our latest preprint! In this study we provide a mechanistic insight into how the protein EPP1 (first identified in Rose et al., 2012) functions in partnership with SYMRK. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
If you like RLKs stories, this one is a great read ! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Glycan recognition by a plant sentinel immune receptor
Pathogens target and degrade the extracellular matrix surrounding plant cells. A central question is how cell wall-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are recognized and integrated to...
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💡🔬 TECHNICAL INNOVATION 💡🔬 Neubauer et al. developed a Nostoc reporter strain enabling high-throughput quantitative monitoring of hormogonia differentiation in cyanobacteria as a response to biotic and abiotic factors. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @peterszovenyi.bsky.social
« prestige journals manufacture scarcity like luxury brands—limiting slots, not predicting impact. Science becomes a lottery where tenure is the prize, truth an afterthought » WSJ
Three #Master2 #internship topics are available in our team to study the #adaptations associated with #plant #terrestrialization 👇
Happy to share our newest paper fresh from the press. Have a look, how cells prepare to host symbiotic infections. We really appreciate the reviewers comments. Enjoy the microscopy and other experiments by the lead PostDoc Morgane Batzenschlager & collaborators. elifesciences.org/articles/88588
Competence for transcellular infection in the root cortex involves a post-replicative, cell-cycle exit decision in Medicago truncatula
Imaging deep root tissues with a combination of cell-cycle reporters reveals that a cortical cell file traversed by symbiotic bacteria exhibits reduced proliferative potential and enters a prolonged G...
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Broad application of the ALFA tagging technology for in planta nanobody-based imaging and biochemical characterization of plant proteins #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
As promised, @eveteyssier.bsky.social PhD defense starting now! If you want to learn about her work, just check her last post! Go go go Eve!
We have a new PhD in town. Congrat Dr. @eveteyssier.bsky.social. A great talk and a great discussion made a proud supervisor :) Good luck with your future projects!
The timing could not have been better. Congrats Eve!! Another great soon-to-be PhD (H-24) from the @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social
Eve Teyssier@eveteyssier.bsky.social · last yr.I’m very happy that my main PhD work, under the supervision of @malick-mbengue.bsky.social, found a home in @pnas.org Two days before my PhD defence! 🎉 (1/6)
