Maria Spezzati
@maryspezz.bsky.social
PhD student of Plant-Microbe interactions at LMU Munich, focused on symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and receptor-like kinases🌿🍄
I just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs. kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...
How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in
What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs.
kamounlab.medium.com
📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Molecular recognition in plant root endosymbiosis From chitin perception to symbiotic signalling. 🌿 ✍️ Tora Fougner-Økland, Maria Spezzati, and Katarzyna Parys @lmu.de 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71067
Molecular recognition in plant root endosymbiosis
In both root nodule symbiosis and arbuscular mycorrhiza, symbiotic signalling relies on the perception of chitinous ligand by lysine motif receptors. These receptors relay the signal via SymRK, which....
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Evolutionary diversification of the SymRK receptor family in land plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.08.723708v1
Its preprint season for #TRRPlantMicrobe and in the last weeks a flurry of great plant microbe papers were posted. It's been wonderful seeing these stories take shape over the last years amid a supportive community of young researchers, so I wanted to collect them all in one place. Take a look👇
Born from the collaborative spirit of #TRR356, I’m excited to share my first first-author project! 🪴🦠 What started as a side project with @kbuhrman.bsky.social led us to discover that KAR/KL and SL signalling fine-tune the strength and timing of plant defense responses in a conserved manner!
bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 5mo agoKarrikin and strigolactone signalling affect pattern-triggered immunity and resistance to specific pathogens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722863v1
And that’s a wrap for the #TRR356 “Plant-Microbe” PhD & PostDoc retreat at beautiful Frauenchiemsee 🌿 We enjoyed talks from within the TRR and from our fantastic invited speakers, along with an engaging poster session, workshop, and career development discussions. A truly great event!
Our Mini-review is out now! Here we collect recent findings of RALF peptide functions, adress their (potential) roles in plant-microbe interactions and discuss the resulting emerging questions. Pls share! dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The interplay of RALF structural and signaling functions in plant-microbe interactions
Rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) peptides are important signaling molecules binding to Catharanthus roseus receptor-like kinase 1-like (CrRLK1L)—LORELEI/LORELEI-like GPI-anchored protein complexes t...
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Excited to share some data from my PhD project at #ENFC2025 Join me to discuss about Lotus and Tomato SymRK 🌱
Hello beauty😍 Perfect entry point with arbuscules of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in roots of Lotus japonicus. #plantscienceresearch #rootsymbiosis #PhDlife #plantresearch
Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in its perfection 🥹 Microscopy can be tiring, but finally you can SEE what you work with and the beauty of it 😍 #science #plantbiology #plantresearch
One of my microscopy picture was selected for the exhibition at the Botanical Garten of Munich about plant-microbe interactions "From visible to invisible"🌱 Always interesting to see how scientific images can be a bit artistic! #plantresearch #plantmicrobe #trr356
Trr356 fall meeting starting with a plant-microbe mistery quest in the forest🌿🍄🍂
