We kick off the Keynote talks of our @thesainsburylab.bsky.social TSL Summer Conference with Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro and beneficial fungi www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...

Low intra-microbiota antagonism underlies stable and protective barley root microbiota https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.23.727129v1

Proud to share our new paper on how prion-like fungal effectors target plastids and modulate host metabolism during root symbiosis. Exciting collaborative work uncovering PEPSI effectors and the interaction of one of them with DXR in plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... bsky.app/profile/eell...

Ernesto Llamas@eellamas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/ Happy to share our latest work, now on bioRxiv! 🌱🍄 We explore how Serendipita indica effectors target root plastids and modulate plastidial metabolism through prion-like domains. bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #plastids #plantmicrobe #chloroplasts #plants

My former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis

Autophagy acts as a pro-survival mechanism in plant roots during beneficial fungal colonization by restricting fungal proliferation and immunometabolic cel

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Super excited to share that my PhD research paper is finally out! @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.... @parkergroup.bsky.social

Cooperation between a root fungal endophyte and host‐derived coumarin scopoletin mediates Arabidopsis iron nutrition

Iron acquisition is a critical challenge for plants, especially in iron-deficient soils. Recent research underscores the importance of root-exuded coumarins in modulating the root microbiome communi.....

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🎓👏 Congratulations to Dr. @nickdunken.bsky.social Nick Dunken on the successful PhD defense in the lab of @algazuccaro.bsky.social at the University of Cologne and @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors! #phdone #plantscience #sciencecareer

Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.11.663926v1

Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots

Intracellular accommodation of mutualistic fungi in plant roots depends on selective remodeling of host cell walls while minimizing activation of plant immune responses. In this study, we identify a h...

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Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals

Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi

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