🌱 KPC featuring young plant scientists at CAU Kiel. See recent post on @lizflorez.bsky.social and learn about her research on plant pathogenic fungi: www.plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en/research/...

Missed our first KPC Minisymposium of 2026 on April 20th? Catch up on the presentations here: www.plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en/latest/fi... A big thank you to our speakers: Prof. Dr. Marco Trujillo @trujillolab.bsky.social, Provalenta Arki Tirtantyo, and Andrea Tobian Herreño!

Our new Nature Communications paper uncovers how Trichosporonales fungi evolve from saprotrophs to human pathogens. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic and physiological signatures of adaptation in pathogenic fungi - Nature Communications

Emerging fungal pathogens have detrimental impacts on crops, animals, and humans, however little is known about their transition to a pathogenic lifestyle. This study demonstrates that the transition ...

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If you couldn’t join the KPC mini-symposium last week but still want to catch up on the presentations, you can read about them here: www.plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en/latest

Looking forward to the KPC Mini-Symposium tomorrow — a great event for all plant scientists in the Kiel area! Speakers are: Hanin Alzubaidy, @lies-nerd.bsky.social and @molecularmax.bsky.social . Don’t miss these exciting talks and discussions!

Our first Annual Meeting marked a key milestone for the project, bringing together our community for engaging talks and valuable discussions. It was followed by a two-day workshop for early career scientists focused on networking and professional development. www.plantscochallenge.de/news.html

The KPC Mini Symposium series is back! Around 30 enthusiastic attendees took part. We were thrilled to welcome guest speakers Prof. Riccardo Baroncelli, Pamela Medina van Berkum, and Christopher Tominello-Ramirez, who shared insights from their latest research. www.plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en/latest

The PlantsCoChallenge homepage is now online. Please come and visit us! www.plantscochallenge.de/

We are exploring the physiological and evolutionary adaptations of plants to various stress factors in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.