PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

Role of membrane-organizing SPFH proteins in plants: @hannah-web.bsky.social, Alexandra Ehinger, @birgitkemmerling.bsky.social et al define how Arabidopsis HIR2 forms higher-order assemblies and organizes receptor signaling domains link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Arabidopsis SPFH protein HIR2 modulates receptor signaling and plasma membrane organization - The EMBO Journal

Plant plasma membrane proteins are organized into distinct domains; however, the principles that govern this spatial organization are not fully understood. HYPERSENSITIVE-INDUCED REACTION (HIR) protei...

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My PhD thesis has been submitted and reviewed, and my PhD defence is on the horizon! But today I start my next chapter as a postdoc in the Molecular Plant Immunity lab led by @clemmar.bsky.social at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! Here I will continue to dive into the form & function of plant NLRs 🌱

‼️Job altert🚨📢 please spread the word: We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our new department "Phytopathology and Plant Protection" at @unihalle.bsky.social. www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS...

New Preprint! We identified 20 new type II-secreted effectors from Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and show that they help bacteria feed and remodel plant cell walls during infection. Proud of my team at #ZMBP and collaborators for making this possible! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Defining the Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type II-secreted effector arsenal: core nutritional functions and effector diversity

The type II secretion (T2S) system is conserved across the Xanthomonas lineage, yet its contributions to pathogenicity and secreted protein repertoires are poorly defined. We demonstrate that T2S syst...

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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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📢 The next @mpmijournal.bsky.social Focus Issue is now open for submissions: "Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight" 🌱🔬 Edited by @dinglab.bsky.social @clemmar.bsky.social @marischuster.bsky.social Rich Wilson and myself! Submit your best work by 31/10/26! 👇 apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmireceptors

Norwich looks strangely familiar 🤔 Had a great visit to @thesainsburylab.bsky.social this week! Thank you for the invite @kamounlab.bsky.social, and thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and great discussions about science!

Kick-off meeting of our GreenRobust cluster of excellence last week. Exciting times ahead for plant sciences by bringing together an extraordinary bunch of enthusiastic scientists and human beings!

On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience at the ZMBP we interviewed Trang Phan and Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱 (and follows us on 👇) www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 at the ZMBP

Interview with Dr. Trang Phan, postdoc Trang Phan is a second-year postdoctoral researcher in Prof.

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Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Not that this passes without being noticed: The GreenRobust cluster of excellence is officially alive since Jan 1, 2026! Looking forward to at least seven years of exciting science in the field of plant ecology, molecular biology, agriculture and the combination of all these fields. Stay tuned!

Our lab (Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab) together with El Kasmi Lab and @mpcontreras.bsky.social Lab enjoyed a very Christmassy evening with Glühwein and many 🎄🎄🎄 not far from Tübingen. Cheers to a new year at the #ZMBP full of discoveries on immune receptors 🥂 #JuniorPIs #EMCRs #MPMI

Yesterday, we celebrated the 9th #ZMBP PhD Symposium, where our PhD students (and some from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social) presented their work as chalk talks, posters and longer talks. Thanks everyone for the scientific discussions on #plantscience!

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social Apply by October 17th Please spread the word! More info 👇 uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

The BM^2 Lab is hiring a Ph.D. student to work on a variety of problems connected to modeling of morphogenesis in plants (i.e. ovule curvature formation, fixed handedness establishment in certain plant organs and its link to cell wall mechanics). Please share!

Full house for today’s @TheSainsburyLab seminar with Farid @Farid_El_Kasmi on #NLRbiology

Special Issue Alert for August! Plants & Microbes: Growing Insight www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

We were invited to write a short Preview article for @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social on the recent @cp-cell.bsky.social publication from Du & Alam et al. on overcoming Restricted Taxonomic Functionality of NLRs Read our Preview here: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Breaking open the taxonomic boundaries of plant NLR immunity

Transfer of NLR-type immune receptors to distantly related plant species to expand pathogen recognition has often been difficult due to restricted taxonomic functionality (RTF). In a recent Cell publi...

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Grateful to all that came to my poster at #2025ISMPMI this week 🌱 This was not an easy story to present, but the support and discussions were great and made this a journey worth telling!

Xander Zuijdgeest@xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱 We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science! However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories.. So let's change that! Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

Margot Smit@likeyoda1.bsky.social · last yr.

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

My first MPMI #2025ISMPMI 😎😍@GeminiTeam Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends! If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq (bring me to your poster as well!

I will be there present my poster at tomorrow’s poster session. Find me at P-011 where I will tell you about the story of Marchantia BIR protein and how may it help plant fighting against evil bacteria. #2025ISMPMI

Excited to present at @mpmijournal.bsky.social Can BIR proteins link PTI and ETI? Using AlphaFold & evolutionary insights, we dive into how BIRs balance immunity with CSA1 as a key regulator of cell death & receptor complex homeostasis. P-441 | Mon 14 July | 13:30–15:15 #2025ISMPMI

Viral genomes might encode more proteins than we initially thought! Intrigued? Come see my poster on the identification of potentially new ORFs in the potato virus X genome. Tuesday 9:55-11:30, P-266 @geminiteamlab.bsky.social #2025ISMPMI

Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱 We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science! However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories.. So let's change that! Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!

And another @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social delegation just arrived in Cologne for the #2025MPMI Niels (P-041), @chia-nan.bsky.social (P-011), Pin-Jou (P-438), Yujing (P-027), Farid (P-063), @raphaelschaal.bsky.social (P-094) and @ericksonlab.bsky.social (P-169)

I am presenting my work as a poster @ISMPMI #2025ISMPMI on monday 14.07 ! :) Join me and learn more about HIR2 oligomeric rings - a novel perspective on membrane organization (Poster number 39) Head here to see more: ismpmi.org/congress