
Group Leader @ ZMBP Universität Tübingen - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - NLR biology Board Member @ISMPMI He/Him - 🇦🇷🇨🇺🇮🇹
Tübingen, Deutschland
Joined May 2018
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As seen on @biorxivpreprint: our story on how the dreaded late blight pathogen hijacks a helper NLR pathway is now out in its final form in @ScienceAdvances 🎉
Meet AVRcap1b: the two-faced effector 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Finishing off our China trip with a great visit to @CAS__Science CEMPS institute in Shanghai, hosted by Prof. Li Wan. @dianagdlc and I presented our work and made some new friends! Shanghai Skyline is truly stunning 🤯
Did you miss Eva Kondorosi's Webinar today? Watch it now on youtube and learn about the power of symbiosis!
youtube.com/watch?v=nPd3qcVV…
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Road to Jeju: @GetGenome open call closes on 2 November, and applications have already arrived from 18 countries across five continents! getgenome.net/callforproject…
You select the isolates, we sequence the genomes — for free! 🧬
Inspired by @ISMPMI #MPMI2027, we’re pleased to announce that the latest @GetGenome Call for Projects is now open!
@GetGenome “Road to Jeju” 2026 getgenome.net/callforproject…
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Postdoc opening in my lab! Looking for someone excited about genomes, symbionts and plant–insect interactions to join our team at @TheSainsburyLab 🧬🍄🌿🦟
Applications reviewed from 16 Nov.
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VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Berasategui Lab at TSL, Norwich, UK
An exciting opportunity to work with @berasymbionts at the interface of evolutionary genomics, plant pathology and insect symbiosis.
Application review starts 16 Nov 2026
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It was such a delight to visit @xiaolin422's group at the @CAS__Science in Beijing! @dianagdlc and I presented our recent work, made some new friends and reconnected with some old @TheSainsburyLab colleagues. Such a nice experience!
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And here is the press release for our natural products paper. It does a much better job explaining what we did than my thread:
mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1619988/2…
Paper here:
nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
Plant Microbe Enthusiasts! Don't forget to register for FREE to hear ISMPMI Legend Eva Kondorosi talk about the power of symbiosis. see below for the link.
Plant Microbe Enthusiasts! Register for our next FREE Road to Jeju Legends in IS-MPMI Webinar featuring Eva Kondorosi, happening October 28, 2026: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/reg…
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Deadline extended: Submit by November 30, 2026!
Call for papers: Submit to the forthcoming MPMI Focus Issue, "Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight," by October 31, 2026!
Editors: @mpcontreras4, @sardineboy_DING, @ClemMarchal, @MariSchuster, and @WilsonLab
Learn more 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmir…
This focus issue seeks to capture exciting developments across all areas of immune receptor biology that are pertinent to enhancing our understanding of the plant–pathogen interaction. The editors welcome submissions that investigate infection-related receptors—and the outcomes of receptor activation—at the molecular, cellular, structural, network, and/or evolutionary level in any plant host or pathogen system. Studies with clear translational potential are particularly encouraged. Submissions may include original research articles, short communications, or reviews that examine emerging trends and offer fresh perspectives on specific aspects of this broad and rapidly developing field. Through this collection, the editors hope to highlight major breakthroughs in receptor biology, identify critical knowledge gaps that continue to limit progress, and help pave the way toward practical solutions for sustainable disease management in agriculture.
#MPMI #Receptors #PlantScience #ReceptorBiology
Jijie Chai reporting the Cryo-EM structure of the atypical rice resistance Protein Ptr! Forms a Pentameric ER localized Ca2+ Channel. Farnesylated Ptr C-term negatively regulates the channel, and fungal effector AvrPita directly activates the channel by cleaving it off 🤯
Now @CaixiaGaoLab at #ICBPI2026, discussing some of her group's groundbreaking work towards designing disease resistant crops using genome editing and AI 🧬 What a lineup for this plenary session! 🤯
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Closing plenary at #ICBPI2026 by the one and only @wenboEffector from @TheSainsburyLab, talking about harnessing effector biology and small RNAs to engineer disease resistance 💪🌱🛡️
Next up is @GeminiTeamLab with a super cool story on viral encoded small secreted peptides. PVG peptide is secreted during geminiviral infection to trigger a host RLP. PVG perception coordinates relocalization of viral proteins such as C4 and promotes viral infection!
Kicking off day 2 of #ICBPI in Nanjing, the legendary @ParkerLab_MPIPZ talking about plant TIR domain signaling!
And now @nobolly with some updates on his fantastic work towards dissecting plant-microbe interactions at the single-cell level
Now @dianagdlc presenting her beautiful story on effector recognition via molecular mimicry in a barley NLR. Their findings enabled engineering of multiple pathogen recognition in one receptor!
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Mauricio Contreras retweeted
VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Berasategui Lab at TSL, Norwich, UK
An exciting opportunity to work at the interface of evolutionary genomics, plant pathology and insect symbiosis.
Application review starts 16 Nov 2026
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