Mariana Schuster
Leader of the group Receptor Biochemistry @ipbhalle.bsky.social
Plant-pathogen, receptors, #proteases, fungi, effectors, crop protection
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- Reposted by Mariana SchusterOur cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word! www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPlease share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology. Deadline 09/03/2026. Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPlease share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterJoin us for the 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium. Registration is now open. Everyone is cordially invited. Click here to register: eveeno.com/ipbsymposium... Speakers and titles: www.ipb-halle.de/forschung/sy...
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster50thEPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 19 February 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing Communicating Plant Science – Examples from Fascination of Plants Day with Valeria Bianciotto, Maruša Pompe-Novak and Trine Hvoslef-Eide. bit.ly/4bCatNL #PlantScience #PlantsDay2026
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPlease 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...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPlease 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...
- Pasito a pasito… 😃
- Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework europesays.com/2737143/ The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on…
- @cnaumann123.bsky.social invited @degradomics.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de as #SNP2Prot seminar speaker. It is always a pleasure to discuss with a fellow #protease researcher!
- What a Pearl indeed! And thanks for the figure! This will replace the one on the corresponding chapter in my lectures :)
- Thank you @marioncmueller.bsky.social, @binebrumm.bsky.social, Eric Kemen, Yiheng Hu and Thomas Lahaye for this nice common effort on effector diversity. Diversify and conquer: How effector diversity is shaped by host–microbe co-evolution doi.org/10.1371/jour...
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster📢 2 PhD Positions Available in Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London 🌱 Start: Oct 2026 📅 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 🇬🇧 UK/settled status only 💰 Fully funded (48 months) ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/po61I #PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #SyntheticBiology 🙏 Share with interested candidates!
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterECR’s hurry up, only 2 days left, if you want to take part in 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting Halle (Saale), 20–21 April 2026 ⏱️Application deadline is 23rd Jan 2026 #PlantSci ➡️ www.plant-ecr-networking.eu
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterSave the Date! Our 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium will take place on April 22-23. You can look forward to excellent speakers on topics such as plant stress and signaling. More information: www.ipb-halle.de/forschung/sy...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterDear @ismpmi.bsky.social members, check your mailboxes. This vote truly matters. 👇🏾
- @ismpmi.bsky.social members please check your emails for ballots to vote on bylaw changes. didnt get a ballot? contact Jean Greenberg
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterJob alert! Farooq Ahmad is recruiting PhD students for his new research group in my department! He's looking for people interested in assisted migration of oaks to ensure climate and pathogen resilience for our future forests. Ad text is here, English at bottom: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterAt the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year. So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
- Dear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!
- Attention Nicotiana benthamiana users! Certain strains of Agrobacterium (e.g. GV3101-pMP90) induce glandular trichomes because of cytokinin production by Agrobacterium. As this can influence assay outcome, we recommend testing several strains. See our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: International “Fascination of Plants Day” – a global celebration of plants! 👉 buff.ly/TQ5CsrV #PlantScience
- Many congratulations to my fellow independent junior group leader @mustafa-bulut.bsky.social ! @ipbhalle.bsky.social
- ⭐️Thrilled to introduce our 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬⭐️ - 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐭 @mustafa-bulut.bsky.social - 𝐘𝐚𝐣𝐮𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠! Huge congratulations and welcome to the TPJ team! Read more about them here 👉https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70643
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPlease RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterMore great news! Farooq Ahmad has received funding to establish a junior research group in my department @uni-kiel.de He will focus on assisted tree migration to combat forest pathogens in a changing climate. www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n... He will be looking for PhD students soon!
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster💡 EPSO welcomes the provisional agreement reached by the Trilogue on the legislative proposal for regulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in plants. EPSO offers to contribute on a scientific basis. 🌱 #PlantScience #Biodiversity #Food2030EU #Bioeconomy #LifeSciences 👉 bit.ly/48Mds37
- Mind blown by an idea from a master’s student in my Molecular Phytopathology class at @unihalle.bsky.social I really hope I can convince them to turn this into a PhD proposal. 🚀
- This is one of my favourite conferences! and I am humbled to be listed as invited speaker along amazing colleagues I respect so much. Join us! It will be a blast!
- Registration for the 7th International Plant Protease Conference is now open! #pp2026 #plantprotease #plantproteolysis Check out the website for more info and registration: www.plantprotease.org
- A step in the right direction! Lets continue working towards the acceptance of technologies that support more sustainable agriculture 💪 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
- Grateful for this wonderful group I am proud to call “the lab”
- Too bad I could not be there! It was really nice catching up though!
- Today we have Alyona Minina as invited speaker at the @ipbhalle.bsky.social talking about evolution of plant autophagy. Amazing talk and data! 🌱
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
- PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation. See job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterWe (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes. Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Undergrads in the UK, Ireland, Canada, and the US! One week left to apply for a funded internship in my lab! 📌 Details below 🔁 Please repost to spread the word!
- Undergrads from Canada, Ireland, UK, & US: Don't miss the DAAD-RISE #plantscience funded internship at @ipbhalle.bsky.social with @snp2prot.bsky.social. Apply by Nov 30th: daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/find-an-internship 🌱
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterA great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply! Please share!
- Home office in winter = online meetings in "ruana" #cienciacriolla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruana
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterIf you know postdocs in the US whose work is restricted or becoming difficult, there are new fellowship possibilities in the south of Germany. Please, forward this information to them: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f... Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
- Funded internship in our lab! The talented @aciattoni.bsky.social secured funds to hire an intern next summer. Please share among undergraduates from UK, US, Canada and Ireland
- Undergrads from Canada, Ireland, UK, & US: Don't miss the DAAD-RISE #plantscience funded internship at @ipbhalle.bsky.social with @snp2prot.bsky.social. Apply by Nov 30th: daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/find-an-internship 🌱
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated! My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry. 🔬 Fully funded (UK only) 📍 Manchester 🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9
- Thrilled to share our latest review on receptor kinase processing in plants! 🌱 Huge congratulations to @adithya1972.bsky.social and Anna for leading this work, and a big thank you to our fantastic collaborator Martina-Ried Lasi for making this a truly rewarding team effort!
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterMy new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting! 🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution 🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible) 📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de ⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025 🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... Do get in touch or share 😊
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterPostdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
- Biology teaching has its perks, like being regularly reminded of how amazing living organisms truly are! Excited for tomorrow’s class on the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction in plants 🌱✨
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterWant good Bioinformatics resources for Phytopathogens? Plant pathology community at @bspp.bsky.social and @britmycolsoc.org.uk please take the time to complete the Phytopathogen Genomics Resources Survey:- 🔗 zurl.co/gKjC1 Your input is important for FungiDB/@veupathdb.org & Ensembl @ebi.embl.org.
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterExcited to share the latest collaborative SNP2Prot publication! This work combines cryo-EM, cross-linking, and multi-scale approaches to uncover how pentameric channels function. Insights that reach far beyond plant science. 🌍 Congrats to all authors!
- It was a pleasure to contribute to the Indo-German Workshop on Plant-Microbe Interactions, organized by Balakumaran Chandrasekar and Amey Redkar. Special thanks for enabling online participation, this is what true family-friendly science looks like! igwpmi.github.io/IGWPMI-2025/
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterHuge thanks to Balakumaran Chandrasekar and Amey Redkar for hosting a fantastic Indo-German Plant-Microbe Interactions meeting at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan. Exceptionally well organized!
- It was a pleasure co-chairing this workshop. Incredible lineup! Great discussion! We are now busy preparing the corresponding report and recommendations. Thanks to everyone that contributed!
- Induced resistance in plants: from mechanisms to applications in crop protection - 3rd Workshop of the Plant Health WG, held online, 21 October 2025 – outcome bit.ly/47jMbE9 #PlantScience #PlantHealth #SDG #HorizonEU
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster💡 SPECIAL ISSUE VIEWPOINT 💡 Immune proteases are promising targets for protein engineering 🛠️ to boost disease resistance in plants 🌾 - Schuster et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @marischuster.bsky.social @aciattoni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣 🔬Plant Proteases - Guardians of Proteome Integrity & Function 🌱 Exploring the fascinating diversity, function & regulation of proteases in plants 📘 Edited by Pitter Huesgen, Annick Stintzi & Andreas Schaller 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
- Looking for a friend 🙃 Does anyone have a reliable protocol for plasma membrane isolation/enrichment from N. benthamiana leaves, ideally for downstream proteomics. Got one that works? Please share or repost! 🌱🧬 #PlantProteomics #Protocols #NicotianaBenthamiana #MembranePrep
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster📢Announcement! The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟 It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships & in 🧵
- 🌿 Register now for this year’s workshop! Join us to explore how we can enhance plant immunity through the power of Induced Resistance. Let’s discuss strategies, share insights, and shape the future of sustainable plant protection. #PlantImmunity #InducedResistance #PlantScience
- 🌱📢Induced resistance in plants: from mechanisms to applications in crop protection - 3rd Workshop of the Plant Health WG, online, 21 October 2025 - Register & offer talk by 6 October. 👉 bit.ly/46Ks6a4 #PlantScience #plantHealth #SDG #HorizonEU
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterIch suche eine*n TA für meine Arbeitsgruppe! Gern weitersagen 🤗🌾 #plantscijob
- Sie haben eine Ausbildung als Biologielaborant*in oder Biologisch-technische*r Assistent*in? Und Sie haben Erfahrungen in der molekularbiologischen Laborarbeit, insbesondere PCR und Klonierungen? Dann haben wir am @leibnizipk.bsky.social ein spannendes Jobangebot! ➡️Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/2rkbby5t
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterLooking back at some of the inspiring lectures from #PPRM2025 in Edinburgh—such a privilege to learn from so many outstanding researchers. Grateful for this community and the ideas it sparks. @keikoutorii.bsky.social @gittacoaker.bsky.social @marischuster.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterI'm making a collage of Arabidopsis habitats for a seminar. If you have photos to share, such as these iconic ones from @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social & @coevolution.bsky.social, please send to weigel@tue.mpg.de. Please let me also know how to attribute them. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterNext PLANT PEPTIDE AND RECEPTOR MEETING will be in Muenchen in 2026 organized by @julien-gronnier.bsky.social and friends. #watchthisspace
- What a great meeting! Thanks @frankmenke.bsky.social et al and I look forward to #PPRM2026
- That’s a wrap for #PPRM2025. Great science, wonderful community and amazing location. Glad it all went smoothly and big thanks to @jackrhodes.bsky.social and @draegermarkus.bsky.social for helping organize the meeting.
- This is absolutely beautiful! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @arisadanandom.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterSuch an elegant and cosy location at #PPRM2025 in Edinburgh
- @frankmenke.bsky.social welcomes us to #PPRM2025
- On my way to #PPRM2025. First time I am attending this conference and very much looking forward to gather with this community to which I now also belong to 🤓
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterCome join our team! We have a PhD position available on noncovalent interactions in COFs. The position is part of the BEAM graduate school. (Details in the alt text)
- What a treat! Ekkehard Neuhaus is our guest of honour at the @ipbhalle.bsky.social retreat taking place today and tomorrow at the Leucorea in Wittenberg
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterWe have an independent Junior Group leader position advertised at MLU Halle for female candidates only! Please share this with anyone that might be interested. (full text in the alt text and under www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...)
- Reposted by Mariana SchusterThinking of starting a plant genome sequencing project? Check out this step-by-step guide: Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences 📖 www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #LongReads @puckerlab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster#Fahrradbubble in Halle (Saale): Wer kann hier helfen, einen verunfallten, schwerst verletzten und aktuell nicht ansprechbaren Radfahrer anhand seines Rads zu identifizieren. #Fahrrad #Riveufer
- Jie Huang ( #PlantChemetics lab) and I wrote a dispatch on Zhang et al.'s work (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) describing a #protease effector that cleaves the extracellular domain of a plant receptor-like kinase, and it's none other than BAK1! Enjoy! authors.elsevier.com/a/1ldGk3QW8S...
- I totally get it as my day was very similar! I love the long stretches of deep work. Let’s enjoy them while we can have them 😅 #NewPI #grantwriting #summer
- Reposted by Mariana Schuster📢 To all molecular mossers 📢 The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
- Last week to apply for this exiting position!
- Beautiful #2025ISMPMI people, it was a pleasure sharing this week with you. I go on holidays now full of inspiration and grateful for the friends I had the chance to catch up with, and for the new ones made. Safe travels everyone and see you in Korea!
