Thorsten Langner
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tuebingen. Adaptive evolution of filamentous plant pathogens 🌾🍄🧬. Love nature and music 🎸🥁 dogfather 🐕
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerFantastic opportunity to join this exciting new group led by @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social . Cryo-ET of infection-related development in pathogenic fungi - including rice blast - an exciting, game-changing prospect. Apply below 👇
- 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...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerPlease 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 Thorsten LangnerPlease 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 Thorsten LangnerHad a blast nerding out about beetles (& The Beatles) on Switzerland’s daily news program/Tagesschau 🪲 Thankful for the chance to wax lyrical about our favorite bugs at the Aha Festival, and with the wonderful folks of Lucerne 🇨🇭
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerA permanent position as a research scientist is opened in our team! We look for a plant physiologist with expertise in plant / microorganism interactions to identify plant susceptibility factors to fungal disease. Please forward!
- It’s now official! INRAE is recruiting: @inrae-bioger.bsky.social is offering a permanent position as a research scientist to identify #plant #susceptibility factors to #fungal diseases. Visit jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp... before March 5, 2026 to apply!
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerPlease 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...
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner📣 Job opportunity: I’m still looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join my lab @leibniz-hki.de who is interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering. We’ll work on an interdisciplinary project with the team of @luziagyr.bsky.social 👇🏻 www.leibniz-hki.de/en/job-offer...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerWe are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
- Reposted by Thorsten Langnerwww.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!
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- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerOur first wheat stripe rust avirulence (?!) effector is published "Defence Recognition of a Stripe Rust Fungal Effector Is Uncoupled from Disease Outcomes in Wheat" apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/.... It is not what we expected but this is the most fun part about science. 1/n
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerThe Sainsbury Laboratory is delighted to announce that it has received $2 million in funding as part of Google.org's $20 million AI for Science Fund to support organizations focused on cutting-edge AI for science research. @kamounlab.bsky.social @amiralito.bsky.social www.tsl.ac.uk/news/the-sai...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerOur new preprint is out on bioRxiv! A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥 doi.org/10.64898/202... Here’s what it looked like ↓
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerExciting PhD positions on plant immunity and engineering plant disease resistance with an excellent supervisor @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social. Strongly recommend.👇
- 📢 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 Thorsten Langner📢 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 Thorsten Langnerwww.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerJoin us this week for the next exciting talk in our 2026 DSSS series by Prof. Yasin Dagdas from the Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University. Everyone welcome! ▶️More info: tinyurl.com/46xdmxa9 📆: Thursday 22nd Jan at 11am 📍: Max Planck House lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 #DSSS
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerWhy I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower… And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerJoin us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerECRs in plant–microbe interactions: Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions. (We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
- Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerIf you're interested in #PlantScience R&D work at a plant breeding company: @kwsgroup.bsky.social is hosting its annual R&D TalentCampus here in Einbeck on May 29th. More info here: www.kws.com/corp/en/care...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerWe have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerWith the new year, is my time to say bye to @gmivienna.bsky.social as I move to @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social in Tuebingen. I will start my solo Group Leader career as a Emmy Norther fellow. Thanks to everyone that helped on the way. I will be advertising PhD and Postdoc positions soon, stay tuned!
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerAre you an experienced PhD student or postdoc in plant science looking to connect, present your work, and discuss career paths? Join us at the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting, Halle (Saale), 20–21 April 2026 Deadline: 23 January 2026 plant-ecr-networking.eu
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerECR's: if you want to take part in the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting remind the deadline, which is on 23rd January www.plant-ecr-networking.eu
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerTen days left to apply for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social! A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪 ⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerAttention 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 Thorsten Langner🚨We are recruiting two PhD students 🚨 1) Quantitative & dynamic analysis of limb-regenerative signaling centers w/ @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social 📶🧮💻 🔗https://www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de/80704/Quantitative-and-dynamic-analysis-of-limb-regenerative-signaling-center-interactions
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerJust a few days left to apply to the PhD position in our group. It focuses on selfish genes in #fungi and how they might affect the spread of giant #TEs called Starships.
- We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerThe Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerEvolution of HMA-integrated tandem kinases accompanied by expansion of target pathogens biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerEngineering plant tandem kinase immune receptors expands effector recognition profiles biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner
Check out this awesome preprint on the cloning and characterisation of the HMA-containing tandem kinase immune receptors Rmo2 (barley) and Rwt7 (wheat). Great collaborators!- Evolution of HMA-integrated tandem kinases accompanied by expansion of target pathogens biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerSuper-happy sharing my Lab's new work on engineering plant HMA-containing tandem kinase immune receptors. Congrats to all authors (@danielsyu.bsky.social and @njw33.bsky.social on here). Work only possible in collaboration with Soichiro Asuke. See linked paper to follow! bsky.app/profile/bior...
- Engineering plant tandem kinase immune receptors expands effector recognition profiles biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerExcited to share our #plantimmunity preprint on engineering cereal TKPs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A short thread below 👇
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerNow officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word! Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
- 📣 VACANCY: Predoctoral Intern in the Nobori group @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Join the team to work on plant immunity research at single-cell and spatial resolution 🌱 Apply online, deadline 26 Jan 2026 www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerPlease RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner📣Interested in doing your PhD in Plant Sciences 🌱, Microbial Sciences 🦠 or Computational Biology 👩💻? @ceplas.bsky.social offers 10 fully funded PhD 🎓fellowships. Pls repost and forward to interested candidates holding BSc degree.
- ‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website: bit.ly/4q19JWk @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerWe are #hiring! This IMPRS PhD project @algazuccaro.bsky.social group @unicologne.bsky.social explores plant–microbiome interactions. 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025 ✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de ℹ️ IMPRS: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs 🔗 Group: ag-zuccaro.botanik.uni-koeln.de
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerCongratulations to @steidele.bsky.social who unscrambled complex transcriptional networks in barley double stress responses. Thanks to @itisalist.bsky.social and @daisybio.de for the support: doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerMy barley transcriptional network preprint is officially out! Started as my Bachelor’s thesis — now it’s online: doi.org/10.64898/202... Huge thanks to @itisalist.bsky.social, @daisybio.de, @huckelhovenr.bsky.social , Felix Hoheneder & Johannes Kersting for all their help and support!
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerNew call for PhD students to join CEPLAS
- Reposted by Thorsten Langner‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website: bit.ly/4q19JWk @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerThrilled to share that I recently got a position of an Assistant Professor/SciLifeLab Fellow at Stockholm University, where I will continue my work on #lichen symbiosis. The lab opens in April 2026, and if you are interested in joining please get in touch! #newPI
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerThe first paper of my PhD is now available as a preprint! 🎉 Transposable elements (TEs) don't just jump within fungal genomes, they also move extensively between species. In this study, we screened over 1,300 fungal genomes and found a conservative estimate of 5,500+ horizontal transfer events.
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerNow out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Screening over a thousand fungal genomes, @jromeijn.bsky.social, Iñigo Bañales Belaunde and @mfseidl.bsky.social find that horizontal transfer shapes the fungal mobilome 🍄🔄✈️🧬 @ubc-uu.bsky.social Don't miss Josje's thread for a summary of the findings! 👇
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerExtensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes @currentbiology.bsky.social by @jromeijn.bsky.social et al from @mfseidl.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Thorsten LangnerOur paper on Zymoseptoria tritici 3D genome organization is officially out! @iglavincheska.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
