Isabel saur
Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions @ University of Cologne. Immunity, AVR, receptors, mildews, cereals .....terrible with typos 🤷♀️
@izzysaur
- Reposted by Isabel saurInteresting read! Plant–fungi interactions in Marchantia polymorpha are associated with horizontal gene transfer and terpene metabolism www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Isabel saurPlease 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 Isabel saurMorgen, 5. Feb. an der @hhu.de: 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität @hhu.de Dr. Götz Hensel vom @ceplas.bsky.social stellt Grundlagen der CRISPR-Genschere vor und Susanne Vollmer @hhu.de gibt Einblicke in ihre aktuelle Forschung. #GrüneGentechnik
- Gentechnik wird zur gezielten Änderung des Erbguts eingesetzt – z.B., um genetische Defekte zu korrigieren. Eine bekannte Methode ist die Genschere, auch CRISPR/Cas genannt. Sie wird u.a. bei Pflanzen angewendet, um Krankheitsresistenzen, höhere Erträge oder bessere Klimaanpassungen zu erzielen. 1/4
- Reposted by Isabel saurNew preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Isabel saurEditor’s Pick: "Interactions of Wheat Powdery Mildew Effectors Involved in Recognition by the Wheat NLR PM3," by Jonatan Isaksson et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-25-…
- Reposted by Isabel saurA bittersweet day as we say goodbye to @abdelrahmanqutb.bsky.social who's off to Cologne to postdoc with @izzysaurlab.bsky.social. It's been a pleasure to have you with us Abdo, can't wait to see what you achieve next. Just watch out for those obligate biotrophs!
- Reposted by Isabel saurOur 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 Isabel saurExciting 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 Isabel saurThis week we will hear @federicalocci.bsky.social (from @parkergroup.bsky.social, @mpipz.bsky.social) talk about "How not to die", workings of TIR-networks in damage and systemic resistance. 📅 Jan 16 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009 #PlantScience If you want to know more, check out their review below. 👇🏼
- ICYMI #OpenBiology review - Plant NLR immunity activation and execution: a biochemical perspective: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #biochemistry #immunology
- Whop! Work from Wei & Merle & great collaborators @ceplas.bsky.social and the @sfb1403.bsky.social at @unicologne.bsky.social
- Targeting of the barley cell-surface receptor SRF3 by the Blumeria hordei effector AVRA13 overlaps with AVRA13 recognition by MLA and the induction of NLR-mediated cell death. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Isabel saurNow online: Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
- Reposted by Isabel saurHave you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)
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- Lovely study!
- Our new article is now online on @natplants.nature.com! ✨ We identified and characterised AvrPm4 and SvrPm4, a pair of powdery mildew effectors controlling avirulence on the wheat kinase fusion resistance protein Pm4 🌾 check it out ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Isabel saurOur new article is now online on @natplants.nature.com! ✨ We identified and characterised AvrPm4 and SvrPm4, a pair of powdery mildew effectors controlling avirulence on the wheat kinase fusion resistance protein Pm4 🌾 check it out ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Wei Shi @wshisky.bsky.social & Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI! And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
- All MS work done by Sara as per usual :-) @sara-stolze.bsky.social nothing possible without her!
- Reposted by Isabel saurHuge thanks to my amazing co-authors, to AG Saur and AG Döhlemann, and to all our collaborators for their fantastic contributions @Merle Bilstein-Schloemer@izzysaurlab.bsky.social @grandpahiro.bsky.social @sara-stolze.bsky.social@Gunther Döhlemann@Matthieu Pierre Platre ! 🙏
- Wei Shi @wshisky.bsky.social & Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI! And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
- Reposted by Isabel saurExploring the genetic diversity of the IPK Medicago germplasm collection using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Team around M. Kavka from @leibnizipk.bsky.social reports #OpenAccess in our Journal #PlantBiology #PlantSci doi.org/10.1111/plb....
- Reposted by Isabel saurNow out in its final version: 'Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Isabel saurI’m excited to share with you the first @rececochange.bsky.social newsletter, highlighting recent research on biodiversity change, policy-relevant insights and news from across the REC community 💚🌍 Read it here 👉 mailchi.mp/97ed6942f5b8...
- Have a purrfect holiday everyone
- Very nice work Rune et al! Great job
- Rune Hansen et al. reported that the substomatal cavity is a crucial check point where the devastating Septoria blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) infection is stopped. Understanding this mechanism is key to future wheat immunity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-24-…
- Reposted by Isabel saurRune Hansen et al. reported that the substomatal cavity is a crucial check point where the devastating Septoria blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) infection is stopped. Understanding this mechanism is key to future wheat immunity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-24-…
- Reposted by Isabel saurCONGRATS to team @effectomics.bsky.social and @steidele.bsky.social . Transcriptional Response of Magnaporthe oryzae Towards Barley-Microbiome Derived Bacteria | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
- Reposted by Isabel saurDear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!
- Reposted by Isabel saurStructural basis for heat tolerance in plant NLR immune receptors. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Isabel saurWTK4 HMA-TKP recognizes an RNase like pathogen effector. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Isabel saurCongratulations 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 Isabel saur‼️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 Isabel saurCheck out the new preprint from the Hückelhoven lab @huckelhovenr.bsky.social. Includes beautiful microcroscopy images of powdery mildew haustoria from my former colleague Mariem Bradai.
- Reposted by Isabel saurNew call for PhD students to join CEPLAS
- Reposted by Isabel saurFor all #ubiquitin aficionados out there: Our new study, where we used an #alphafold based screen and found a new class of plant-specific DUBs, which cleave K63 chains and interfere with endocytosis at the plasma membrane. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Isabel saurExcited to share our latest work on plant immune receptor biochemistry! @kamounlab.bsky.social @hsuanpai.bsky.social @mpcontreras.bsky.social Jose Salguero Linares @danielluedke.bsky.social @adnroide.bsky.social @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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- Reposted by Isabel saur👏 Danke, lieber @forscherrobert.bsky.social für Deine unermüdliche Aufklärungsarbeit! #NGT #WissKomm
- Reposted by Isabel saurTWO positions open in our group. 1 postdoc and 1 PhD position. Join us for some exciting evolutionary plant biology! #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
- Reposted by Isabel saurMy former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
- Reposted by Isabel saur🛡️ INSIGHT 🛡️ "Barley powdery mildew effector CSEP0162 interacts with the endosome membrane-binding domain of barley MON1" - Deb et al. share an update relevant to their earlier work, Liao et al. (2022) 🌾 Insight 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... Research 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
- Reposted by Isabel saurRegistration to close for the @molplantsci.bsky.social annual meeting in Hennef #MBP2026 organized by @kunzlab.bsky.social
- Hi passionate 🌱🔬 the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
- Reposted by Isabel saurVolles Haus beim 1. Kölner Wissenschaftsfestival! CEPLAS und @mpipz.bsky.social geben spannende Einblicke in die Pflanzenforschung!
- Reposted by Isabel saurCountdown: there are only 9 days left ... if you want to join Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef Registration + abstract submission end on 🗓️ 23rd November 2025 www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
- Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
- Reposted by Isabel saurNow online in its final version. Plz surf to doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
- Reposted by Isabel saur🚨My very first (co-)first author paper got published in @pnas.org 🥳 We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠 Thanks to everyone involved! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Isabel saurGH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Isabel saur#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development By Franziska Fichtner 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue
- Reposted by Isabel saurVery nice work -> Two residues reprogram immunity receptors for nitrogen-fixing symbiosis
- Reposted by Isabel saurNEWS - Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions. www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
- Reposted by Isabel saurOutstanding preprint from @leocastanedo.bsky.social, @katharinamel1.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and coll. on an evolutionary conserved module for intracellular symbiosis. - > Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants | bioRxiv
- Reposted by Isabel saurMy 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 Isabel saurA wheat NLR conferring broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew by recognizing two structurally diverse AVR effectors. Interested? Check out our newest preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Postdoc 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...
- Reposted by Isabel saurRegistrations for the Stromlo Plant Pathogen Conference #StromPath25 are rolling in fast and the program is now full! Exciting lineup from Japan, Korea, USA, UK, NZ + strong local crew. Join us in Canberra — rego open until Nov 13. Program available here tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
- Reposted by Isabel saur🌱From Nature Communications: A newly cloned resistance gene, Lr.ace-4A/Lr30, provides near-immunity to leaf rust in durum wheat, offering a powerful tool for future wheat breeding. (Jorge Dubcovsky) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience
- Reposted by Isabel saurPls RP Gunther and I invite manuscript submission to the special issue at Phytopathol Research, the flagship journal of The Chinese Society of Plant Pathology. Topic: Plant microbiome and disease resistance Deadline: June 30 2026 Both original and review papers are welcome. bit.ly/4hr1vng
- Reposted by Isabel saur🤫Registration for #MBP2026 will start very soon. Please tell all your friends 🌱.
- Reposted by Isabel saur🌟 We celebrate Dr. Mung Hsia Foo from Hirofumi Nakagami’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social for completing her PhD! 🎓👏 Best of luck for the exciting journey ahead! 🌱 #PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
