Thorben Krüger
PostDoc in #TheUstunLab at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. PhD on the molecular control of seed dormancy Uni Münster. Plant stress responses, phytohormones, PTMs, microscopy. He/him.
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerWell done, Akie! Identification of a peptide hormone-receptor module bypassing the ABA signaling to close stomata upon drought. A big breakthrough🍃😊 -Local peptide signalling induces stomatal closure under drought stress @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerGlad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerTomorrow I’ll be presenting some exciting findings from our recent work, including results from our new Plant Cell publication, at the WALII virtual symposium. 🌱 🧐 Hope to see you there at 4 PM CET! #plantresearch #seedresilience #climatechange #seedresearch #womaninscience
- Invited Speaker Dr. Mariana Silva Artur will be giving a talk on “Drying to Survive: Seed Maturation as a Unique System to Study Resilience and Evolution” at the first annual, virtual WALII Symposium. Register now to hear the talk! www.walii.science/virtual-symp... @marianasartur.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerThis Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerMy main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉 We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerAlgal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Thorben Krüger🌱🧬 New paper "Advances in seed 'omics" is out and available as advance access article in @jxbotany.bsky.social. Covers how omics tech is revolutionising seed research - single-cell and multi-omics integration towards climate-resilient crops. La Trobe and Zhejiang University. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
- Reposted by Thorben Krüger🚀 Our new paper is out @natmethods.nature.com! Kuffer & Marzilli engineered conditionally stable MS2 & PP7 coat proteins (dMCP & dPCP) that degrade unless bound to RNA, enabling ultra–low-background, single-mRNA imaging in live cells. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬 www.addgene.org/John_Ngo/
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- Reposted by Thorben Krüger7 years ago,I sat outside @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social,gathering the courage to begin a new chapter as a group leader. Now in Bochum, I still need that courage to face challenges—both inside & outside the lab—but after all I’m grateful that I still find joy in what I do. #happybirthday #theustunlab
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerIf you’re enjoying some calm while others are on holiday, here’s a #NEW #preprint to dive into — led by the brilliant @vbcscitraining.bsky.social student A. Abdrakhmanov: 👇 A quick thread + link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerWarm temperature and mild water stress cooperatively promote root elongation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol... Led by Scott Hayes and @minnieleong.bsky.social @pph-wur.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerIf you want to hear about our latest work at @suaybuestuen.bsky.social's lab on pathogen manipulation of host translation and P-bodies at #2025ISMPMI, pass by my presentation today at 12:20 in the concurrent session "Effector interference mechanism" (Room M+N).
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerOur story about salinity tolerance in the Cape Verde islands is out in Science Advances! @science.org. Two independent mutations in the same gene conferred salt resistance to Arabidopsis plants! Check it out here! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerOur latest on cell death and our second on maize: Using single-nucleus RNAseq of maize endosperm, Nicolas Doll (now @rdplab.bsky.social) shows that KIL transcription factors promote endosperm cell death to facilitate embryo growth - with a genomic imprinting twist! academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerMust read for all who use Nicotiana benthamiana as a platform: “Causes and consequences of experimental variation in Nicotiana benthamiana transient expression” #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerThrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MicroSKy #Microbiology
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerControl of seed-to-seedling transition by an upstream open reading frame in ABSCISIC ACID DEFICIENT2 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... #plantscience
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerRibosomes modulate transcriptome abundance via generalized frameshift and out-of-frame mRNA decay
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerDelighted to share one piece of my postdoc work in preprint: Through forward genetic screening for suberin deposition in root endodermis, we identified SUBER GENE 1 (SBG1) by GWAS as a novel regulator for suberization by interacting with Type One Protein Phosphatase. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerOutstanding work by @anyalb.bsky.social in my lab - she targeted enzymes to synthetic biomolecular condensates in plants and showed increases in metabolic pathway activity, likely due to protection of the introduced enzymes from proteolysis #PlantScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerI am happy to introduce this bioRxiv. Stomatal opening is crucial for gas exchange, but it unavoidably offers invasion by pathogens. We found that by coronatine (COR), Pto DC3000 exploits CYP707A1 activation in Arabidopsis thaliana, encoding an enzyme that degrades ABA, for stomatal invasion.
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerOur research published in @newphyt.bsky.social titled "Unravelling the dynamics of seed‐stored mRNAs during seed priming" (nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) explores how hydropriming affects mRNA dynamics, enhancing germination but reducing longevity. Thanks to all my co-authors!
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerFinally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerThe next frontier in #autophagy is understanding how it functions across cell types to maintain organismal homeostasis. w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we present TWO #preprint on cell type spec. autophagy in root hairs‼️ #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Thorben KrügerThe Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice to understand how ABA regulates stomatal dynamics. #PhDposition www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerYesterday we have just submitted our manuscript - you can find an updated version of our #preprint led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social "Bacteria use processing body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection" with some new data on #bioRxiv 🤓 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Happy to share our latest @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social “Effector-triggered processing body formation attenuates host translation via ER stress responses and autophagy upon bacterial infection” #proteostasis #plantimmunity 🧵(1/16) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Thorben KrügerWe continue our #plantscience retreat @ruhr-uni-bochum.de with #theustunlab postdoc @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social who is talking about how pathogens manipulate host translation by targeting P-body condensates #proteostasis see also his latest preprint👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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