I feel excited and honoured that @ERC_Research selected my project for funding! 🎉 With our #ERCStG "FRIENEMIES" we will investigate the #evolution of plant-fungus interactions from pathogenic to beneficial in land plants @ZMBP_Tuebingen @uni_tue #EvoMPMI #PlantSci

Sobre la fuga de talento sanitario de nuestro país. Se forman a increíbles profesionales que se ven obligados a continuar con su formación e investigación por la falta de recursos que encuentran aquí. #LaRevuelta @nh487

A fantastic example of how a developmental novelty emerged from the connection of preexisting genetic circuits is now published in @Dev_Cell. This work is primarily from Anna Solé’s PhD thesis and led by my colleagues @IBMCP Miguel Blázquez and Javi Agustí (@agusti_lab). 👇

We are looking for a new colleague :) Please, spread the word!

New Preprint! We identified Pseudomonas in wild liverworts and explored what makes them virulent. Led by K. Robinson & @LuciaBuric, K. Grenz, @Khongsam_Chia from our lab @JohnInnesCentre, and with @michhulin & @wenboEffector from @TheSainsburyLab (1/6): biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering go.nature.com/3Z5pBwp #Review by @snoeck_simon, Oliver Johanndrees, @ThorstenNrnber1 & Cyril Zipfel Free to read here: rdcu.be/dZPdL

I guess today is as good of a day as any other to announce next year I will be moving to a new position at @CBGP_Madrid thanks to the "Atracción de Talento" program from @ComunidadMadrid. Exciting times ahead!! thanks to all, especially to @PlantDynamics for orchestrating it!

doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae6… Dinor-12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (dn-iso-OPDA) conjugates occur naturally, and dn-iso-OPDA conjugation with amino acids reduces its bioactivity in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

Quantitative imaging reveals the role of MpARF proteasomal degradation during gemma germination by Shubhajit Das at @ISTAustria et al. hubs.li/Q02XVWZC0 November featured research article from #PlantCommunications @MPlantPCom #plantsciences

Thanks everyone who visited today. I had wonderful chats with many of you. To all members in ZMBP outreach team: we did a great job! @HsuanPai1 your stickers were so popular, not just with kids. Also, special thanks to @nobolly for the delivery and I enjoyed your talk a lot!

The Science & Innovations Days 2024 @uni_tue start today! If you are in Tübingen check the program 👇 and come visit us at the Science Fair today and tomorrow to learn how plants and microbes argue! 👩‍🔬🌱🦠🧑‍🔬 #SIDays2024 #plantsci #plantmicrobe #ZMBPOutreach

AlphaFold can predict protein, DNA, or RNA complexes.. BUT is it easy to determine the reliable interactions?🤔 ➡️ AlphaBridge will identify the most confident interactions, making your analysis easier! 🌐Try it here: alpha-bridge.eu 👀Read more: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

The 2024 ERC Synergy Grant goes to the STARMORPH team. 🌱🧬🧪 Big congratulations to @SRobertGroup from @UmeaPlantSci & @_SLU, @nowako76 from @OfRegulators, @KleineVehnLab from @UniFreiburg and @xanderjones82 from @slcuplants. 🥇👍👏

The International Symposium "Evolution of Plant Reproduction" organized by @DFG_ICIPS will take place in Berlin (Germany) from March 25-28, 2025. To register, go to: dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/

Job alert 📢 We are looking for two new staff members at the @ZMBP_Tuebingen administration! If you speak English and German, and want to help us manage third-party funding and personnel, please apply! More info 👇 Please RT!

Our latest work as a cover story in @ScienceMagazine ! 🌱 How do plants halt cytokinesis to build plasmodesmata ? Main suspect: the ER . 👀 Stellar work by @PatrickZQLI, with @hortense_moreau, Jules Petit, @felixmendu, @Caillaud_MC, and @BIC_Bordeaux science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

AlphaBridge: tools for the analysis of predicted macromolecular complexes • AlphaBridge introduces tools to analyze and visualize the interfaces between predicted macromolecular complexes using data from AlphaFold3. It processes the predicted interactions into intuitive diagrams and 3D models for easy interpretation. • The tool uses a novel “Predicted Merged Confidence” (PMC) matrix, which combines the Predicted Local Distance Difference Test (pLDDT) and Predicted Aligned Error (PAE) metrics to identify multi-component structural modules and binary interfaces with high confidence. • AlphaBridge uses graph-based community clustering to detect interaction motifs in biomolecular complexes, then visualizes these interactions as chord diagrams (“AlphaBridge diagrams”) to provide a clear and intuitive summary of predicted binding interfaces. • The tool allows researchers to evaluate the reliability of interactions in predicted protein-protein, protein-DNA, and protein-RNA complexes, offering a scoring and ranking system for predicted interfaces before detailed analysis. • By varying the cut-off for contact predictions, AlphaBridge can help distinguish between reliable and unreliable predictions, providing insights into physiological relevance. It was particularly useful for evaluating interactions in DNA mismatch repair proteins and RNA binding proteins. • The AlphaBridge webserver (alpha-bridge.eu) offers an interactive platform where users can upload AlphaFold3 prediction files, visualize the predicted 3D structures, and analyze contact interfaces through an integrated web viewer. • AlphaBridge enhances accessibility for both expert and non-expert users by combining multiple layers of information—contact links, prediction confidence, and visual representations—into one interactive diagram, simplifying the evaluation of complex predictions. @TassosPerrakis @rborza_ 💻Code: github.com/PDB-REDO/AlphaBri… 📜Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

RT @mpcontreras4: It was a pleasure to participate in the first 🇦🇷 Preprint Review Club! @adnroide and I tried to bring what we've learned…

New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30

This story started 5y ago with my lab. Spearheaded by fearless 1st authors @theopi and Olivia Leland. Theopi is now a PhD student at @BrownUniversity. Olivia is a physics PhD student at @BrandeisU, a self-taught biologist, and made us love soft matter. A (very long) thread (1/24)

Our faculty is looking to recruit a Full Professor (W3) in Plant Breeding! Official advert text and translation below! if you have questions about the position, I could probably provide some insights.