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The journey to our newest publication on how plants cope with proteotoxic stress ♻️
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From Doubt to Discovery: A 15-Year Journey into Proteostasis, Pathogens, and Persistence
Interested to join us to study plant proteostasis?
We study host translation controlled by condensates 🧬, cell-type specific proteostasis ♻️, proteotoxic stress in the context of biotic and abiotic stress 🦠🔥🧂
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#MSCA #Postdoc
Congratulations David! It's absolutely great to see a Plant Scientist leading a college with such a remarkable contribution for the history of Science.
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More than 15 years ago, during my PhD, we stumbled upon something unexpected. In a yeast two-hybrid screen, bacterial effector proteins from Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas interacted with a subunit of…
His Majesty King Charles III has appointed the plant scientist and geneticist Professor Sir David Charles Baulcombe FRS FMedSci to succeed Professor Dame
Sucha fantastic visit!!!! Thanks Marco for hosting! Going back to an MPI always feels like home!
‼️Job alert📢🚨
We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
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I am thrilled to share our last work on the evolution of plant antiviral immunity @cragenomica.bsky.social
!. Please, let us know what you think!
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98/2026.05.18.725958v1
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We thank @incavirus.bsky.social for his excellent work at #SeedCon2026! 🛡️🦠
A deep dive into virus vertical transmission in plant gametophytes!
Essential research for plant health and inheritance!
#MicrobiomeResearch #SustainableAgriculture
Claudia Martinho
Now online at @natplants.nature.com ‼️ Led by Jierui Zhao, a former PhD student @gmivienna.bsky.social & together w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we uncover how #autophagy shapes salt stress tolerance and lifespan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short 🧵👇
It's out! A tour-de-force in plant-virus interactions by @thevirusmc.bsky.social @plantophagy.bsky.social and many others @gmivienna.bsky.social @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. It turns out autophagy prevents virus-induced cell death, allowing plants to tolerate viral infection! A must-read 🌱
Thank you so much @manavellalab.bsky.social for visiting us @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social 🌱 It was a great day of discussion, especially with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social @gesahoffmann.bsky.social @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social @fritz-kragler.bsky.social See you soon in Malaga!
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This study reveals that enhanced autophagy in root-hair-forming cells helps Arabidopsis store excess sodium, control oxidative stress and tolerate salt stress.
Thank you so much @manavellalab.bsky.social for visiting us @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social 🌱 It was a great day of discussion, especially with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social @gesahoffmann.bsky.social @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social @fritz-kragler.bsky.social See you soon in Malaga!
SeedCon2026
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Marco Incarbone
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Yasin Dagdas
Big opportunities for researchers 🌍
We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.
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Our work is out now! (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). We discover a selective autophagy pathway that protects plants from the mess caused by RNA viruses. Intrigued? Follow the spaghetti trail for a summary of our findings🧵-->
RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...
