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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 7h
13 minutes until the Webinar featuring Jonathan Jones. follow links to register and attend
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 9h
This is happening TODAY! 🚨 The IS-MPMI Legend @jonathandgjones.bsky.social himself will be presenting at 3pm UTC as part of our #RoadToJeju webinar series. Don't miss out! Free and open to all. Registration link below! 👇
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Adam Bentham @adamrbentham.bsky.social · 12h
🚨 Please share! 🚨 I'm recruiting a fully funded 4-year Gatsby Sainsbury PhD studentship at Durham! 🌱🤖 Designing plant immune receptors from scratch, combining AI protein design with structural biology and plant immunity. If you're interested please get in touch! benthamlab.org shorturl.at/U2PdV
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Bentham Lab — Durham University
Bentham Lab, Centre for Programmable Biological Matter, Durham University. Structural biology and de novo protein design applied to host-pathogen interactions, plant immunity, and neglected tropical d...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨Reminder: Our next Legends of IS-MPMI webinar with @jonathandgjones.bsky.social is TOMORROW! The webinar is completely free and open to the public. Register using the link below👇, don't miss out!
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nominations are open for IS-MPMI’s 2027 Early Career Achievement Award​​ and the Outstanding Achievement Award. These awards recognize the outstanding science, teaching, mentoring, outreach, and service to the community of our members​. Nominate by 1 Dec, 2026. ismpmi.org/events/congr....
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Awards - IS-MPMI
Nominations for the 2027 Awards are Open! IS-MPMI’s 2027 awards recognized the outstanding service, scientific innovations, and significant accomplishments of our members​ with the Early Career Achiev...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plant microbe enthusiasts! Check out GetGenome’s #GGRoadToJeju2026 “Road to Jeju” Call for Projects focused on plant-associated microorganisms: getgenome.net/callforproje... What a great opportunity- apply by November 2, 2026.
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GGRoadToJeju2026 | GetGenome
GetGenome is excited to announce #GGRoadToJeju2026 "Road to Jeju" Call for Projects - an open call to support research communities across the world, to generate and interpret sequence data of plant-a
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plant Microbe enthusiasts! Members of IS-MPMI- Only 2 more days to submit your ideas for concurrent sessions for the ISMPMI Congress in Jeju July 18-22, 2027! Visit IS-MPMI's website for details. ismpmi.org/announcement...
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Concurrent Session Proposals for 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Are Now Open! Apply by 25 September 2026. - IS-MPMI
2027 IS-MPMI Congress · 18–22 July 2027 · Jeju, South Korea Submission deadline: 25 September 2026 Call for concurrent session proposals We are thrilled to announce that concurrent session submissions...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't miss out! Fantastic opportunity to get your favorite plant-associated microorganism sequenced FOR FREE courtesy of our sponsor @getgenome.bsky.social!
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GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You select the isolates, we sequence the genomes — for free! 🧬 Inspired by @ismpmi.bsky.social #MPMI2027 we announce that the latest @GetGenome Call for Projects is now open! @GetGenome “Road to Jeju” #GGRoadToJeju2026 invites applications from global community getgenome.net/callforproje...
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Camilla Molinari @camilla-moli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excited to share this pre-print from my PhD work! We explore a Pmk1-Mst12-Bip1 network required for appressorium-mediated infection by the blast fungus 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thread 👇
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A Pmk1-Regulated Mst12-Bip1 Network Coordinates Appressorium Function, Effector Deployment, and Invasive Growth by Magnaporthe oryzae
To cause rice blast disease, the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae develops a specialised infection cell called an appressorium, which generates enormous turgor to breach the rice leaf cuticle. Al...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Attention plant-microbe enthusiasts! Only 11 more days to get your submissions in for the concurrent session ideas for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 13-22). Please apply by 25 Sept 2026! Read more here: ismpmi.org/announcement...
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Concurrent Session Proposals for 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Are Now Open! Apply by 25 September 2026. - IS-MPMI
2027 IS-MPMI Congress · 18–22 July 2027 · Jeju, South Korea Submission deadline: 25 September 2026 Call for concurrent session proposals We are thrilled to announce that concurrent session submissions...
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Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣...and now for something completely different: no plant pathogens, no Verticillium, but lichens! Driven by our lichen king🤴@ciarankelly.bsky.social with help of a.o. @hroevenich.bsky.social @usadellab.bsky.social @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social Watch for more in future! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Decoupled evolution of antimicrobial repertoires in lichen-forming fungi
Lichens are stable multipartite symbioses in which a fungal mycobiont associates with one or more photosynthetic partners while hosting complex microbiomes. Secreted antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) have...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Road to Jeju #MPMI2027 @ismpmi.bsky.social
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Shimamoto Travel Fund honors the legacy of Dr. Ko Shimamoto (1949- 2013), a pioneering scientist who made notable contributions to the field plant immunity. Funds enable early career IS-MPMI members to attend an IS-MPMI congress. Please donate! ismpmi.org/donate/
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Donate - IS-MPMI
Exciting, Inclusive Community IS-MPMI is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 41-1679499), qualified to accept tax-deductible contributions during donor lifetime or bequests by will. Donations to ...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Plant-Microbe enthusiasts! Hot of the digital press- Check out our quarterly newsletter Interactions on our website: ismpmi.org/interactions...
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Issue 2 • 2026 Archives - IS-MPMI
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Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📣we're hiring a PhD researcher to test whether rhizosphere microbiomes keep flowers attractive under drought 🌸 joint supervision with soil ecologist @tcamenzind.bsky.social for the ROOT2BLOOM project in @greenrobust.de apply by 30/09 tinyurl.com/root2bloom questions welcome, thanks for sharing!
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Plant-Microbe enthusiasts! The next Road to Jeju Legends of ISMPMI series speaker is Jonathan Jones. The webinar is free to attend, but you must register: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Attend live on September 30, 2026 3pm UTC or watch it later on the ismpmi.org.
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Plant-Microbe Enthusiasts! IS-MPMI recognizes the outstanding science and community contributions of members with the Early Career & Outstanding Achievement Awards. Nominators and potential awardees must be ISMPMI members. Nominations open soon. Join ISMPMI to be eligible! ismpmi.org/members/join/
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Join Our Global Community Advancing Plant Science for a Sustainable Future The International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI) has more than 1,000 members from more than 40 co...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Plant-Microbe Enthusiasts! IS-MPMI recognizes the outstanding science and community contributions of members with the Early Career & Outstanding Achievement Awards. Nominators and potential awardees must be ISMPMI members. Nominations open soon. Join ISMPMI to be eligible! ismpmi.org/members/join/
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Join IS-MPMI - IS-MPMI
Join Our Global Community Advancing Plant Science for a Sustainable Future The International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI) has more than 1,000 members from more than 40 co...
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Edel Pérez-López 🇨🇦 @edelplopez.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We are many but we are looking for 3 more PhD students! 🪲🥦🧬 The projects will explore: 🧬 Evolution of ankyrin-repeat effectors in gall-forming plasmodiophorids 🦠 Microbiome-mediated insect adaptation to extreme environments 🍃 Leafhopper effectors at the plant–insect interface Full description ⬇️
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Our new Review is online! Nutrients can act as spatial signals that organise plant-microbe interactions. We discuss emerging tools and propose a cell-state framework linking plant and microbial cell states through local nutrient landscapes. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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rnett42.bsky.social @rnett42.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Plants can synthesize mimics of the insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) to defend against pests. In this preprint, we discover that two plant families independently evolved biosynthetic gene clusters to make 20E. Amazing team effort by my lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Convergent biosynthesis of insect molting hormones in plants
Insect herbivores have driven plants to evolve complex chemical defenses, including mimics of the arthropod molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). Many distantly related plants produce 20E, suggest...
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social . A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more. Please share!
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Attention ISMPMI members: our new website has a FREE JOB BOARD! Its free for members to post and peruse the job board. Help us populate the job board...Log into the ismpmi.org website and navigate to the Community tab where you can post your job opportunity.
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Diverse Backgrounds Common Interests Connecting leading scientists and researchers around the world in microbiology, symbiosis, nematology, plant pathology, developmental biology, genetics, genomics, ...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Concurrent session submissions for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 18-22) are now open! Contribute to the dynamic scientific program and engage the international plant–microbe interactions community in Jeju, South Korea. Apply by 25 Sept. ismpmi.org/announcement...
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Concurrent Session Proposals for 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Are Now Open! Apply by 25 September 2026. - IS-MPMI
2027 IS-MPMI Congress · 18–22 July 2027 · Jeju, South Korea Submission deadline: 25 September 2026 Call for concurrent session proposals We are thrilled to announce that concurrent session submissions...
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Josh Bennett @joshwbennett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am really excited to share the first chapter of my PhD, where we characterise a genetically linked NLR/MLKL pair underpinning the Rwt3 resistance locus in wheat! With yet another KFP involved in monocot immunity 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“Rpp2 Encodes a TIR-NBS-WH-LRR Protein that Confers Resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi in Soybean,” by Katerina L. Holan et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-02-26-0013-R #soybean #soybeanrust #Phakopsora #diseaseresistance
Fig. 3. Silencing Rpp2 candidate genes in PI 230970 results in loss of resistance. Fourteen-day-old PI 230970 plants were subjected to one of four virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) pretreatments: inoculation with BPMV:Rpp2C1_Wms82, BPMV:Rpp2C6_Wms82, BPMV:Rpp2C11_Wms82, or BPMV:Empty-vector. Three weeks after silencing, plants were inoculated with Phakopsora pachyrhizi isolate LA04-1, and plants were phenotyped 2 weeks later. A to F, Silencing by all three Rpp2C constructs resulted in loss of resistance to P. pachyrhizi, with plants exhibiting TAN lesions and sporulating uredinia on both the abaxial and adaxial surface of the leaf. G and H, Empty-vector control plants were resistant, developing red-brown lesions and occasional uredinia as expected. Scale bar = 0.5 cm.
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Yasuhiro Kadota @yasukadota.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The receptor kinase NILR1 confers nematode resistance through developmental rather than canonical immune signaling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The receptor kinase NILR1 confers nematode resistance through developmental rather than canonical immune signaling
### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Sofia Luengo-Woods @sluengo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We’re so excited to share our new paper, where we tackle the wealth of structural and functional diversity of anti-phage sensors across bacteria (1/6)
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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New in @embojournal.org from @birgitkemmerling.bsky.social's lab: HIR2 assembles into giant ring-like complexes at the plasma membrane, shaping receptor dynamics and immune signalling. Genetics + biochem + super-res imaging + AF3 modelling, all in one! Check it out👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Arabidopsis SPFH protein HIR2 modulates receptor signaling and plasma membrane organization - The EMBO Journal
Plant plasma membrane proteins are organized into distinct domains; however, the principles that govern this spatial organization are not fully understood. HYPERSENSITIVE-INDUCED REACTION (HIR) protei...
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Fede Aballay 🇦🇷 @fedeaballay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
if you want to read our full story on alarmone and plant immunity: bsky.app/profile/fede...
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Fede Aballay 🇦🇷 @fedeaballay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Thanks for the opportunity! it was my first experience speaking to a big english-speaking audience and, thankfully, it went out good! 🫶🌱🧫
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We just had the first of three Road to Jeju Rising Stars Webinars. Missed it? Watch it on our youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEi...
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Road to Jeju Rising Stars in ISMPMI 1
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨 TODAY! Our Rising Stars of IS-MPMI take the virtual stage at 3PM UTC. Join us to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from Nhi, Urooj, Adrian and @fedeaballay.bsky.social. There's still time to register 👉 uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi... See you there! #PlantScience
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Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📣 New preprint! 🧵 Fantastic work led by @antonkraege.bsky.social Fact: Cerato-platanins are everywhere in fungi. Found across the fungal kingdom, implicated in everything from development to virulence to immune activation. But what do they *actually* do? We finally found the answer 👇
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
⏳Just 2 days to go! Our Rising Stars of IS-MPMI are live this Wednesday, 29 July, 3PM UTC! The latest in plant-microbe interactions, from early career researchers around the globe. Free & open to all. Register now 👉 uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Deadline extended 📢 Submit your abstract for the #PPRM2026 by July 29th! Check our fantastic lineup of invited speakers and come join us discuss all things #plant peptide receptors 🌱 Please spread the word and see you in Freising (Germany) from September 14 to 16 😊 www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind...
Flyer of the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2026 (September 14-16, Freising, Germany) showing cell-surface receptors on the plasma membrane against a background showing Freising. The QR code will lead to the PPRM2026 website where you can register and submit your abstract by July 29th.
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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How does a geminivirus replicate its genome using a pick&mix strategy with host proteins? 🦠🦠🌱🧬 Our new preprint identifies plant proteins repurposed by geminiviruses to carry out rolling-circle replication. Congrats @chaonan123.bsky.social , who spearheaded this work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
⏳ Only 5 days left to register! Our Rising Stars take the (virtual) stage Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC — the latest in plant-microbe interactions, from researchers around the globe. Free & open to all 👉 uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Adam Bentham @adamrbentham.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Excited to see our new preprint on bioRxiv! 🌱🤖 We used AI protein design (RFdiffusion + ProteinMPNN) to build brand-new sensor domains from scratch and installed them in a rice NLR immune receptor engineering recognition of a Fusarium effector FoSSP17
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Fede Aballay 🇦🇷 @fedeaballay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I am glad for being selected to present at this webinar series. 🌱 Also, I am honored to represent Argentina🇦🇷
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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Preprint! How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule? @albinteulet.bsky.social found that some may carry hidden transcription factors - proteins that mimic DNA-binding folds to enter the plant nucleus and rewrite its developmental program. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/6)
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Have you checked out the new IS-MPMI website? 👀 Fresh look, same mission: your hub for all things molecular plant-microbe interactions. Member resources, event info, webinar recordings, and more, all in one place. Explore it here: Ismpmi.org
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Registration is now open for our next Road to Jeju Webinar featuring Rising Stars of IS-MPMI. uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Join us July 29. Speakers will be announced soon. Thanks to sponsors GetGenome, Shanghai Tanon Life Sciences, and the British Society for Plant Pathology.
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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
‼️Job altert🚨📢 please spread the word: We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our new department "Phytopathology and Plant Protection" at @unihalle.bsky.social. www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS...
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Registration is now open for our next Road to Jeju Webinar featuring Rising Stars of IS-MPMI. lnkd.in/gMeN7F94 Join us on July 29. Speakers will be announced soon. Thanks to our sponsors GetGenome, Shanghai Tanon Life Sciences, and the British Society for Plant Pathology.
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Important news! The new ISMPMI website is live! Visit the site to get society news, watch posted videos, listen to our podcasts, become or manage your membership and more. ismpmi.org
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IS-MPMI - International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Diverse Backgrounds Common Interests Connecting leading scientists and researchers around the world in microbiology, nematology, plant pathology, developmental biology, genetics, genomics, proteomics,...
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