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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture

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ENSA is an international scientific project researching the beneficial interactions between plants and the soil microbiome to support equitable and sustainable crops that boost the yields and livelihoods of global farmers.

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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🫛ENSA researchers identified three enzymes that could boost nitrogen fixation in legumes. Their model predicts up to 11% higher efficiency and nearly 9% higher rates of fixation, providing new targets for sustainable crop improvement. @meganlmatthews.bsky.social Rourou Ji @joshuakaste.bsky.social
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🍄‍🟫 🌾New research from Uta Paszkowski's group reveals that elevated CO₂ strengthens rice's reliance on mycorrhizal fungi for phosphorus uptake. This research reveals just how important this partnership may become as atmospheric CO₂ levels continue to rise. #PlantScience #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Exciting to see ENSA research featured by SWR @swr.de.web.brid.gy. In this short TV report, @ottlab.bsky.social and @henrietteruebsam.bsky.social explain how studies of nitrogen-fixing symbioses could inform future work in crops such as cassava and maize. #PlantBiology #ResearchCommunication
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🌽The road to nitrogen fixing maize is long, but important. A new modelling study by ENSA researchers suggests maize could grow much faster when partnering with two soil microbes – nitrogen fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.@meganlmatthews.bsky.social @plantphys.bsky.social Link👇
🌽Maize grown by ENSA group leader Ruaridh Sawers at Penn State University helped to experimentally validate the model of maize and AM fungi.
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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Gestern Dreh, heute online. Ein kurzer Bericht über unsere Arbeit hier in Freiburg im Rahmen des @ensa-research.bsky.social Projekts und in Kooperation mit @cibss.bsky.social. Danke an @henrietteruebsam.bsky.social und das ganze Team für die Koordination und Mithilfe. www.swr.de/swraktuell/b...
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Weniger Erdgas und CO2: Wissenschaftler forschen an Bakterien-Pflanzen-Symbiosen
Kunstdünger braucht viel Erdgas und schadet Klima und Gewässern. Forschende in Freiburg wollen, dass Nutzpflanzen sich mithilfe von Bakterien selbst mit Stickstoff versorgen.
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fabulous film about @jenmcgaley.bsky.social's work in the @paszkowskilab.bsky.social. Jen has captured arbuscular mycorrhiza in motion for the first time. Find out more 👉https://tinyurl.com/yc2brzcu 🧪 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ENSA is hiring a postdoc in maize–microbe interactions. 🌽🦠 If you have expertise in maize molecular biology, physiology, or cell biology, apply to join Simona Radutoiu's lab at Aarhus University, Denmark. Deadline: 31 July 2026. international.au.dk/about/profil...
Some members of Simona Radutoiu's lab group photographed in the forest while on an away-day hike.
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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A new documentary on scientific approaches to replace industrial nitrogen fertilizers is now online @artefr.bsky.social (only in DE/FR). Among them is our and @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social's work @ensa-research.bsky.social further supported by @cibss.bsky.social. www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
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Dünger der Zukunft: Die Stickstoff-Revolution - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Ohne künstlichen Stickstoffdünger wären die hohen Erträge der industriellen Landwirtschaft undenkbar. Doch der intensive Einsatz schädigt das Klima. Weltweit wird nach klimafreundlichen Alternativen g...
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We're delighted to announce Uta Paszkowski as the new Russell R. Geiger Chair in Crop Science - a prestigious academic chair at @cam.ac.uk that serves as a cornerstone for cutting-edge agricultural research, sustainability and global food security. 🌍🌱🧪 tinyurl.com/39k489sd
Professor Uta Paszkowski, Crop Science Centre Director and Russell R. Geiger Professor of Crop Science in the gardens at St John's College where she is a Fellow. Credit: Nathan Pitt. © University of Cambridge.
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Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno @sefin-esp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 Nos complace anunciar a los ganadores del I Premio Tesis Doctoral Tomás Ruíz Argüeso en esta primera edición de 2026: Primer Premio para @andrearesearch.bsky.social de la Universidad de León y Accésit a @itsmesamu.bsky.social de la Estación Experimental de Aula Dei. ¡¡Enhorabuena a los dos!! 🌱🧫👏🎉
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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New pre-print from the lab! We show that the subtilase SBT12a is essential for symbiosome stabilization in Medicago. Using HUNTER proteomics, we even got some of its substrates. Have a look. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
New Opinion with @iamjawaharsingh.bsky.social @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social No Phosphate, less nitrogen fixing symbiosis and nodules, regardless of nitrogen status. PHR-L7 represses NIN in Common bean under phosphate starvation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Congrats @ottlab.bsky.social and @pengbo10.bsky.social for leading this work!
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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of @pengbo10.bsky.social. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Nanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and solanaceous plants
Colonization of plant roots by symbionts requires substantial morphodynamic reorganization. Examples are actin-scaffolded microcompartments called infection pockets formed during root nodule symbiosis...
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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw @idw-online.de · 09/03/2026
Key Protein SYFO2 Enables ‘Self-Fertilization’ of Leguminous Plants • An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott, professor at the University of Freiburg and member of the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS – Centre for Integrat... weiterlesen
CIBSS scientist Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott.   - Copyright Michael Spiegelhalter / University of Freiburg
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🔬 ENSA research uncovers SYFO2, a molecular gatekeeper that reorganizes actin in legume root hairs to allow rhizobial entry. The team showed that tomato can activate its own SYFO2 pathway, revealing deep evolutionary roots of symbiosis @science.org @ottlab.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
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Role of molecular “gatekeeper” uncovered, allowing nitrogen-fixing bacteria to enter plant roots | ENSA
A new publication from ENSA researchers and international collaborators has uncovered role of SYFO2 protein that helps plants initiate partnerships with beneficial soil microbes.
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ENSA - Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture @ensa-research.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
ENSA2 researchers Jens Stougaard & Jesús Montiel González share their journey in @theplantjournal.bsky.social. From pioneering Lotus japonicus to uncovering how bacteria infect plants, their work shows how collaboration drives global agricultural innovation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Now out: The expansin EXPA1 is required for both inter- and intracellular infections of Lotus roots. The study was led by Jesús Montiel (UNAM, Mexico) and Jens Stougaard (Aarhus, Denmark) with @blace.bsky.social from our team doing lots of the imaging. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Lotus japonicus alpha‐expansin EXPA1 is recruited during intracellular and intercellular rhizobial colonization
The colonization of legume roots by rhizobia represents a critical phase in the establishment of root nodule symbiosis. In this study, we demonstrated that LjEXPA1, a plant protein involved in cell w...
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