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Baptiste Castel @baptistebio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy to share that I’ve joined @inrae-france.bsky.social as a permanent researcher, studying fungal diseases of crops 🌿 I’m part of the Leptosphaeria team at @inrae-bioger.bsky.social, based on the new @agroparistech.fr campus in @parissaclay.bsky.social Open to collaborations and applications!

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Muriel Viaud @muriel-viaud.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Happy to share our work! 🍄🍇 Botrytis cinerea grapevine-specialized strains harbor a specific repertoire of transposons. While retrotransposon-derived small RNAs do not appear to play a significant role in virulence on grapevine, a new giant transposon—a #Starship— confers arsenic resistance.

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Société Française de Phytopathologie @sfp-france.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The SFP's new Board of Directors met in Paris and elected its new Executive Committee: Congrats to Mathias Choquer (@mathiaschoquer.bsky.social), President; Maryam Khalili (@maryamkhalili.bsky.social), Treasurer; and Maël Baudin (@baudinmael.bsky.social), Secretary General. 📷 @mrmbuee.bsky.social

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Today, we had the pleasure to welcome @carlmesarich.bsky.social and Ashleigh Mosen from Massey university @inrae-bioger.bsky.social to discuss projects and collaboration. Carl Mesarich gave a seminar on avirulence effectors of Venturia inaequalis and Fulvia fulva and on their switch to virulence

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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Nicolas Lapalu et al. developed a new method to improve the prediction of eukaryotic genes and demonstrate its utility using the genome of the fungal wheat pathogen #Zymoseptoria tritici. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-07-25-0077-TA

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Single gene and polycistronic transcripts shown for reannotated gene models (RGMs) ZtIPO323_010430 and ZtIPO323_010440. RGMs ZtIPO323_010430 and ZtIPO323_010440, located at chr_1: 2692944...2694593 and chr_1: 2694544...2697087, respectively, were transcribed on the same strand with overlapping 3′ untranslated region (UTR) and 5′ UTR (red rectangle).

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A permanent position as a research scientist is opened in our team! We look for a plant physiologist with expertise in plant / microorganism interactions to identify plant susceptibility factors to fungal disease. Please forward!

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The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our first wheat stripe rust avirulence (?!) effector is published "Defence Recognition of a Stripe Rust Fungal Effector Is Uncoupled from Disease Outcomes in Wheat" apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/.... It is not what we expected but this is the most fun part about science. 1/n

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Defence Recognition of a Stripe Rust Fungal Effector Is Uncoupled from Disease Outcomes in Wheat | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

Plant resistance (R) and pathogen avirulence (Avr) gene interactions are central to pathogen recognition and disease resistance in crops. Functional characterisation of recognised Avr effectors of Puc...

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inrae-bioger.bsky.social @inrae-bioger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Elza Neau's PhD defence is just starting on 'multiple roads to multidrug resistance in plant pathogenic fungi: the case of Zymoseptoria tritici'. A PhD supervised by Sabine Fillinger and Anaïs Laleve at @inrae-bioger.bsky.social and funded by @parissaclay.bsky.social

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

#TansleyReview: Unraveling complexity in #ClimateChange effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions Afkhami et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Fig. 1 Climate change effects on our ecosystems are diverse, but research on plant–microbe interactions has focused on drought.

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Congratulation @Camille Rabeau who defended her PhD today on innovative ways to identify new resistance sources to Leptosphaeria maculans in rapeseed. A great co supervision with Audren Jiquel @inrae-bioger.bsky.social and Sébastien Faure @innolea. Good luck Camille with your new position as breeder

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Now published in Plant Pathology. 'Molecular Investigation of Rlm3 From Rapeseed as a Potential Broad‐Spectrum Resistance Gene Against Fungal Pathogens Producing Structurally Conserved Effectors' - Talbi - Plant Pathology - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Molecular Investigation of Rlm3 From Rapeseed as a Potential Broad‐Spectrum Resistance Gene Against Fungal Pathogens Producing Structurally Conserved Effectors

AvrLm3 and structural analogues from the multipathogen LARS family trigger recognition by Rlm3 from rapeseed, that recognition being abolished by the presence of AvrLm4-7 or mutation of key amino aci...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Hopfner Lab @hopfnerlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thrilled that our work is now finally out in Nature Comms! rdcu.be/eG3vP We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres. Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!

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Alex Guyon @alexguyon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free! 🍄🍄🍄 www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Current issue: Current Biology

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#SFP2025 Anne Genissel from @inrae-bioger.bsky.social on the evolution of plasticity of Zymoseptoria tritici

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#SFP2025 Amandine Le Ruyet from @inrae-bioger.bsky.social on the mode of action of a biocontrol molecule, the 4PBA

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Société Française de Phytopathologie @sfp-france.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

#SFP2025 is just starting. Lets talk about plant pathology!

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 12/03/2025

Current methods for profiling #HistoneModifications require cell isolation & don't work with all tissue types. @jellevda.bsky.social &co adapt Targeted DamID (TaDa) to profile cell-type-specific #histone marks throughout the genome, in vivo, without cell isolation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3Dw8sUD

Profiling histone marks with TaDa. Top left: Schematic showing methods used for Targeted DamID profiling of histone modifications. Bottom left: Illustration demonstrating fusion of Dam to chromatin-binding domains for H3K4me3 or H3K27me3 and to mintbodies (scFvs) against H3K9ac or H4K20me1. Right: Histone marks near the Mira locus (shaded) in Drosophila third-instar neural stem cells.

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Really strong candidate for the coolest story of the year (I know it’s still just march)!!! Kudos @svenklumpe.bsky.social @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social & all involved 👏

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Have a look at the EPLM team posters today at #ECFG17 on the regulation of Leptosphaeria maculans effector gene expression (P2.409) and on the identification of rapeseed resistances triggered by late effectors (P2.138).

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

@INRAE_Bioger is well represented at the #ECFG17. See oral presentations CS1.3.7 and CS1.7.2 this afternoon, and posters P2.138 and P2.409 tomorrow.

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

New Publication: Live cell imaging of plant infection provides new insight into the biology of pathogenesis by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (2025) | @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Could we identify broad-spectrum resistances able to recognize structural families of effectors? During her PhD, Nacera Talbi demonstrated proof of concept with the Rlm3 resistance protein, which can recognize members of the LARS structural family. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Molecular investigation of Rlm3 from rapeseed as a broad-spectrum resistance gene against fungal pathogens producing structurally conserved effectors

Recognition of a pathogen avirulence (AVR) effector protein by its cognate plant resistance (R) protein triggers immune responses that render the plant resistant, representing an efficient disease con...

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

This year, our invited speaker is Jean Guy Berrin @jgberrin @BBFlab on Fungal carbohydrate enzymes #FungIDF

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

5th Symposium on Fungal Genetics Île de France is just starting. Thanks to our sponsors #Univ_paris_cite #IJMonod #SFGenetique #institutpasteur #cnrs

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Proud to see that story out! Our demonstration that part of the Leptosphaeria maculans effector genes are under the dual control of a chromatin-remodeler and a specific transcription factor. A work performed by @ColinClairet during his PhD, co-supervised with @soyer_jessica. x.com/NewPhyt/status…

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Congratulations to Axelle Deroubaix from @INRAE_Bioger, winner of the best poster at #JJC2024. A thesis supervised by @LMetabolites

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Last talk of the #JJC2024 by @henri_lebrun on the KP4 and KP6 effectors of Zymoseptoria tritici which are toxic to fungi. @INRAE_Bioger

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Camille Rabeau from @INRAE_Bioger and Innolea presenting a poster on the identification of resistances to Leptosphaeria maculans recognizing effectors expressed at late stages of infection. #jjc2024

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Marc-Henri Lebrun on the improved annotation of Zymoseptoria tritici genome using Iso-seq and RNA-seq. A project led with @NicolasLapalu @INRAE_Bioger. #JJC2024

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Great talk by Elza Neau from @INRAE_Bioger on generalist resistance mechanisms to fungicides in Zymoseptoria tritici

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Thanks to our invited speaker @PlantoPhagy inaugurating the #jjc2024 with a great talk on comparative cell biology approaches to identify new autophagy mechanisms

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Thank you to the jury! Corinne vacher, Élisabeth Fournier, Nathan Vannier and Bernard Dumas

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Great PhD defense of Mathilde Gorse on the influence of rapeseed resistance genes on the fungi associated to Leptosphaeria maculans during its infection cycle. Congratulations to her supervisors @MBalesdent and Valérie Laval @INRAE_Bioger

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

So happy to spend the day with scientists from the Paris area working on fungal genetics and related topics thanks to the Fungal Genetics in Île de France network #fungIdF

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

#fungIdF Alberto Ballin from @IJMonod on glucose signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Isabelle Fudal @ifudal.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

#fungIdF Cassandre Deculty from @institutpasteur also on the regulation of extracellular vesicles biosynthesis in Cryptococcus neoformans

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