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Iris Eisermann

@iriseisermann.bsky.social
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Postdoc at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social | Interested in phytopathology, fungal development and cell biology | I study the septin cytoskeleton

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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thank you! So lovely to hear — it was a big team effort, and I’m really glad it’s out now 🥳
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thank you very much 😃
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A new study from our group, led by Iris Eisermann, of the septin interactome during appressorium development, revealing many new interactors and significantly widening the biological function of septins in fungal pathogenesis. 👇 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Really grateful to all co-authors who made this possible 🙏 Neha Sahu @mariselagarduno.bsky.social Paul Derbyshire @frankmenke.bsky.social Weibin Ma @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social Happy to hear any thoughts or feedback! 🌱🍄
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This rewiring is functionally important. We identify septin-associated proteins linked to virulence, including Msi1 - a BAR-domain protein that localises at the appressorium base and is required for efficient infection.
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Septins don’t just form structures - they reorganise over time. Their interaction networks are dynamically rewired across infection stages, linking septins to diverse cellular processes not previously connected to septin function.
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
To address this, we built a time-resolved septin interactome across infection-related development using Co-IP/MS and Y2H. → >350 high-confidence interactors → strong stage-specific rewiring
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Septins are classically seen as cytoskeletal scaffolds controlling polarity and morphogenesis. But how they connect to broader cellular processes during infection, particularly at a systems level, has remained unclear.
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New preprint out! 🚀 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We mapped how septins organise infection in the rice blast fungus—and found they are far more dynamic than previously thought. Thread 👇 #FungalPathogenesis #CellBiology #septins
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New Preprint: A stage-resolved map of dynamic septin interactions required for infection by the rice blast fungus (2026) www.tsl.ac.uk/publications/166266
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bioRxiv: A stage-resolved map of dynamic septin interactions required for infection by the rice blast fungus (2026)
Septin GTPases are essential cytoskeletal regulators that organize membranes and scaffold protein complexes to control cytokinesis, polarity, and morphogenesis. How septins execute these functions remains poorly understood, and comprehensive, stage-resolved interaction maps are lacking. Here, we define a quantitative, time-resolved septin interactome in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae using immunoprecipitation coupled to mass spectrometry. We map more than 350 interactors of septins Sep3, Sep4, Sep5 and Sep6, revealing a dynamic network required for appressorium-mediated plant infection. Beyond canonical roles in cytoskeletal organisation and polarity, septins associate with proteins linked to membrane remodelling, metabolism, and virulence, deployed during host invasion. Integration with ultra-high-throughput yeast two-hybrid analysis defines a high-confidence septin interactome and identifies previously uncharacterised factors, including Msi1, a BAR domain protein required for invasive growth. Together, these findings establish septins as dynamic organisers of infection-related processes and provide a framework for understanding how cytoskeletal scaffolds coordinate fungal pathogenesis.
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