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Jens Boch

@mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social
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Professor, TALENted & CRISPRing Genome Editor, maker of low-allergenic, low-toxic, pathogen-free food crops, cat-lover

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 19h
Exciting News! Sophien Kamoun to give the Opening Keynote Lecture at the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Korea (18-22 July 2027). ismpmi.org/events/2027-...
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2027 IS-MPMI Congress - IS-MPMI
Sophien Kamoun to give the opening keynote talk:                AI-Guided Studies of Plant Immunity Save the Date Sunday, 18 July – Thursday, 22 July Jeju, South Korea The 22nd International Congress ...
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pfeilmeier.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social · 23h
📣 New EPS course in Molecular Plant Pathology coming up next year … @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our October issue is out now! 🔍️ On the cover: Golden Rice–like pigmentation associated with enhanced seed carotenoid accumulation in prime edited rice (Kim et al doi.org/10.1111/pbi....) Read it in full 👉️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652... #plantscience
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Öko-Progressives Netzwerk e.V. @oekoprog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Am Sonntag wird über die Zukunft eines Bundeslandes entschieden. Bildung & Forschung sind Ländersache und das Programm des erwarteten Wahlsiegers will u.a. die Selbstbestimmung der Universitäten einschränken. Wir haben uns die Folgen für die Wissenschaft angesehen.⤵️ oekoprog.org/keine-stimme...
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Was die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt für Unis und Forschung plant - ÖkoProg
ÖkoProg appeliert: Setzt euch dafür ein, dass Wissenschafts- und Forschungsfreiheit erhalten bleiben! Keine Stimme der AfD!
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 26/08/2026
Die Zeit ist reif, wissenschaftliches Publizieren mitzugestalten! #OpenAccess #OpenScience Doch was braucht ein offenes und nachhaltiges Publikationswesen? 5 Wissenschaftler*innen diskutieren über Erfahrungen, aktuelle Herausforderungen und gelebte Ansätze: 🎬 youtu.be/vjckj9Hp1RY?...
Blaue Tafel mit Icon bzw. Filmsymbol und Headline:
Die Zeit ist reif.
Perspektiven zum wissenschaftsgeleiteten Publizieren

Darunter ein Zitat von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pelz, TU Darmstadt
"Die Zeit ist gekommen. Und eigentlich hat sich die Wissenschaft schon aufgemacht, das bestehende Publikationssystem zu verändern."
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An opportunity to work with me 👇
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🧬 Want to get started with bioinformatics and the command line? Join our de.NBI training course “CLI Basics for Life Scientists” in Bonn! www.denbi.de/training-cou... #Bioinformatics #Bonn #CloudComputing @puckerlab.bsky.social @denbi.bsky.social @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social
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CLI Basics for Life Scientists
The 'German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure – de.NBI' is a national, academic and non-profit infrastructure supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research providing bioinformati...
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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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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Job opportunity! 🌱 At KWS Einbeck (Germany), we have an exciting opening for a Group Lead for Molecular Trait Analysis & Genomics. 👉 Read more & apply online: jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
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Group Lead (m/f/d) for Molecular Trait Analysis and Genomics
Group Lead (m/f/d) for Molecular Trait Analysis and Genomics
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Full Professor (W3) Plant-Soil Interactions 🌱🔬 📍 @unihohenheim.bsky.social, Institute of Crop Science Start: 1 April 2028 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Application deadline this Friday! Hurry up if you want to be my successor. W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
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University of Freiburg
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NOW at Herrenhäuser Garten! Flowers every 7-10 years for 1 night only. Size: 2,19 m! Beautiful smell (like a cadaver). 🤧
Titanwurz-Blüte
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Fachberaterin Lizzy vom Team Kranich @liesbeth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
wird heute der tag an dem bluesky eine abstimmung vom ndr dreht? es wäre grandios. merkt euch den 1.7. er wird bluesky tag.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 29/06/2026
Retargeted serine integrases for one-step, precise integration of large DNA sequences in human cells www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Retargeted serine integrases for one-step, precise integration of large DNA sequences in human cells - Nature Biotechnology
Serine integrases are retargeted to streamline genomic integrations of DNA.
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Professorship Agricultural Bioinformatics. Gießen, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #Plantsciencejobs www.academics.de/jobs/w3-prof...
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W3-Professur für Agrarbioinformatik - Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen bietet Stelle als W3-Professur für Agrarbioinformatik in Gießen - jetzt bewerben!
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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🌱 NGT Regulations adopted in the EU – what’s next? Over the next two years, the delegated and implementing acts will define the framework, bringing #GenomeEditing closer to practice in Europe. Read more: www.kws.com/corp/en/inno...
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Lila Tomaten 🍅 & mehr Zur Langen Nacht d Wissenschaft lädt @ipbhalle.bsky.social am Fr., 3. Juli in #Halle, Weinberg 3 Es bietet ein Mitmachprogramm für alle Sinne + diskutiert u.a. wie mit der Genschere CRISPR/Cas (#NGT) neue Pflanzensorten 🌱entstehen www.ipb-halle.de/oeffentlichk...
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Bunte Bakterien und lila Tomaten zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft
Pressemitteilung des IPB vom 24.6.2026
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our latest work on immune receptor engineering for enhanced pathogen recognition is out in @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... #NLRs #Effectors #Exo70
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Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance
Engineering the barley NLR RGH2 enhances recognition of blast pathogen effectors from rice and wheat, leading to improved disease resistance.
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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please consider signing this petition to save the Botanic Gardens in Dundee, my home town. The gardens are a place of learning, solace and inspiration, and are cherished by both Dundonians and visitors to the city. Its closure would be a terrible loss. c.org/syGLMR2NQL
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Sign the Petition
Save Dundee Botanic Gardens and cafe
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Jessica Lee Erickson @ericksonlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New Preprint! We identified 20 new type II-secreted effectors from Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and show that they help bacteria feed and remodel plant cell walls during infection. Proud of my team at #ZMBP and collaborators for making this possible! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Defining the Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type II-secreted effector arsenal: core nutritional functions and effector diversity
The type II secretion (T2S) system is conserved across the Xanthomonas lineage, yet its contributions to pathogenicity and secreted protein repertoires are poorly defined. We demonstrate that T2S syst...
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Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07: sl1nk.com/b7z0doc Deadline July 10!
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Heute haben wir im Praktikum Pflanzenbiotechnologie Tomaten analysiert. Wunderschön! (Gentechnik ist auch dabei…) 🧬🤩🍅💜
Stempeldruck mit verschiedenen gentechnisch veränderten und normalen Tomaten. Lila (Anthocyan) und rosa (Betalain) Farben.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 18/06/2026
Durchbruch für die Pflanzenforschung in Europa: Die DFG begrüßt die Zustimmung des EU-Parlaments zur neuen Verordnung zu Züchtungstechniken, für dessen wissenschaftsbasierte Differenzierung sich die Senatskommission für Grundsatzfragen der Genforschung über Jahre eingesetzt hat: sohub.io/csi8
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Neue Züchtungstechniken bei Pflanzen: DFG begrüßt Zustimmung des EU-Parlaments zu neuer Verordnung
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David Spencer @davidspencer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Mit einer neuen Gentechnikverordnung zu mehr Innovation "Made in Europe" - aber wie? 🌱🧬🧪 In meinem aktuellen Text für @biooekonomie.bsky.social geht es um Chancen der neuen NGT-Gesetzgebung für Bioökonomie und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. #Gentechnik #NGT #EU biooekonomie.de/artikel/tren...
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EU ebnet den Weg für genomeditierte Nutzpflanzen
Moderne Pflanzenforschung revolutioniert die Lebensmittelbranche – auch in der EU. Die neue Verordnung zu den Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGT) in der Pflanzenzüchtung richtet sich nach dem Stand der ...
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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 17/06/2026
Novel crop breeding techniques will finally be allowed in Europe! 🥳🧬🌱
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transgen @transgen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Das EU-Parlament hat die Verordnung für NGT- Pflanzen ohne Änderungen angenommen. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/pres...
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New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | Aktuelles | Europäisches Parlament
Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The European Parliament decided to #GiveGenesAChance! 💚🇪🇺 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/pres...
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Neue genomische Techniken für Innovationen in nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft | Aktuelles | Europäisches Parlament
Das Parlament nahm heute neue Vorschriften an, die den Zugang zu neuen, klima- und schädlingsresistenten Pflanzen erleichtern.
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Awesome! 👏 Finally, science has convinced sufficient politicians to approve the new NGT-rules to enable CRISPR-based plant breeding! Time to celebrate!🎉🎊🥂🧬✂️🌱 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
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New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | News | European Parliament
Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We are looking for a new group member (BSc/MSc student) to bring our full plasmid sequencing data analysis workflow (NanoPlasmiQC) to the next level: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #Python #Genomics #LongReads #Biotech #SynBio #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Project summary figure with the details about our full plasmid sequencing data analysis workflow and this opportunity for Bachelor or Master students. Parts of the figure were generated with the help of ChatGPT. Details:  https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#NPQCS
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This film from @nature.com's multimedia team - HT @shamini.bsky.social @danjfox.bsky.social - tells you everything you need to know about the whale necropolis discovered in the Indian Ocean and reported in @nature.com youtu.be/jYDl4c7ZwhQ?...
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Whale graveyard discovered 7km under the sea
YouTube video by nature video
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Nature @nature.com · 11/06/2026
Calling all researchers using Anthropic's AI model Claude: how are you using the new Claude Fable 5 model in your research? We want to hear about the most impressive things it's built for your research projects or left you asking what the fuss is all about. Let us know.
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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As seen on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: our story on how the dreaded late blight pathogen hijacks a helper NLR pathway is now out in its final form! 🎉 Meet AVRcap1b: the two-faced effector 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A potato late blight pathogen effector interacts with ENTH-domain protein TOL9a and an activated helper NLR to suppress immunity
A plant pathogen effector suppresses an activated helper NLR via a host ENTH domain–containing protein, NbTOL9a.
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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Two faces calls for two papers! Check out our companion paper showing how the same AVRcap1b stalls stepwise assembly of the tomato NRC3 resistosome mid-build! Check out the paper and the original thread: bsky.app/profile/jmad... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A plant pathogen effector blocks stepwise assembly of a helper NLR resistosome
An RXLR-LWY effector from Phytophthora infestans interferes with helper NLR resistosome assembly to suppress plant immunity.
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Martin Reich @martinreich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Völlig daneben, was Demeter und Co. da machen. Aus erster Hand weiß ich, wie sich Europaabgeordnete von der Flut an Anti-Gentechnik-Spam drangsaliert fühlen. Was man damit erreicht? Dass Bürger:innenbeteiligung bei politischen Prozessen in Frage gestellt werden wird. Weil so nicht mehr zu handhaben.
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Am 17.06. steht die finale Abstimmung im EU-Parlament auf der Tagesordnung. Nach eigenen Angaben der Demeter-Kampagne wurden EU-Parlamentarier*innen bisher mit 200.000 E-Mails vollgespamt. Heute wurden Nummern veröffentlicht, um die MdEPs jetzt noch mit Telefonterror mürbe zu machen. Völlig irre.
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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
‼️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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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. Apply if you’d like to be my successor. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
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University of Freiburg
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You saw them first on @bioRxiv. Now they’re out in print—back-to-back. Meet AVRcap1b: the two-faced immunosuppressor from the potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A potato late blight pathogen effector interacts with ENTH-domain protein TOL9a and an activated helper NLR to suppress immunity
A plant pathogen effector suppresses an activated helper NLR via a host ENTH domain–containing protein, NbTOL9a.
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Diana Gómez De La Cruz @dianagdlc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So proud to see this story finally out!🎉 We added new data since our previous preprint—transgenic barley plants with an engineered immune receptor that fights off two fungal pathogens at once. Short 🧵 and link to the original preprint thread on X👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor
Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It's be an honour to write this TALE-review with my long-time friend and colleague Jan Grau 👨‍🔬📗🧑‍💻. It's about both worlds: virulence, genomics 🌾🧫🧪 & genome editing, SynBio 🧬✂️. All figures done by ourselves! Hope you like it. Please spread the news! 📰🥳 doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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TALEs, TALENs, and TALE Base Editors: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology
TALEs (transcription activator-like effectors) are an excellent example of how studying pathogen–host interactions can lead to significant biotechnology inventions. TALEs are bacterial effectors that ...
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Am Samstag, 6. Juni ist es wieder soweit: #OffeneTuerenIPK bei uns in Gatersleben mit einem bunten Programm rund um die Vielfalt unserer Genbank und die moderne Pflanzenforschung. Alle Infos: offene-tueren.ipk-gatersleben.de #wisskomm #blueLZ
Screenshot von der Info-Seite zum Tag der offenen Türen mit den Daten 6. Juni 2026 von 10 bis 15 Uhr.
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Martina Ried-Lasi @martinaried.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Excited to share that our work on VIH2-dependent inositol pyrophosphate signaling and arbuscular mycorrhiza is now out in Science Advances! In this study, we explore how VIH2 contributes to the regulation of AM in Lotus japonicus. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Lotus japonicus VIH2 is an inositol pyrophosphate synthase that regulates arbuscular mycorrhiza
Inositol pyrophosphate messengers regulate arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and phosphate uptake in Lotus japonicus.
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Nature @nature.com · 21/05/2026
The size of the Ebola outbreak in its initial days is worrying researchers go.nature.com/4ukDZ0J
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Will this Ebola outbreak be the biggest yet?
The size of the outbreak in its initial days is worrying researchers. The next few weeks will determine how large it grows, they say.
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We are looking for a sugar beet breeder here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social to work on insect/pest resistance traits. This is a full-time, permanent position here in Einbeck (remote work possible) You will most likely get a chance to work with me on #PlantImmunity! #PlantScienceJobs #plantscijobs
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Breeder Sugar Beet Resistance (f/m/d)
Breeder Sugar Beet Resistance (f/m/d)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Professur: Pflanzenökologie Start: 1. Oktober 2027 📍Uni Bremen Deadline: 30 Juni 2026 www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...
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Offene Stellen - Universität Bremen
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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Insane. This could happen to any of us and in fact, it already has. Scientists need to stand together more visibly and raise their voices collectively. It cannot become normal that entire labs are shut down and scientific work is undermined.
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Scientists rejoice about visualization how a black hole distorts the spacetime continuum…😸 @cathrinmachin.bsky.social
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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thrilled to introduce our next act 🎭 in @cp-molcell.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti... led by @glangin.bsky.social We uncover how proteotoxic stress is integrated across compartments, controlling proteasome activation ⚖️ vs photosynthesis repression 🌱 🧵(1/6) #proteostasis
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J. Craig Venter Institute @jcvi.org · 30/04/2026
It is with great sadness that we announce J. Craig Venter has died. 🧪🧬 www.jcvi.org/media-center...
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J. Craig Venter, genomics pioneer and founder of JCVI and Diploid Genomics, Inc., dies at 79
La Jolla, California—April 29, 2026—The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced that J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., the Institute’s founder, board...
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