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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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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So, a Trump supporter told me that, “nobody gives a sh*t” about Indigenous Peoples Day. Please, tell me, do you care about Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New paper! Distribution and Shared Pathogenicity of Small-Spored Alternaria on Solanaceous Crops in Europe dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... Marker analyses of small-spored Alternaria from Germany, Poland and Serbia finds 2 spp mixed. We need full genome sequencing to understand local or host adaptation.
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Distribution and Shared Pathogenicity of Small‐Spored <fi>Alternaria</fi> on Solanaceous Crops in Europe
Phylogenetic and infection-assay data show that A. alternata and A. arborescens co-occur across regions and hosts with extensive haplotype sharing. Both species display comparable pathogenicity on mu....
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 07/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How did Yejin Shim (@yeahgene.bsky.social) engineer osmotic stress tolerance in rice 🌾? The story starts in 1995 when Guoliang Wang and Wenyuan Song led the discovery of the immune receptor XA21.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So true. Thank you for clarifying this! If I ever get a grant for review that lacks the human touch, I will send it back.
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
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Why I am not reading your AI-generated email
I hope this email finds you well-aligned
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
📣 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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And they are sooooo beautiful 🤩 . Can’t stop marveling about this ingenious evolutionary machines.
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations, awesome! 👏 An exciting future awaits! 🥳
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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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thanks for sharing! Helpful overview for the unexperienced reader, but contains some inaccuracies. I don't see the agricultural use, because the plants will always be GMO. Also, a single TALE is typically better in inducing plant gene expression than any CRISPRa construct.
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Naja, ein mittelmäßiger Versuch Wissenschaft und Esoterik als gleichwertige Argumente darzustellen. Für mich ist das ein weiteres Beispiel wie die Medien heutzutage versagen. Sie tragen die Schuld, dass die Gesellschaft Marktschreiern glaubt, statt Sinn und Verstand walten zu lassen.
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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). 🤧
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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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DAS sind die Nachrichten, die ich lesen will! 🥳🍫 Spitze!
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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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
True & sad that I am not convinced which one our politicians will prefer. Energy (not fossile) is going to be key for future economy. So frustrating that German politicians haven’t understood this, yet.
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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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I assume the actual aim is to train AI on such preprints to finally enable AI to do peer review and grant evaluation without humans. 😞🪦🧪👨🏼‍🔬☠️
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Ich habe sie heute erst in der Vorlesung erwähnt. Plant-Biotech-Hero. 🧬🌱🧫
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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 · 20/06/2026
Leider sind die Patentabteilungen der Unis in D. oft sehr schlecht und machen Profs das Leben schwer. Ich halte Patente inzwischen für eine Innovationsbremse im CRISPR-Feld und versuche lieber schnell zu publizieren. Alle Kollegen im Ausland patentieren jede kleine CRISPR-Innovation.
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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Gut gemacht! Allerdings fallen häufig die durch CRISPR erzeugten Pflanzen unter die original CRISPR Lizenz, die der Züchter genutzt hat und dürfen nicht weitergegeben werden. Da derzeit Lizenzen noch teurer sind wäre eine Weitergabe auch problematisch für den Züchter. Wird in Zukunft besser werden.
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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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