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Nick Dunken

@nickdunken.bsky.social
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Scientist in the Zuccaro Lab at the University of Cologne Working on Cell Death, infochemicals & TIR proteins in beneficial plant-microbe interactions

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We kick off the Keynote talks of our @thesainsburylab.bsky.social TSL Summer Conference with Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro and beneficial fungi www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Low intra-microbiota antagonism underlies stable and protective barley root microbiota www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Proud to share our new paper on how prion-like fungal effectors target plastids and modulate host metabolism during root symbiosis. Exciting collaborative work uncovering PEPSI effectors and the interaction of one of them with DXR in plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... bsky.app/profile/eell...
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Nick Dunken @nickdunken.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
My former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis
Autophagy acts as a pro-survival mechanism in plant roots during beneficial fungal colonization by restricting fungal proliferation and immunometabolic cel
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Lara Van Dijck @laravdijck.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Super excited to share that my PhD research paper is finally out! @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.... @parkergroup.bsky.social
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Cooperation between a root fungal endophyte and host‐derived coumarin scopoletin mediates Arabidopsis iron nutrition
Iron acquisition is a critical challenge for plants, especially in iron-deficient soils. Recent research underscores the importance of root-exuded coumarins in modulating the root microbiome communi.....
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🎓👏 Congratulations to Dr. @nickdunken.bsky.social Nick Dunken on the successful PhD defense in the lab of @algazuccaro.bsky.social at the University of Cologne and @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors! #phdone #plantscience #sciencecareer
The post shows a picture of Nick after successfully passing his viva on a green background with words congratulating him on acquiring the PhD title.
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots
Intracellular accommodation of mutualistic fungi in plant roots depends on selective remodeling of host cell walls while minimizing activation of plant immune responses. In this study, we identify a h...
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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
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Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals
Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi
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