Reposted by Santi PriegoPost-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants - PGRP2026 @pgrp2026.bsky.social · 18hDay 2 of #PGRP2026 starts with Rosa Lozano-Durán and "Another one bites the dust: Geminivirus co-option of plant RNA splicing" 🦠✂️🌱 0103
Reposted by Santi PriegoPost-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants - PGRP2026 @pgrp2026.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our first keynote speaker, giving the EMBO lecture is Herve Vaucheret 072
Reposted by Santi Priegonf-core @nf-co.re · 18/09/2026Pipeline release! nf-core/genomeassembler v2.0.0 - 2.0.0 - Saffron Vulture! Please see the changelog: github.com/nf-core/genomeassembler/…github.comRelease 2.0.0 - Saffron Vulture · nf-core/genomeassembler2.0.0 - 'Saffron Vulture' - [2026-09-18] This is a major release, with breaking changes. The pipeline now implements topics to collect software version, the minimum nextflow version is 25.10.4. v2.... 022
Reposted by Santi PriegoLorenz Oberkofler @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Super happy to finally share our preprint with the community! 🎉 Fungal extracellular vesicles deliver RNA cargo into host cells - but how do they get through the plant cell wall? This question puzzled us and the field for years… 🧵 1/6 56727
Reposted by Santi PriegoIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Nuevo Máster en Biotecnología y Biología Vegetal (UMA-UNIA) en Málaga, que ofrece formación especializada con fuerte orientación experimental, con acceso a los grupos de investigación del IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC y sus infraestructuras científicas. + info mbbv.es 11116
Reposted by Santi PriegoGregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The award ceremony was followed by a celebratory dinner at the Rathauskeller at Vienna City Hall, supported by the @wien.gv.at – a fitting close to a stimulating two-day program! #Mendel_ECR_26 #PlantBiology #WhereKnowledgeGrows 0125
Reposted by Santi PriegoAdam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We are excited to release the BAT!🦇🚨 We've used this phylogenetic analysis pipeline in our lab for years, and grad Ben Sheppard now presents a Github release and preprint. I run BAT analyses almost daily. It makes exploring gene families routine, customizable, and fun🧵 26831
Reposted by Santi PriegobioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Evolutionary diversification of the SymRK receptor family in land plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0128
Reposted by Santi PriegoTora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Its preprint season for #TRRPlantMicrobe and in the last weeks a flurry of great plant microbe papers were posted. It's been wonderful seeing these stories take shape over the last years amid a supportive community of young researchers, so I wanted to collect them all in one place. Take a look👇 1910
Reposted by Santi Priegomanavellalab.bsky.social @manavellalab.bsky.social · 07/03/202622 amazing speakers already confirmed and taking place in the sunny and beautiful Malaga, what else can you ask 😀 See you next October 5-7! malaga.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index 063
Reposted by Santi PriegobioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Noncanonical loops regulated by EMF1 and cohesin-associated factors shape the distinct 3D genome architecture in plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 052
Reposted by Santi PriegoErin Reynolds @erinreynolds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Excited to share my work from my PhD now out at Nature Plants on elucidation of withanolide biosynthesis in the medicinal plant ashwagandha!lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 1112
Reposted by Santi PriegoBoas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026“Analysis of Biological Data with Python” started today for biology bachelor students 🧬🐍 Want to learn Python for data analysis? Slides are freely available: github.com/bpucker/teac... #Python #DataAnalysis #Biology #OpenScience #BigData #Bioinformatics #DataScience @puckerlab.bsky.social 03113
Reposted by Santi PriegoDPE @dpe-csic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025🧬 Nueva #MICROCREDENCIAL - Competencias digitales básicas para biología computacional Si trabajas con datos biológicos y necesitas moverte con soltura en Linux, Python y bioinformática, esta microcredencial es para ti. ➡️Preinscripción: 02/01/2026 - 19/01/2026 111
Reposted by Santi Priegonf-core @nf-co.re · 21/11/2025Pipeline release! nf-core/methylong v2.0.0 - 3! Please see the changelog: github.com/nf-core/methylong/releas…github.comRelease 3 · nf-core/methylong 021
Reposted by Santi PriegoChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10/11/2025New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet 14115
Reposted by Santi Priegomanavellalab.bsky.social @manavellalab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025🌱💡 Did you know nuclear pores do more than let molecules in & out? Our new study shows they also act as control hubs for pri-miRNA transcription & processing! A surprising twist in how plants fine-tune gene silencing. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...academic.oup.comValidate User 012
Reposted by Santi PriegoBoas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 16/09/2025🚀 Exciting update: "Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences" now includes an updated overview figure! 🌱🔬 Check out how to run a plant genome sequencing project: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #LongReads #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social 1307
Reposted by Santi Priegomanavellalab.bsky.social @manavellalab.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Join us in Málaga in 2026!!! 042
Reposted by Santi PriegoMaria Spezzati @maryspezz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Excited to share some data from my PhD project at #ENFC2025 Join me to discuss about Lotus and Tomato SymRK 🌱 0114
Reposted by Santi PriegoBoas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Thinking of starting a plant genome sequencing project? Check out this step-by-step guide: Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences 📖 www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #LongReads @puckerlab.bsky.socialpreprints.org 13415
Reposted by Santi PriegoRomy Petroll @petrollromy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025So excited to be at #ESEB2025 presenting poster 221 today!☀️ Check out our chromosome-level genome of Bostrychia, a red alga from the complex Ceramiales order, revealing massive genome expansion by giant Plavaka DNA transposons, the evolution of expanded gene families and UV sex chromosomes! 1298
Reposted by Santi PriegoFrankeLab @frankelab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Extremely happy to see our withanolide biosynthesis paper out in @natcomms.nature.com rdcu.be/evHOF Fantastic team effort with the Pucker group @bpucker.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social at @unibonn.bsky.social and Heretsch, Herde and Witte groups at @unihannover.bsky.social. Funded by @dfg.derdcu.bePhylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesisNature Communications - Withanolides are plant steroids with potent bioactivities found in many medicinal plants including Withania somnifera, but their biosynthetic pathway is largely unknown.... 42913
Reposted by Santi PriegoTora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 03/07/2025New (English!) episode from the wonderful TRR356 podcast on plant-microbe interactions, and this time I got to join! Have a listen to hear more about the work we do to understand how plants and beneficial microbes interact 👇 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/p... #SciComm 🧪 #PlantSciencepodcasts.apple.com#5 Rooted in Symbiosis: How Plants and Microbes Work Together - With Tora Fougner-Økland and Jonathan JelenPodcast-Folge · Pflanzen und ihr Mikrokosmos · 03.07.2025 · 21 Min. 0122
Reposted by Santi PriegobioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Plant specialised metabolites modulate the molecular signatures of host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 003
Reposted by Santi PriegoLorenz Oberkofler @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Just back from the #COST Action meeting in Hamburg, where I had the chance to present some of our research on fungal extracellular vesicles and sRNA transport. Always a pleasure to exchange ideas and reconnect with the #exRNA community! 172
Reposted by Santi PriegoChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Subfunctionalization and epigenetic regulation of a biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae From: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PlantScience #SecMetpnas.orgSubfunctionalization and epigenetic regulation of a biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae | PNASBiosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are sets of often heterologous genes that are genetically and functionally linked. Among eukaryotes, BGCs are mos... 13514
Reposted by Santi PriegoAn-Po Cheng @an-pocheng.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Happy to share our latest publication in the Weiberg Lab: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Here we uncovered how fungal argonautes regulate bidirectional cross-kingdom RNAi during infection of plants. Big thanks to @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social and everyone who was involved in the story.pnas.org 021
Reposted by Santi PriegoMolecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 17/04/2025New study with @petrollromy.bsky.social @borglab.bsky.social traces the evolution of epigenetic silencing in plants. Deep conservation of PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 marks across green algae suggest ancient, conserved networks of gene repression. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb... #evobio #molevol #plantsdoi.orgThe Expansion and Diversification of Epigenetic Regulatory Networks Underpins Major Transitions in the Evolution of Land PlantsAbstract. Epigenetic silencing is essential for regulating gene expression and cellular diversity in eukaryotes. While DNA and H3K9 methylation silence tra 02210
Reposted by Santi PriegoLMU München @lmu.de · 06/03/2025Plants epigenetically control the production of pharmaceutically relevant active ingredients!🌿 #LMU Researchers led by Claude Becker have discovered a #genecluster that regulates the biosynthesis of withanolides in Physalis grisea - with important implications for alternative pesticides & drugs.lmu.deHow plants epigenetically regulate their chemical defencesA new study demonstrates how plants of the nightshade family produce pharmaceutically valuable compounds and how this biosynthesis is epigenetically regulated. 083
Reposted by Santi PriegoKlaus Schlaeppi @kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Preprint alert: Here we report MMF1 - "a microbiota receptor” - through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. Happy reading... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgA TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in ArabidopsisPlant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f... 55229
Reposted by Santi PriegoMichael Borg @borglab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🚨Preprint Alert🚨 I'm really happy to finally share our exploits in red algae and introduce the wider community to Bostrychia, the new model system we have been developing to tackle the molecular biology of red algae. Isn't she a beauty? Thread below 🧵 1/8 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 48233
Reposted by Santi PriegoPunzadas @punzadas.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Nuevo episodio desde MÉXICO🎙️Ya podéis escuchar nuestra conversación con el brillante Pau Luque desde la FIL de Guadalajara. Hablamos de la intersección entre filosofía y literatura, de Iris Murdoch, Martha Nussbaum, Barthes y más. ADORAMOS A PAU y vosotras también💘🪡 open.spotify.com/episode/07jy...open.spotify.comÉtica y literatura: cruce de caminos, con Pau LuquePunzadas Sonoras · Episode 1205
Reposted by Santi PriegoChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 12/12/2024My Tidyverse local synteny visualizer is up on GitHub: github.com/cxli233/Tidy... GitHub page contains 2 example datasets, as well as step-by-step instruction & explanations on how it works. Details on required input data are discussed in the GitHub page. Let me know if you run into issues. 28832