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Thorsten Langner

@thorstenlangner.bsky.social
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Professor for phytopathology and plant protection at MLU Halle-Wittenberg. Former group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tuebingen. Adaptive evolution of filamentous plant pathogens 🌾🍄🧬. Love nature and music 🎸🥁 dogfather 🐕

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 3h
🔴 Live today! Join us at 16:00 CEST for the ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution 🍄🧬 Speakers: @‌mycomile.bsky.social & @‌fungage-lab.bsky.social 📺 Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/6eC7dvl... #transposons #evolution #biodiversitygenomics #TEs
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Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan
More information, including abstract: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolutionSpeaker: E...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Job alert! We are looking for a Head of Applied Genomics in our Vegetable Division @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a leadership position (full-time, permanent) based in the Netherlands. A strong background in #CropGenetics and leadership experience are necessary. #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
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Head of Applied Genomics
Head of Applied Genomics
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨Reminder: Our next Legends of IS-MPMI webinar with @jonathandgjones.bsky.social is TOMORROW! The webinar is completely free and open to the public. Register using the link below👇, don't miss out!
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar this Wednesday, 30 September at 16:00 CEST: Starship transposons and their role in fungal evolution 🍄🧬🚀 Speakers: @‌https://mycomile.bsky.social @‌https://fungage-lab.bsky.social 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starshi... @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan
More information, including abstract: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolutionSpeaker: E...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs. kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...
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How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in
What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs.
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still one week to apply!
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Josie Maidment @jmaidment.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy to share that our study of the interaction between the MAX effector AVR-Pia and rice HMA domain-containing proteins has been published (as the cover article!) in PLOS Pathogens. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Two folds, many faces: The Magnaporthe oryzae MAX effector AVR-Pia targets novel rice HMA domain-containing proteins
Author summary Blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the world’s most devastating rice diseases. During infection, M. oryzae secretes a diverse set of molecules, known as ...
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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For everyone who still believes that MDPI is a legitimate publisher. More fake science in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social. Hard to imagine that such obvious image manipulation wasn't picked up in the "review process". #sciencecrisis
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Thaís Dal’Sasso @thaisdalsasso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thrilled to share the final version of our manuscript! 🎉 @estukenbrock.bsky.social and I investigated the secretome of the barley pathogen #Zymoseptoria passerinii and asked what its protein structures could tell us about #effector evolution. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧶👇🏻
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Conserved protein folds underpin the diversification of secreted proteins in a fungal pathogen - BMC Microbiology
Background During host colonization, fungal plant pathogens secrete effector-like proteins that alter host cell physiology and target plant-associated microbes. However, rapid evolution and low sequen...
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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#SNP2Prot speaker Marcel Quint kicks off this year‘s retreat that is taking place at @leibnizipk.bsky.social we look forward to reconnecting and discussing the progress made in the last two years 🌱
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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 14/09/2026
Finally a more intuitaive way to learn pLDDT/pAE? 😎 sokrypton.github.io/protein_figh... (Character idea from @hannes-stark.bsky.social & Alex Waldherr)
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Camilla Molinari @camilla-moli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excited to share this pre-print from my PhD work! We explore a Pmk1-Mst12-Bip1 network required for appressorium-mediated infection by the blast fungus 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thread 👇
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A Pmk1-Regulated Mst12-Bip1 Network Coordinates Appressorium Function, Effector Deployment, and Invasive Growth by Magnaporthe oryzae
To cause rice blast disease, the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae develops a specialised infection cell called an appressorium, which generates enormous turgor to breach the rice leaf cuticle. Al...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
6 years later, he has an ERC... @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And now The J. Colhoun Poster Award Winner!
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Peer-review ladies and gents. What’s your favorite? #BSPP26 #PPTATH2026
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Super excited of obtaining a ERCstg to support our project MORPHEUS 🎉🎉 Receiving this grant is a pivotal moment for my lab at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as will allow to extend the scope of our research in cellular reprogramming using ribosome dormancy as entry point 😴🌱❄️🔬 @erc.europa.eu
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excited to launch our ERC project ImmuneCellState 🚀 We’ll investigate how individual plant cells respond to pathogens and explore new dimensions of plant immunity research by integrating single-cell/spatial omics, deep learning and genome editing. @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congrats @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social !!! Looking forward to see all the cool things your lab will discover!
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IPB Halle @ipbhalle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our junior research group leader, Mariana Schuster, has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant, which comes with a grant of 1.5 million euros. Congratulations @marischuster.bsky.social! #ERCStg @erc.europa.eu More Information: www.ipb-halle.de/en/article/e...
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ERC Starting Grant: 1.5 Million Euros for Excellent Research on Plant Immunity
IPB Press Release, September 3, 2026 A great success for plant research at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle: The independent junior research group leader Mariana Schuster has been awarded a highly funded ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her FRONTERA project. Over a period of five years and with funding of 1.5 million euros, she and her team will investigate how the targeted cleavage of membrane proteins regulates the immune defense of plants.
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 03/09/2026
🦠 Die Leopoldina ehrt Mikrobiologin Regine Kahmann für ihr Lebenswerk mit der Cothenius-Medaille. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! ✨
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another #PlantScience job here @kwsgroup.bsky.social! We need a seed physiology expert in our seed research team. This is a full-time, permanent position here at our headquarters in Einbeck. Expertise in Seed Physiology and Germination are needed. #PlantSciJob #PlantSciJobs
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Scientist Seed Research (m/f/d)
Scientist Seed Research (m/f/d)
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Michael Feldbrügge @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two PhD positions in the Feldbrügge Lab at HHU Düsseldorf within nEXt-RNA: 🔬 DC1: Live-cell imaging of RNA transfer and function 📦 DC10: Mechanisms and applications of RNA delivery RNA biology, fungi, extracellular vesicles and advanced imaging. www.mikrobiologie.hhu.de/en/
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Am 29.9. heißt es wieder #BookAScientist: Ihr könnt mit Forschenden der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de direkt online über verschiedenste Themen sprechen. In diesem Jahr bin ich auch dabei. #wisskomm Alle Infos ⬇️
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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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Cecile Lorrain @ccilelorrain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Now accepted: Haplotype-phased assemblies of the two poplar rust fungi species: Melampsora larici-populina and Melampsora allii-populina academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
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Haplotype-phased assemblies of the two poplar rust fungi species: Melampsora larici-populina and Melampsora allii-populina
Abstract. Dikaryotic rust fungi maintain two distinct haploid nuclei for most of their life cycle, making their large, repeat-rich genomes difficult to ass
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Laura Medina-Puche @lauramepul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🌱 Job alert! A PhD position starting in 2027 is available with me and Andrea Gust @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as part of the Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de 👉 Interested? Apply now &/or share! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #PlantSciJob #PhDPosition
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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📣 Metabolomics expert position at @ceplas.bsky.social part part of the CEPLAS Academic Expert Career Programme (tenure-track). karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
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Clémence Marchal @clemmar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today we had the first (of many) Langner/Marchal joint lab day. We had great project presentations and discussions, followed by enjoying some tasty food together 🌾🌱🌿. Thank you to all of our lab members for this great day! 😁 @thorstenlangner.bsky.social
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Split Origin of Life Noteworthy — Uncovering the ancestral core metabolic network.
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Split Origin of Life
Noteworthy — Uncovering the ancestral core metabolic network.
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Caitlyn Cardetti, PhD @caitlyncardetti.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📢Call for papers - Fungi as pathogens 📢 Deadline: 10 May 2027 #BMCBiology Guest Editors: @markgresnigt.bsky.social Naoyoshi Kumakura, RIKEN Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China link.springer.com/collections/... 🦠 #MicroSky #ImmunoSky
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Cell biology of virus-host interactions
BMC Biology is calling for submissions to our Collection on Cell biology of virus-host interactions. The study of viral-host interactions lies at the heart of ...
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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📣 Job alert! 2 Positions starting 2027. PhD position with me and @bayerlab.bsky.social on Robustness of embryonic and stomatal development, part of @greenrobust.de Postdoc position on the regulation of cell state, following up on some exciting snRNAseq dat! Apply now or share! #PlantSciJob
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In May it was big news when 100+ suspicious images were found in Thermo Fisher's catalog. Now, that number has expanded dramatically to 18,000+, thanks to some arduous searching by @reeserichardson.bsky.social. My reporting on the massive trove and its implications for antibody reliability:
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More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies
Science sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Plant-Microbe enthusiasts! The next Road to Jeju Legends of ISMPMI series speaker is Jonathan Jones. The webinar is free to attend, but you must register: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Attend live on September 30, 2026 3pm UTC or watch it later on the ismpmi.org.
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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📣 Job alert! PhD position on Regulation of Pattern Scaling in Plant Stem Cell Niches in Marja Timmermans's lab and co-supervised by @cecilialaram.bsky.social The project is part of the @cerealcell.bsky.social consortium. The position is available from October 1st Apply now or share it! #PlantSciJob
Advert of the PhD position. Applications should be sent to Marja Timmermans or Cecilia Lara-Mondragón as a single pdf containing the motivation letter, CV, and contact details of 3 referees. 
The advert shows a maize plant and several images of maize shoot apical meristems.
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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣 We are hiring a Computational Biologist – Genome Editing Trait Discovery in Einbeck, Germany. This is an interesting role for someone with strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset. #PlantSciJobs #AgSciJobs jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
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Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery
Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social . A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more. Please share!
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An opportunity to work with me 👇
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD candidate: Exploring the concept of disparity as an evolutionary principle of plant robustness @greenrobust.de 📍@cosheidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social Deadline: 9 October 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob W3-Professorship in Plant Breeding @unihalle.bsky.social wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance (Indira Saado, Helen J Brabham, Josh W Bennett, Anson Ho Ching Lam, Inmaculada Hernández-Pinzón , Matthew J Moscou, Juan Carlos De la Concepcion , Mark J Banfield) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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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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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The GMI @gmivienna.bsky.social of the @oeaw.bsky.social seeks to appoint a Scientific Director (f/m/x) to lead one of Europe’s premier research institutes in plant biology. Apply by Nov. 15 via GMI.search.director@oeaw.ac.at. More information: www.oeaw.ac.at/de/gmi/join-...
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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You are fascinated by plant nutrition and plant development and have a strong interest in molecular biology, phenotyping and microscopy? Join the Molecular Plant Nutrition group at @leibnizipk.bsky.social in frame of the DFG-ISF joint project “UNLOCK”. ➡️Further information: tinyurl.com/53an7dv9
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are looking for a Group Leader in #Wheat research for pre-breeding here @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a full-time, permanent position at KWS France. You would be working on a research station near Lille or Paris. jobs.kws.com/job/Mons-en-... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs
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Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-Breeding (m/f/d)
Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-Breeding (m/f/d)
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SSHRC | CRSH @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca · 18/08/2026
New funding opportunity for doctoral researchers: We’re pleased to expand our partnership with the @dfg.de through the German-Canadian International Research Training Groups joint initiative. Learn more and how to apply: sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
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New funding opportunity. International research training group joint initiative.
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director
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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Mark your calendars‼️ The SNP2PROT team hosts the "Plant Genetic Variation meets Protein Architecture" international conference, 21-23 June 2027, at the Leopoldina, Halle (Saale). Join us for interdisciplinary discussions, coffee and networking! Registration opens: 17th October, 2026 ⏰ #SNP2Prot
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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨safe the date🚨 our SNP2Prot SFB @snp2prot.bsky.social @unihalle.bsky.social will host an international conference next summer (June 21st-23rd 2027) with a fantastic line-up of international experts. Registration opens October 17th.
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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Out in @natplants.nature.com, mapping of brassinosteroid chemical features required for (1) receptor binding, (2) ligand positioning and (3) co-receptor recruitment. Fantastic work by Alberto Caregnato & @hmchen93.bsky.social and our friends in Olomouc. Funding:@snf-fns.ch -> doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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