Our first Kalanchoë laxiflora story found its perfect home @Science Advances with a beautiful cover image of Kalanchoë thyrsiflora leaves. I am grateful that I can continue working with this incredible new model to learn more about succulent development 🤩
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We just released a curated, fully genome sequence isolate collection from Maize roots (ZeaMiC). It is publicly available as individual strains and cost effective bundles from the amazing @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social culture collection
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We hope to expand it in the future
Great to see this work published in New Phytologist! 🎉 It’s exciting to see the benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiome in action. 🦠
This study represents an important step forward in understanding how plants shape their growth performance in response to soil microbiomes🌱
Summarised effects of benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiomes on Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis).
Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence
Stengele et al. @kschlaeppi.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How plants modulate their growth in response to soil microbiomes is largely unknown. We established a system with Arabidopsis to investigate such microbiome feedbacks. Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome.
New study: Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hoy celebramos el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia visibilizando algo cotidiano en nuestro grupo: hacer ciencia en un equipo lleno de referentes femeninos.
Es clave crear espacios donde las cientificas puedan liderar, investigar e inspirar.
#diamujeryniñaenciencia
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III) IG catabolic product: do you refer to the I3Acetate or the 3Acetaldehyde or ...? The Acetaldehyde is difficult to square, we think it is of bacterial origin (bacterial Auxin precursor); we see this only induced in exudates and it is already present in absence of plants (only the SynCom).
I) clay vs. glass absorption: Yes, our worry is that surface properties of soil particles will strongly affect recovery of metabolite profiles.
II) Nitriles or ITS: not specifically recovered by our approach (maybe an annotation issue)
Preprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint: We identified soil iron levels as critical factor explaining the variation in soil microbiome feedbacks on plant growth. The soil microbiomes tend to provide more beneficial feedbacks at low levels of soil iron. Happy reading.
Credits to Jan Waelchli et al.!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A new @newphyt.bsky.social Profile, this time on Roberto Solano:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting as always 👍
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia
Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Clarivate highlights every year individual researchers as #HighlyCited2025. However and to make this clear: such a recognition is a team’s effort. ALL credits and glitter [✨] go to my GREAT TEAM, colleagues and collaborations who contributed with work, writing and spreading our studies!
13th Utrecht PhD Summer School Environmental Signaling in Plants Aug 24-26 2026 Speakers: Laura Ragni, Roeland Berendsen, Mariana Silva Artur, Matthew Paul, Ari Sadanandom, Beatrice Giuntoli, Bruno Guillotin, Priya Ramakrishna, Caroline Gutjahr, Niko Geldner, Laura Bacete and Marcel Beukeboom.
We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026!
Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!
Exciting days at the #PMS2025! Our team joined the global plant microbiome community to present new insights into microbe-induced resistance and multitrophic interactions—one talk, two posters, and plenty of great discussions. Science grows better together! 🌿🤝 @microsos.bsky.social
EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg
#PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
A vinyl box with six colored vinyl LPs sticking out of its right side. The Title "Guns in Rosettes" is on top, with the subtitle "The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" just below. Then there is an Arabidopsis plant with machine guns sticking out. Below is the statement "6-LP LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL BOX SET"
The back cover of the vinyl box set showing the tracklist: 1. Methionine-derived compounds Aliphatic GSLs 2. Tryptophan-derived compounds (trptonites) Indolic GSLs Camalexin Hycanite (4-OH-ICN) 3. Phenylalanine-derived compounds (phenylpropanoids) Benzenic GSLs Coumarins Hydroxycinnamates Flavonoids 4. Terpenoids (E)-β-caryophyllene α- and β-pinene Thalianin, arabidin, and DMNT And the statement "Recorded live in front of an audience in 2025"
Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP!
We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
t.co/obQyD1rzI1
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
✨🌙 ¡La Noche Europea de los Investigadores ya ha comenzado!
Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social!
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Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
