Armin Djamei
@effectomics.bsky.social
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Wei Shi @wshisky.bsky.social & Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI!
And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
Targeting of the barley cell-surface receptor SRF3 by the Blumeria hordei effector AVRA13 overlaps with AVRA13 recognition by MLA and the induction of NLR-mediated cell death.
Pathogens secrete effector proteins to promote virulence. Despite their recognition by barley Mla resistance genes, the structurally-related Blumeria hordei ( Bh ) AVRA effectors are maintained in the...
doi.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Wei Shi @wshisky.bsky.social & Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI!
And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
Reposted by Armin Djamei
Excited to share that Maria's work on the evolution of the LAR gene has been published in BMC Genomics:
Evolutionary dynamics of the proanthocyanidin biosynthesis gene LAR
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Evolution #FlavonoidBiosynthesis #PlantSciences
@bpucker.bsky.social @maferrecinos.bsky.social
Evolutionary dynamics of the proanthocyanidin biosynthesis gene LAR
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Evolution #FlavonoidBiosynthesis #PlantSciences
@bpucker.bsky.social @maferrecinos.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Excited to share that Maria's work on the evolution of the LAR gene has been published in BMC Genomics:
Evolutionary dynamics of the proanthocyanidin biosynthesis gene LAR
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Evolution #FlavonoidBiosynthesis #PlantSciences
@bpucker.bsky.social @maferrecinos.bsky.social
Evolutionary dynamics of the proanthocyanidin biosynthesis gene LAR
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Evolution #FlavonoidBiosynthesis #PlantSciences
@bpucker.bsky.social @maferrecinos.bsky.social
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Now online: Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility
Root immunometabolism: balancing defense and accommodationPlant health depends on
balanced immune defense and microbial accommodation. As constant contact zones, roots
must exclude pathogens while fos...
www.cell.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Now online: Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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Excited to share that our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social is highlighted by @plantteaching.bsky.social on @plantaeofficial.bsky.social.
PSRW Jan 16 2026 plantae.org/plant-scienc... (2/2)
Plasma membrane proteins transduce heat signal;
Cycads use heat to attract pollinators;
Visualizing viral replication in living cells;
Smut fungus uses plant auxin signaling to build galls.
@nbellono.bsky.social
@mamoonakhan.bsky.social
Plasma membrane proteins transduce heat signal;
Cycads use heat to attract pollinators;
Visualizing viral replication in living cells;
Smut fungus uses plant auxin signaling to build galls.
@nbellono.bsky.social
@mamoonakhan.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Excited to share that our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social is highlighted by @plantteaching.bsky.social on @plantaeofficial.bsky.social.
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Wie der Erreger der gefürchteten Kohlhernie die pflanzliche Abwehr gleich zweimal ausschaltet, haben Forschende um Prof. Jutta Ludwig-Müller @tudresden.bsky.social mit Forschenden um @ifeussner.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de im @jxbotany.bsky.social geschildert
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Wie der Erreger der gefürchteten Kohlhernie die pflanzliche Abwehr gleich zweimal ausschaltet, haben Forschende um Prof. Jutta Ludwig-Müller @tudresden.bsky.social mit Forschenden um @ifeussner.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de im @jxbotany.bsky.social geschildert
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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CONGRATS to team @effectomics.bsky.social and @steidele.bsky.social . Transcriptional Response of Magnaporthe oryzae Towards Barley-Microbiome Derived Bacteria | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Transcriptional Response of Magnaporthe oryzae Towards Barley-Microbiome Derived Bacteria | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
The composition of the plant microbiome is shaped not only by the host plant and abiotic environmental factors, but also by inter-microbial cooperation and competition. Plant pathogens, therefore must...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
CONGRATS to team @effectomics.bsky.social and @steidele.bsky.social . Transcriptional Response of Magnaporthe oryzae Towards Barley-Microbiome Derived Bacteria | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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When the fungus Ustilago maydis infects maize plants, tumour-like tissue growths develop. Researchers led by Prof. Armin Djamei have now discovered that the fungus hijacks a programme in the plant that is responsible for forming lateral roots: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@effectomics.bsky.social
@effectomics.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
When the fungus Ustilago maydis infects maize plants, tumour-like tissue growths develop. Researchers led by Prof. Armin Djamei have now discovered that the fungus hijacks a programme in the plant that is responsible for forming lateral roots: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@effectomics.bsky.social
@effectomics.bsky.social
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Read the paper by Mamoona Khan, et al. 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Read the paper by Mamoona Khan, et al. 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A University of Bonn study shows how a maize pest hijacks the plant’s root-building function 🌽
www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@unibonn.bsky.social @effectomics.bsky.social
#PlantScience
www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@unibonn.bsky.social @effectomics.bsky.social
#PlantScience
How a Fungus Leads to Tissue Growths in Maize
When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a…
www.uni-bonn.de
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
A University of Bonn study shows how a maize pest hijacks the plant’s root-building function 🌽
www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@unibonn.bsky.social @effectomics.bsky.social
#PlantScience
www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
@unibonn.bsky.social @effectomics.bsky.social
#PlantScience
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Team around Armin Djamei @effectomics.bsky.social show in @newphyt.bsky.social that the fungus #Ustilago maydis hijacks a programme in the #maize plant that is responsible for the formation of lateral roots www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
How a Fungus Leads to Tissue Growths in Maize
www.uni-bonn.de
January 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Team around Armin Djamei @effectomics.bsky.social show in @newphyt.bsky.social that the fungus #Ustilago maydis hijacks a programme in the #maize plant that is responsible for the formation of lateral roots www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/002-...
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#2027ISMPMI - Try 2 for Jeju, Korea!
Hope to see you there and I’m glad that South Korea gets to host after their turn was missed because of the pandemic.
There is a promise of good food 🤤
Though I may need to start saving up now with the state of things…
#2025ISMPMI
Hope to see you there and I’m glad that South Korea gets to host after their turn was missed because of the pandemic.
There is a promise of good food 🤤
Though I may need to start saving up now with the state of things…
#2025ISMPMI
July 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#2027ISMPMI - Try 2 for Jeju, Korea!
Hope to see you there and I’m glad that South Korea gets to host after their turn was missed because of the pandemic.
There is a promise of good food 🤤
Though I may need to start saving up now with the state of things…
#2025ISMPMI
Hope to see you there and I’m glad that South Korea gets to host after their turn was missed because of the pandemic.
There is a promise of good food 🤤
Though I may need to start saving up now with the state of things…
#2025ISMPMI
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Mary wildermuth #2025ISMPMI gives the best introduction to the Powdery mildew fungus :)
July 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Mary wildermuth #2025ISMPMI gives the best introduction to the Powdery mildew fungus :)
#2025ISMPMI Songyuan Zhang from the Zipfel lab is learning from nature how to engineer new MAMP receptors. Great results.
July 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#2025ISMPMI Songyuan Zhang from the Zipfel lab is learning from nature how to engineer new MAMP receptors. Great results.
#2025ISMPMI Benjamin Menn presents an elegant yeast surface displace screen to identify new carbohydrate binding receptors of plants.
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#2025ISMPMI Benjamin Menn presents an elegant yeast surface displace screen to identify new carbohydrate binding receptors of plants.
#2025ISMPMI Thi Bich Luu wants to make a difference by transferring Nod factor susceptibility to barley, maize and other cereals. Taking candidate homolgs of NFR5 receptor and by domaine swapping chimaric receptors are build.
July 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#2025ISMPMI Thi Bich Luu wants to make a difference by transferring Nod factor susceptibility to barley, maize and other cereals. Taking candidate homolgs of NFR5 receptor and by domaine swapping chimaric receptors are build.
#2025ISMPMI Rhizobia and Haber-Bosch good bye? Luis Rubio goes for the challenge on reconstituting nitrogen fixation directly in plants by targeting around 20 needed components in Mitochondria in a step-wise process.
July 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#2025ISMPMI Rhizobia and Haber-Bosch good bye? Luis Rubio goes for the challenge on reconstituting nitrogen fixation directly in plants by targeting around 20 needed components in Mitochondria in a step-wise process.
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@kenichitsuda.bsky.social is introducing the Concurrent sessions on biotic/abiotic trade-offs in plant-microbe interactions #2025ISMPMI
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
@kenichitsuda.bsky.social is introducing the Concurrent sessions on biotic/abiotic trade-offs in plant-microbe interactions #2025ISMPMI
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Up next at #2025ISMPMI @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social discussing work on protein language model for receptor engineering.
Up next at #2025ISMPMI @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social discussing work on protein language model for receptor engineering.
July 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Up next at #2025ISMPMI @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social discussing work on protein language model for receptor engineering.
Up next at #2025ISMPMI @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social discussing work on protein language model for receptor engineering.
Reposted by Armin Djamei
@kseniakrasileva.bsky.social is the first talk at the engineering traits session at #2025ISMPMI
Branching into PRRs thanks to @danimstevens.bsky.social.
The ?: Can we use language models to predict host and microbe proteins interaction outcomes?
The answer: Yes! New “mamp-ml”does pretty well.
Branching into PRRs thanks to @danimstevens.bsky.social.
The ?: Can we use language models to predict host and microbe proteins interaction outcomes?
The answer: Yes! New “mamp-ml”does pretty well.
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
@kseniakrasileva.bsky.social is the first talk at the engineering traits session at #2025ISMPMI
Branching into PRRs thanks to @danimstevens.bsky.social.
The ?: Can we use language models to predict host and microbe proteins interaction outcomes?
The answer: Yes! New “mamp-ml”does pretty well.
Branching into PRRs thanks to @danimstevens.bsky.social.
The ?: Can we use language models to predict host and microbe proteins interaction outcomes?
The answer: Yes! New “mamp-ml”does pretty well.
Reposted by Armin Djamei
#2025ISMPMI - first new to nature chimeric NLR sensors being created, with integrated domains that do not have sequence or structure matches in the recorded life - raises questions on assessing biosafety & food safety aspects for these immune receptors for lab and field studies.
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#2025ISMPMI - first new to nature chimeric NLR sensors being created, with integrated domains that do not have sequence or structure matches in the recorded life - raises questions on assessing biosafety & food safety aspects for these immune receptors for lab and field studies.
Reposted by Armin Djamei
@angusb.bsky.social wants to engineer plant resistance proteins (NLRs) from scratch.
Can we create protein domains to integrate into NLRs to catch pathogen effectors? New tech makes this possible now.
Chose Magnaporthe and Fusarium effectors as targets - many steps later, it worked!
#2025ISMPMI
Can we create protein domains to integrate into NLRs to catch pathogen effectors? New tech makes this possible now.
Chose Magnaporthe and Fusarium effectors as targets - many steps later, it worked!
#2025ISMPMI
July 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
@angusb.bsky.social wants to engineer plant resistance proteins (NLRs) from scratch.
Can we create protein domains to integrate into NLRs to catch pathogen effectors? New tech makes this possible now.
Chose Magnaporthe and Fusarium effectors as targets - many steps later, it worked!
#2025ISMPMI
Can we create protein domains to integrate into NLRs to catch pathogen effectors? New tech makes this possible now.
Chose Magnaporthe and Fusarium effectors as targets - many steps later, it worked!
#2025ISMPMI
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Dani’s recent paper appears to be the top #2025ISMPMI post which is impressive for someone not here 💓
bsky.app/profile/dani...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
#2025ISMPMI 📣 In silico screening of PRR-epitope interactions is now possible!
Here, we developed mamp-ml to predict their immunogenic outcomes without structural context. Let's accelerate engineering plant receptors for robust resistance! 🚀🌱 Small 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here, we developed mamp-ml to predict their immunogenic outcomes without structural context. Let's accelerate engineering plant receptors for robust resistance! 🚀🌱 Small 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
mamp-ml: A deep learning approach to epitope immunogenicity in plants
Eukaryotes detect biomolecules through surface-localized receptors, key signaling components. A subset of receptors survey for pathogens, induce immunity, and restrict pathogen growth. Comparative gen...
www.biorxiv.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Dani’s recent paper appears to be the top #2025ISMPMI post which is impressive for someone not here 💓
bsky.app/profile/dani...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
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In the trait engineer session and Aurelia Rakotondrafara makes a quip that her talk has no AI 😅
Under-revision-study from her lab uses a treatment of a mycovirus protein to reduce growth and increase fungicide susceptibility of the pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
#2025ISMPMI
Under-revision-study from her lab uses a treatment of a mycovirus protein to reduce growth and increase fungicide susceptibility of the pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
#2025ISMPMI
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In the trait engineer session and Aurelia Rakotondrafara makes a quip that her talk has no AI 😅
Under-revision-study from her lab uses a treatment of a mycovirus protein to reduce growth and increase fungicide susceptibility of the pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
#2025ISMPMI
Under-revision-study from her lab uses a treatment of a mycovirus protein to reduce growth and increase fungicide susceptibility of the pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
#2025ISMPMI
#2025ISMPMI Aurelie Rakotondrafara shows very interesting effects of mycovirus infection of Sclerotinia on virulence on the host plant. Take home to use mycoviruses and plant viruses to limit the spread of fungal pathogens.
July 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#2025ISMPMI Aurelie Rakotondrafara shows very interesting effects of mycovirus infection of Sclerotinia on virulence on the host plant. Take home to use mycoviruses and plant viruses to limit the spread of fungal pathogens.
#2025ISMPMI Agnus Bucknell of the Talbot lab gives an exciting presentation to engineer fungal effectors recognizing immune sensors based on Pik1. Great and clear talk.
July 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#2025ISMPMI Agnus Bucknell of the Talbot lab gives an exciting presentation to engineer fungal effectors recognizing immune sensors based on Pik1. Great and clear talk.