Elia Stahl
@eliastahl.bsky.social
CNRS plant scientist @iecb.bsky.social and @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity - Nature Plants
Cell surface receptors perceive immunogenic elicitors, triggering downstream signalling via receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases such as BIK1. Here the authors define and use the phosphorylation motif of...
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology.
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology.
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
© Magali Grison
@france-bioimaging.bsky.social
www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Lipids challenge ligands to control receptors
The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.
🔗 buff.ly/G1Zl6cZ
The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.
🔗 buff.ly/G1Zl6cZ
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Lipids challenge ligands to control receptors
The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.
🔗 buff.ly/G1Zl6cZ
The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.
🔗 buff.ly/G1Zl6cZ
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Nikolas and I just published our insights on CLEs in plant–bio interactions. Too short to cover everything, but we hope it gets you also excited about these peptides. Thanks to @newphyt.bsky.social for the opportunity
CLE peptides in plant-biotic interactions
#TansleyInsight by Nicolas Frei dit Frey and Thomas Spallek
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyInsight by Nicolas Frei dit Frey and Thomas Spallek
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Nikolas and I just published our insights on CLEs in plant–bio interactions. Too short to cover everything, but we hope it gets you also excited about these peptides. Thanks to @newphyt.bsky.social for the opportunity
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Join us for the 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium. Registration is now open. Everyone is cordially invited.
Click here to register: eveeno.com/ipbsymposium...
Speakers and titles: www.ipb-halle.de/forschung/sy...
Click here to register: eveeno.com/ipbsymposium...
Speakers and titles: www.ipb-halle.de/forschung/sy...
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Really cool to see some new plant models growing in the lab. Pea, Lettuce, Brussels sprout, Basil.
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Really cool to see some new plant models growing in the lab. Pea, Lettuce, Brussels sprout, Basil.
Reposted by Elia Stahl
👀 A Specific Sinorhizobium Flagellin Suppresses Legume Nodulation Through Immune Activation doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
A Specific Sinorhizobium Flagellin Suppresses Legume Nodulation Through Immune Activation
Bacterial flagellin-activated immunity plays a crucial role in shaping plant-microbe interactions, leading to either parasitism, mutualism, or commensalism. In the legume-rhizobium symbiosis, while i....
doi.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
👀 A Specific Sinorhizobium Flagellin Suppresses Legume Nodulation Through Immune Activation doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
Reposted by Elia Stahl
1/9 Our latest paper on immunity mechanisms in Marchantia just out @pnas.org ! 🔽
Close collaboration between our former PhD students @karimaelm.bsky.social and @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social !
and the old gard @jacquet-chris.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Close collaboration between our former PhD students @karimaelm.bsky.social and @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social !
and the old gard @jacquet-chris.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
1/9 Our latest paper on immunity mechanisms in Marchantia just out @pnas.org ! 🔽
Close collaboration between our former PhD students @karimaelm.bsky.social and @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social !
and the old gard @jacquet-chris.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Close collaboration between our former PhD students @karimaelm.bsky.social and @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social !
and the old gard @jacquet-chris.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
The James Chen lab does it again!
PI(3,5)P2 identified as the molecular glue that mediates STING oligomerization upon cGAMP binding, necessary for downstream signaling
😎 work!
🧪
PI(3,5)P2 identified as the molecular glue that mediates STING oligomerization upon cGAMP binding, necessary for downstream signaling
😎 work!
🧪
Nature research paper: PtdIns(3,5)P2 is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling
go.nature.com/4klvMp1
go.nature.com/4klvMp1
PtdIns(3,5)P2 is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling - Nature
Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate is a ligand of STING and, together with cGAMP, induces STING activation and innate immune responses.
go.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The James Chen lab does it again!
PI(3,5)P2 identified as the molecular glue that mediates STING oligomerization upon cGAMP binding, necessary for downstream signaling
😎 work!
🧪
PI(3,5)P2 identified as the molecular glue that mediates STING oligomerization upon cGAMP binding, necessary for downstream signaling
😎 work!
🧪
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Please share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at
@ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology.
Deadline 09/03/2026.
Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
@ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology.
Deadline 09/03/2026.
Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
Postdoctoral position in biology (m/f/d) (2/2026)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a Postdoctoral position in Biology
ipb-halle.mhm.jobs
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Please share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at
@ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology.
Deadline 09/03/2026.
Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
@ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology.
Deadline 09/03/2026.
Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
PhD position in biology (m/f/d) (1/2026)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a PhD position in Biology
ipb-halle.mhm.jobs
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Join us in Toulouse !!
[#Job]📢Post-doc position in protein interactomics of Sclerotinia effectors!
▶️We are seeking a motivated postdoc researcher to join the LoSica consortium, project aimed at improving disease resistance in Brassica crops through the identification of susceptibility factors
🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27655
▶️We are seeking a motivated postdoc researcher to join the LoSica consortium, project aimed at improving disease resistance in Brassica crops through the identification of susceptibility factors
🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27655
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Join us in Toulouse !!
Reposted by Elia Stahl
New preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM
New preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Happy to announce that our review article on vesicle-coupled mRNA trafficking is now availalbe
@mibinet.bsky.social
#EMBOrnaLocalization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mibinet.bsky.social
#EMBOrnaLocalization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Happy to announce that our review article on vesicle-coupled mRNA trafficking is now availalbe
@mibinet.bsky.social
#EMBOrnaLocalization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mibinet.bsky.social
#EMBOrnaLocalization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Happy to share my group's thoughts on RNA structure conservation in plants. Hope it'll inspire and guide future efforts in the field!
@dollymehta.bsky.social @jingminhua.bsky.social @chenxiao654.bsky.social @lazaraasimoes.bsky.social @unibe.ch
www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
@dollymehta.bsky.social @jingminhua.bsky.social @chenxiao654.bsky.social @lazaraasimoes.bsky.social @unibe.ch
www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Structure under stress: conserved RNA structure in plant interaction with the environment
Plants have evolved sophisticated molecular mechanisms to sense and respond to their
environment. There has been growing realization that RNA structure is a key player
in this process, such as acting ...
www.cell.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy to share my group's thoughts on RNA structure conservation in plants. Hope it'll inspire and guide future efforts in the field!
@dollymehta.bsky.social @jingminhua.bsky.social @chenxiao654.bsky.social @lazaraasimoes.bsky.social @unibe.ch
www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
@dollymehta.bsky.social @jingminhua.bsky.social @chenxiao654.bsky.social @lazaraasimoes.bsky.social @unibe.ch
www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Am very glad for this milestone!! 🌟. It has truly been a journey of growth in all ways. Super grateful to my PI Prof. Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social for the guidance throughout. And to @ceplas.bsky.social for the funding support. Am looking forward to the next career steps.
🎉 Congratulations to Mary Ngigi @mngigi.bsky.social ! Yesterday Mary successfully defended her PhD thesis in the group of Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social @hhu.de! We wish you all the best for the next step in your career!
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Am very glad for this milestone!! 🌟. It has truly been a journey of growth in all ways. Super grateful to my PI Prof. Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social for the guidance throughout. And to @ceplas.bsky.social for the funding support. Am looking forward to the next career steps.
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Interested in plant calcium signaling? This meeting is for you:
Connect, share your work and build collaborations at EMBO workshop Plant calcium signaling: 20 – 24 September 2026 | Primosten, Croatia
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cal...
#PhD#Postdoc#EMBO#CalciumSignalling
Connect, share your work and build collaborations at EMBO workshop Plant calcium signaling: 20 – 24 September 2026 | Primosten, Croatia
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cal...
#PhD#Postdoc#EMBO#CalciumSignalling
Plant calcium signaling
This EMBO Workshop will highlight newest developments on the role of Ca2+ signaling in responses to environmental factors such as light, abiotic stress or pathogens. Special focus will be places on t…
meetings.embo.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Interested in plant calcium signaling? This meeting is for you:
Connect, share your work and build collaborations at EMBO workshop Plant calcium signaling: 20 – 24 September 2026 | Primosten, Croatia
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cal...
#PhD#Postdoc#EMBO#CalciumSignalling
Connect, share your work and build collaborations at EMBO workshop Plant calcium signaling: 20 – 24 September 2026 | Primosten, Croatia
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cal...
#PhD#Postdoc#EMBO#CalciumSignalling
Reposted by Elia Stahl
NEWS & VIEWS: From evasion to elicitation: A fungal effector turned into defense trigger (Marcella Teixeira) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
From evasion to elicitation: A fungal effector turned into defense trigger
To succeed in parasitism, plant pathogens deploy an arsenal of secreted proteins known as effectors, which can reshape plant physiology to their advantage,
doi.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:15 PM
NEWS & VIEWS: From evasion to elicitation: A fungal effector turned into defense trigger (Marcella Teixeira) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Reposted by Elia Stahl
NEW H. H. Flor Distinguished Review: "The Extended Plant Immune System," by Corné M. J. Pieterse. Read the open access review in MPMI: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-25-0144-HH
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
NEW H. H. Flor Distinguished Review: "The Extended Plant Immune System," by Corné M. J. Pieterse. Read the open access review in MPMI: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-25-0144-HH
Reposted by Elia Stahl
1/12 I'm ecstatic to share my preprint on legume NLR tissue expression! We investigated the NLRomes of 28 legumes + 4 outgroups, examining tissue expression across 7 legume species. Paper thread below 🧵👇
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577
January 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM
1/12 I'm ecstatic to share my preprint on legume NLR tissue expression! We investigated the NLRomes of 28 legumes + 4 outgroups, examining tissue expression across 7 legume species. Paper thread below 🧵👇
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577
Reposted by Elia Stahl
📣 Our lab is seeking a postdoc to study mutation mechanisms in fungi using cutting-edge sequencing + computational biology. No active posting/grant right now, but we’re excited to host postdoc fellowship applicants in our comparative immunology team.
Interested? Reach out DM email. krasilevalab.org
Interested? Reach out DM email. krasilevalab.org
Krasileva Lab – Research Lab
krasilevalab.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
📣 Our lab is seeking a postdoc to study mutation mechanisms in fungi using cutting-edge sequencing + computational biology. No active posting/grant right now, but we’re excited to host postdoc fellowship applicants in our comparative immunology team.
Interested? Reach out DM email. krasilevalab.org
Interested? Reach out DM email. krasilevalab.org
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Please share!
PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Please share!
PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Reposted by Elia Stahl
Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...