Henni Laessle
@hennilaessle.bsky.social
Post-doc at @johninnescentre.bsky.social plant immunity | NLRs (she/her)
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Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...
4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
Supported by the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using species outside of seed-bearing plants…
www.jic.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...
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I’m very happy to see my fist article now officially published 🥳 great work by my partner in crime @wolki95.bsky.social and the rest of @teamthomma.bsky.social! Find it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... or have a look at the 🧵⬇️
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I’m very happy to see my fist article now officially published 🥳 great work by my partner in crime @wolki95.bsky.social and the rest of @teamthomma.bsky.social! Find it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... or have a look at the 🧵⬇️
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📣 New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint, another joint-venture of @wolki95.bsky.social & @antonkraege.bsky.social, co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social. Here’s a 🧵
Differential contributions of an antimicrobial effector from Verticillium dahliae to virulence and tomato microbiota assembly across natural soils https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679524v1
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
📣 New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint, another joint-venture of @wolki95.bsky.social & @antonkraege.bsky.social, co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social. Here’s a 🧵
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New pre-print from the team!
The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses.
Have a read!
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses.
Have a read!
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
Primary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.11.681807v1
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New pre-print from the team!
The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses.
Have a read!
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses.
Have a read!
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
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🚨 New paper alert!
Our work is published in PNAS! @junli-wang.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social
In this study, we uncover how NLR-assembled and canonical Ca2+ ion channels cooperate to confer robust resistance against disease in plants.
Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our work is published in PNAS! @junli-wang.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social
In this study, we uncover how NLR-assembled and canonical Ca2+ ion channels cooperate to confer robust resistance against disease in plants.
Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨 New paper alert!
Our work is published in PNAS! @junli-wang.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social
In this study, we uncover how NLR-assembled and canonical Ca2+ ion channels cooperate to confer robust resistance against disease in plants.
Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our work is published in PNAS! @junli-wang.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social
In this study, we uncover how NLR-assembled and canonical Ca2+ ion channels cooperate to confer robust resistance against disease in plants.
Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝
We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cc @teamthomma.bsky.social
We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cc @teamthomma.bsky.social
Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation
Evolutionary histories of effector proteins secreted by fungal pathogens to mediate plant colonization remain largely elusive. While most functionally characterized effectors modulate plant immunity, ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝
We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cc @teamthomma.bsky.social
We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
cc @teamthomma.bsky.social
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We are looking for quantitative geneticists here @kwsgroup.bsky.social
Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
👉 shorturl.at/df9I6
Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture
Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
👉 shorturl.at/df9I6
Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture
July 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We are looking for quantitative geneticists here @kwsgroup.bsky.social
Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
👉 shorturl.at/df9I6
Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture
Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
👉 shorturl.at/df9I6
Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture
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Parker Group alumni, from the early 2000s to 2025, the best folks! Grateful for everyone who helped shape the science over the years #2025ISMPMI
Thanks @federicalocci.bsky.social for taking the picture
Thanks @federicalocci.bsky.social for taking the picture
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Parker Group alumni, from the early 2000s to 2025, the best folks! Grateful for everyone who helped shape the science over the years #2025ISMPMI
Thanks @federicalocci.bsky.social for taking the picture
Thanks @federicalocci.bsky.social for taking the picture
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Our paper on Pseudomonas intra-genus competition in SynComs on Arabidopsis roots is now out @plosbiology.org ! 🎉
If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday #2025ISMPMI
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday #2025ISMPMI
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Pseudomonas intra-genus competition determines the protective function of synthetic bacterial communities in Arabidopsis thaliana
The plant microbiome can protect its host against detrimental bacterial strains. This study shows that competition among Pseudomonas bacteria in synthetic bacterial communities determines how well the...
journals.plos.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our paper on Pseudomonas intra-genus competition in SynComs on Arabidopsis roots is now out @plosbiology.org ! 🎉
If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday #2025ISMPMI
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday #2025ISMPMI
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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#2025ISMPMI my poster is up! If you are interested in how a family of plant endogenous peptides can act as both signaling and antimicrobial peptides, pass by my poster P-222 on Thursday afternoon.
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#2025ISMPMI my poster is up! If you are interested in how a family of plant endogenous peptides can act as both signaling and antimicrobial peptides, pass by my poster P-222 on Thursday afternoon.
If you’re curious about the function of conserved TIR-only proteins in Arabidopsis and barley, come by my poster P018 on Tuesday morning!
Also check out more from @parkergroup.bsky.social:
🔹 @laravdijck.bsky.social – P240 on Thursday
🔹 Steven Cheng – P011 on Wednesday
#2025ISMPMI
Also check out more from @parkergroup.bsky.social:
🔹 @laravdijck.bsky.social – P240 on Thursday
🔹 Steven Cheng – P011 on Wednesday
#2025ISMPMI
Lara Van Dijck (@laravdijck.bsky.social)
PhD candidate at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Parker group studying 🍄🌱⌬
@parkergroup.bsky.social
@mpipz.bsky.social
laravdijck.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you’re curious about the function of conserved TIR-only proteins in Arabidopsis and barley, come by my poster P018 on Tuesday morning!
Also check out more from @parkergroup.bsky.social:
🔹 @laravdijck.bsky.social – P240 on Thursday
🔹 Steven Cheng – P011 on Wednesday
#2025ISMPMI
Also check out more from @parkergroup.bsky.social:
🔹 @laravdijck.bsky.social – P240 on Thursday
🔹 Steven Cheng – P011 on Wednesday
#2025ISMPMI
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Great talk at #2025ISMPMI by @federicalocci.bsky.social on a TN protein in systemic resistance. So happy to catch up on @parkergroup.bsky.social projects!
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Great talk at #2025ISMPMI by @federicalocci.bsky.social on a TN protein in systemic resistance. So happy to catch up on @parkergroup.bsky.social projects!
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Really happy to see my PhD work out. Big thanks to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social and everyone involved. I hope you enjoy reading it :)
Time for another paper from our lab!
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning
In this study, Kraska et al. identify MYB68 as a novel regulator of endodermal suberization,
linked to the formation of distinct identities in the xylem-pole-associated endodermis.
The research uncove...
www.cell.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Really happy to see my PhD work out. Big thanks to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social and everyone involved. I hope you enjoy reading it :)
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Curious about my PhD research @parkergroup.bsky.social? The paper is available as preprint on bioRxiv now!
🔬 The interaction between scopoletin and fungal endophyte F80 rescues plant growth under iron-limiting conditions by resolving the iron mobility bottleneck.
📝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔬 The interaction between scopoletin and fungal endophyte F80 rescues plant growth under iron-limiting conditions by resolving the iron mobility bottleneck.
📝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cooperation between a root fungal endophyte and host-derived coumarin scopoletin mediates Arabidopsis iron nutrition
Iron acquisition is a critical challenge for plants, especially in iron-deficient soils. Recent research underscores the importance of root-exuded coumarins in modulating the root microbiome community...
www.biorxiv.org
June 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Curious about my PhD research @parkergroup.bsky.social? The paper is available as preprint on bioRxiv now!
🔬 The interaction between scopoletin and fungal endophyte F80 rescues plant growth under iron-limiting conditions by resolving the iron mobility bottleneck.
📝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔬 The interaction between scopoletin and fungal endophyte F80 rescues plant growth under iron-limiting conditions by resolving the iron mobility bottleneck.
📝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Big news! 🎉 Dr. Fei Xiong has passed his PhD viva in Jane Parker’s Lab at @mpipz.bsky.social, defending his thesis: "Probing the link between EDS1-PAD4 and transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Congrats, Dr. Xiong! Wishing you success in the future! 🎓✨
#PhDone
Congrats, Dr. Xiong! Wishing you success in the future! 🎓✨
#PhDone
February 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Big news! 🎉 Dr. Fei Xiong has passed his PhD viva in Jane Parker’s Lab at @mpipz.bsky.social, defending his thesis: "Probing the link between EDS1-PAD4 and transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Congrats, Dr. Xiong! Wishing you success in the future! 🎓✨
#PhDone
Congrats, Dr. Xiong! Wishing you success in the future! 🎓✨
#PhDone
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Out today @ Science: TIR signaling activates caspase-like immunity in bacteria
We report a new immune signaling molecule: N7-cADPR. Produced by phage-induced TIRs and activates a defensive bacterial caspase
Congrats Francois Rousset, Ilya Osterman and coauthors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We report a new immune signaling molecule: N7-cADPR. Produced by phage-induced TIRs and activates a defensive bacterial caspase
Congrats Francois Rousset, Ilya Osterman and coauthors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Out today @ Science: TIR signaling activates caspase-like immunity in bacteria
We report a new immune signaling molecule: N7-cADPR. Produced by phage-induced TIRs and activates a defensive bacterial caspase
Congrats Francois Rousset, Ilya Osterman and coauthors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We report a new immune signaling molecule: N7-cADPR. Produced by phage-induced TIRs and activates a defensive bacterial caspase
Congrats Francois Rousset, Ilya Osterman and coauthors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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📜 Resolving spatially distinct phytohormone response zones in Arabidopsis thaliana roots colonized by Fusarium oxysporum
🧑🔬 Jacob Calabria, @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social, @aidnurm.bsky.social, @somssich.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @jxbotany.bsky.social
🔗 shorturl.at/ZWx4g
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
🧑🔬 Jacob Calabria, @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social, @aidnurm.bsky.social, @somssich.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @jxbotany.bsky.social
🔗 shorturl.at/ZWx4g
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
Resolving spatially distinct phytohormone response zones in Arabidopsis thaliana roots colonized by Fusarium oxysporum
Abstract. Jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET) and salicylic acid (SA) are the three major phytohormones coordinating plant defense responses, and all three a
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January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📜 Resolving spatially distinct phytohormone response zones in Arabidopsis thaliana roots colonized by Fusarium oxysporum
🧑🔬 Jacob Calabria, @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social, @aidnurm.bsky.social, @somssich.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @jxbotany.bsky.social
🔗 shorturl.at/ZWx4g
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
🧑🔬 Jacob Calabria, @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social, @aidnurm.bsky.social, @somssich.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @jxbotany.bsky.social
🔗 shorturl.at/ZWx4g
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity