Isabel Monte
@isabelmonte.bsky.social
Junior Professor at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab.
Interested in plant molecular evolution, RKs, EvoMPMI and Marchantia 💚
Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab.
Interested in plant molecular evolution, RKs, EvoMPMI and Marchantia 💚
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Isabel Monte
@isabelmonte.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Lost & found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer
@isabelmonte.bsky.social highlights work revealing cross-species co-receptor transfer can overcome restricted taxonomic functionality in rice, pointing to strategies for crop protection
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
@isabelmonte.bsky.social highlights work revealing cross-species co-receptor transfer can overcome restricted taxonomic functionality in rice, pointing to strategies for crop protection
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer
Plant immune receptors hold great promise for engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance,
but their effectiveness is very limited by restricted taxonomic functionality (RTF).
In this issue of Cell ...
www.cell.com
Fran @frangordilloc.bsky.social and I wrote this piece on one of our favorite topics: the evolutionary relevance of co-receptors for immune receptor transfer in #plants 🌱
#EvoMPMI #MPMI
Check also the beautiful paper by Zhang et al. on the PRR STOMR and discover what happened to its co-receptor 😱
#EvoMPMI #MPMI
Check also the beautiful paper by Zhang et al. on the PRR STOMR and discover what happened to its co-receptor 😱
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We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social
#PlantSciJobs
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
#PlantSciJobs
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.
www.jic.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social
#PlantSciJobs
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
#PlantSciJobs
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
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Evolution of protein domains and protein domain combinations provides insights into the origin and diversification of land plants www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Evolution of protein domains and protein domain combinations provides insights into the origin and diversification of land plants www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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I hope to see everyone in Malaga at the ISPL2026: www.ispl2026malaga.com/ISPL2026
ISPL2026
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December 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I hope to see everyone in Malaga at the ISPL2026: www.ispl2026malaga.com/ISPL2026
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Happy to see this out! We describe a patterning mechanism underlying rhizoid specification in Marchantia. Contrary to classic patterning mechanisms (e.g., Turing), rhizoid specification depends on both randomness and lateral inhibition, involves subcritical bifurcations, and occurs at criticality!
Cell-type specification at criticality underlies rhizoid patterning in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Rhizoid specification in Marchantia polymorpha gemmae involves lateral inhibition mediated by the microRNA FRH1, which represses the rhizoid-specific …
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December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy to see this out! We describe a patterning mechanism underlying rhizoid specification in Marchantia. Contrary to classic patterning mechanisms (e.g., Turing), rhizoid specification depends on both randomness and lateral inhibition, involves subcritical bifurcations, and occurs at criticality!
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How can genome sequencing training foster more equitable global science? 🌍
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
How can genome sequencing training foster more equitable global science? 🌍
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
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I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
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Glad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Glad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!
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December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our lab (Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab) together with El Kasmi Lab and @mpcontreras.bsky.social Lab enjoyed a very Christmassy evening with Glühwein and many 🎄🎄🎄 not far from Tübingen.
Cheers to a new year at the #ZMBP full of discoveries on immune receptors 🥂
#JuniorPIs #EMCRs #MPMI
Cheers to a new year at the #ZMBP full of discoveries on immune receptors 🥂
#JuniorPIs #EMCRs #MPMI
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Our lab (Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab) together with El Kasmi Lab and @mpcontreras.bsky.social Lab enjoyed a very Christmassy evening with Glühwein and many 🎄🎄🎄 not far from Tübingen.
Cheers to a new year at the #ZMBP full of discoveries on immune receptors 🥂
#JuniorPIs #EMCRs #MPMI
Cheers to a new year at the #ZMBP full of discoveries on immune receptors 🥂
#JuniorPIs #EMCRs #MPMI
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📋 Join us on Friday 19th for a fascinating talk by Rosa Lozano-Durán from Center for Molecular Plant Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen (Germany) @unituebingen.bsky.social as part of the #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series
Don't miss it!
🕑 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here ⬇️
Don't miss it!
🕑 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here ⬇️
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
📋 Join us on Friday 19th for a fascinating talk by Rosa Lozano-Durán from Center for Molecular Plant Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen (Germany) @unituebingen.bsky.social as part of the #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series
Don't miss it!
🕑 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here ⬇️
Don't miss it!
🕑 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here ⬇️
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Just a few days left to apply to the PhD position in our group. It focuses on selfish genes in #fungi and how they might affect the spread of giant #TEs called Starships.
We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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We are looking far and wide for this position! So if you are motivated, interested in academia, and want to explore the world of plant-virus interaction, we are ALSO happy to host you for a PhD! More detail below🔽☘️🦠
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are looking far and wide for this position! So if you are motivated, interested in academia, and want to explore the world of plant-virus interaction, we are ALSO happy to host you for a PhD! More detail below🔽☘️🦠
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The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠
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New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
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We have a PhD studentship available for a student who wants to engineer immune responses by tinkering with the connectivity between cells. Based at JIC, collaboration with the Ezer lab, deadline 19th Jan, UK students only. Get in touch for more info! #PlantSciJobs
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We have a PhD studentship available for a student who wants to engineer immune responses by tinkering with the connectivity between cells. Based at JIC, collaboration with the Ezer lab, deadline 19th Jan, UK students only. Get in touch for more info! #PlantSciJobs
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Bryophyte-friendly tenure-track position in the UBC Botany department! Deadline on the 19th botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
UBC
botany.ubc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Bryophyte-friendly tenure-track position in the UBC Botany department! Deadline on the 19th botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
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An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693621v1
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693621v1
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A SABATH family enzyme regulates development via the gibberellin-related pathway in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693594v1
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A SABATH family enzyme regulates development via the gibberellin-related pathway in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693594v1
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New preprint by Judith Fliegmann and Lisha Zhang on an additional regulatory layer of #plantimmunity:
the TIR-domain production of small molecules (typical during ETI) is required for PTI responses downstream of RLPs PRRs
#MPMI #ZMBP
the TIR-domain production of small molecules (typical during ETI) is required for PTI responses downstream of RLPs PRRs
#MPMI #ZMBP
Small Molecule Binding to EDS1/PAD4 in LRR-RP-Mediated Pattern-Triggered Immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.692544v1
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New preprint by Judith Fliegmann and Lisha Zhang on an additional regulatory layer of #plantimmunity:
the TIR-domain production of small molecules (typical during ETI) is required for PTI responses downstream of RLPs PRRs
#MPMI #ZMBP
the TIR-domain production of small molecules (typical during ETI) is required for PTI responses downstream of RLPs PRRs
#MPMI #ZMBP
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Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú).
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
tb.ethz.ch
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú).
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People have been fascinated with plant patterns for a long time! This paper reports in depth on the earliest examples link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Earliest Vegetal Motifs in Prehistoric Art: Painted Halafian Pottery of Mesopotamia and Prehistoric Mathematical Thinking - Journal of World Prehistory
The earliest systematic depictions of vegetal motifs in prehistoric art appear on painted pottery vessels of the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia, c. 6200–5500 BC. The motifs are varied, repre...
link.springer.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
People have been fascinated with plant patterns for a long time! This paper reports in depth on the earliest examples link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Isabel Monte
Zwei Forscherinnen und drei Forscher der Universität und des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen erhalten hochdotierte Förderungen für Projekte in der #Medizin, der #Mikrobiologie und dem Maschinellen Lernen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…#ERCR#ERCCoGo#MachineLearningng
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Zwei Forscherinnen und drei Forscher der Universität und des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen erhalten hochdotierte Förderungen für Projekte in der #Medizin, der #Mikrobiologie und dem Maschinellen Lernen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…#ERCR#ERCCoGo#MachineLearningng
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Salicylic Acid and the unique TGA transcription factor controls plant immunity against Pseudomonas syringae in Marchantia polymorpha url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...
Salicylic Acid and the unique TGA transcription factor controls plant immunity against Pseudomonas syringae in Marchantia polymorpha
ABSTRACT. Land plants have co-evolved with microorganisms since its transition to a terrestrial habitat around 500 million years ago. In angiosperms, salic
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December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Salicylic Acid and the unique TGA transcription factor controls plant immunity against Pseudomonas syringae in Marchantia polymorpha url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...