Isabel Monte
@isabelmonte.bsky.social
Junior Professor at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab.
Interested in plant molecular evolution, RKs, EvoMPMI, Marchantia 💚 and Trichoderma 🍄🟫
Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab.
Interested in plant molecular evolution, RKs, EvoMPMI, Marchantia 💚 and Trichoderma 🍄🟫
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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
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@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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Evolutionary mechanisms underlying bacterial adaptation to the plant environment
in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Reviews by @zakisaati.bsky.social et al
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in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Reviews by @zakisaati.bsky.social et al
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Evolutionary mechanisms underlying bacterial adaptation to the plant environment
Abstract. Plants and bacteria have coevolved over hundreds of millions of years, forming complex associations ranging from mutualism to pathogenicity that
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February 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Evolutionary mechanisms underlying bacterial adaptation to the plant environment
in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Reviews by @zakisaati.bsky.social et al
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Reviews by @zakisaati.bsky.social et al
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
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Dear PPRM community, we are pleased to invite you to the next PPRM meeting, 14-16 September 2026 in Freising, Germany.
Registration opening soon!
Registration opening soon!
February 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Dear PPRM community, we are pleased to invite you to the next PPRM meeting, 14-16 September 2026 in Freising, Germany.
Registration opening soon!
Registration opening soon!
Reposted by Isabel Monte
Recruitment of SERK co-receptors determines signaling specificity within the systemin peptide family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705698v1
February 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Recruitment of SERK co-receptors determines signaling specificity within the systemin peptide family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705698v1
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Asked my Intro Plant Bio students to make Valentine's day plant meme using what they learned in class so far, and dang, it gives me SO MUCH joy seeing all the submissions.
Some of my favs here: #valentinesday #ib103 #iamabotanist #plantjoy @botsocamerica.bsky.social l @plantteaching.bsky.social
Some of my favs here: #valentinesday #ib103 #iamabotanist #plantjoy @botsocamerica.bsky.social l @plantteaching.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Asked my Intro Plant Bio students to make Valentine's day plant meme using what they learned in class so far, and dang, it gives me SO MUCH joy seeing all the submissions.
Some of my favs here: #valentinesday #ib103 #iamabotanist #plantjoy @botsocamerica.bsky.social l @plantteaching.bsky.social
Some of my favs here: #valentinesday #ib103 #iamabotanist #plantjoy @botsocamerica.bsky.social l @plantteaching.bsky.social
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📣 Our latest story just dropped on bioRxiv:: A structurally unique effector shared between Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum is involved in cotton defoliation and virulence on other hosts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵
www.biorxiv.org
February 14, 2026 at 11:08 AM
📣 Our latest story just dropped on bioRxiv:: A structurally unique effector shared between Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum is involved in cotton defoliation and virulence on other hosts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵
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Structural biology is in an era of dynamics & assemblies but turning raw experimental data into atomic models at scale remains challenging. @minhuanli.bsky.social and I present ROCKET🚀: an AlphaFold augmentation that integrates crystallographic and cryoEM/ET data with room for more! 1/14.
February 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Structural biology is in an era of dynamics & assemblies but turning raw experimental data into atomic models at scale remains challenging. @minhuanli.bsky.social and I present ROCKET🚀: an AlphaFold augmentation that integrates crystallographic and cryoEM/ET data with room for more! 1/14.
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Interesting. Very similar barley eLRRP proteins had been identified as susceptiblility factors and discussed as structural mimics of AtBAK1 or rice OsSEK2. doi.org/10.1111/mpp....
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Interesting. Very similar barley eLRRP proteins had been identified as susceptiblility factors and discussed as structural mimics of AtBAK1 or rice OsSEK2. doi.org/10.1111/mpp....
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On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience at the ZMBP we interviewed Trang Phan and Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social
Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱
(and follows us on 👇)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱
(and follows us on 👇)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 at the ZMBP
Interview with Dr. Trang Phan, postdoc Trang Phan is a second-year postdoctoral researcher in Prof.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience at the ZMBP we interviewed Trang Phan and Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social
Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱
(and follows us on 👇)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱
(and follows us on 👇)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
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Dihydroxyhexanoic acid biosynthesis controls turgor in pathogenic fungi | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dihydroxyhexanoic acid biosynthesis controls turgor in pathogenic fungi
Many plant pathogenic fungi penetrate host surfaces mechanically, using turgor pressure generated by specialized infection cells called appressoria. These appressoria develop semipermeable cell walls ...
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Dihydroxyhexanoic acid biosynthesis controls turgor in pathogenic fungi | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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👇🏾
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Cool story from @meristemania.bsky.social lab on growth-defense tradeoff at the shoot apical meristem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Cool story from @meristemania.bsky.social lab on growth-defense tradeoff at the shoot apical meristem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...
Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses
Abstract. At the core of cell wall integrity (CWI) mechanisms that enable plant cells to coordinate their growth with their cell wall status, lies the tran
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February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...
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CPK28 was already present in the first land plant, and presents a paradox: the Marchantia version can perfectly replace the Arabidopsis version for immunity, but does not seem to participate to immunity in Marchantia ...
A lot more molecular data here =>
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A lot more molecular data here =>
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
CPK28 was already present in the first land plant, and presents a paradox: the Marchantia version can perfectly replace the Arabidopsis version for immunity, but does not seem to participate to immunity in Marchantia ...
A lot more molecular data here =>
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A lot more molecular data here =>
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New OA Resource: "Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity" rdcu.be/e29Ro
...define and use the phosphorylation motif of BIK1 to find novel substrate candidates.
...define and use the phosphorylation motif of BIK1 to find novel substrate candidates.
February 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
New OA Resource: "Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity" rdcu.be/e29Ro
...define and use the phosphorylation motif of BIK1 to find novel substrate candidates.
...define and use the phosphorylation motif of BIK1 to find novel substrate candidates.
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Introducing The Structural History of Eukarya (SHE): The first proteome-scale phylogeny constructed entirely from 3D structure.
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
February 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Introducing The Structural History of Eukarya (SHE): The first proteome-scale phylogeny constructed entirely from 3D structure.
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
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Our cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word!
www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
Scientific coordinator at the GreenRobust location Heidelberg (f/m/d) - Universität Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg looks for Scientific coordinator at the GreenRobust location Heidelberg (f/m/d) in Heidelberg - apply now!
www.academics.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Our cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word!
www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...
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⚙️🦠 REVIEW 🦠⚙️
Turley & Faulkner explore the function of plant heavy metal-associated domain-containing proteins and speculate about their functions at plasmodesmata by drawing from plant–pathogen interaction studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 Christine Faulkner
Turley & Faulkner explore the function of plant heavy metal-associated domain-containing proteins and speculate about their functions at plasmodesmata by drawing from plant–pathogen interaction studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 Christine Faulkner
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
⚙️🦠 REVIEW 🦠⚙️
Turley & Faulkner explore the function of plant heavy metal-associated domain-containing proteins and speculate about their functions at plasmodesmata by drawing from plant–pathogen interaction studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 Christine Faulkner
Turley & Faulkner explore the function of plant heavy metal-associated domain-containing proteins and speculate about their functions at plasmodesmata by drawing from plant–pathogen interaction studies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 Christine Faulkner
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Fantastic opportunity to join this exciting new group led by @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social . Cryo-ET of infection-related development in pathogenic fungi - including rice blast - an exciting, game-changing prospect. Apply below 👇
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...
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Fantastic opportunity to join this exciting new group led by @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social . Cryo-ET of infection-related development in pathogenic fungi - including rice blast - an exciting, game-changing prospect. Apply below 👇
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Take a look at @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social's thread🔽
Congrats to @karimaelm.bsky.social, @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social and all coauthors of this work, which is the 1st GWAS in a non vascular plant, highlighting the ability of liverworts to use fungal genes to defend themselves ... against fungi !
Congrats to @karimaelm.bsky.social, @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social and all coauthors of this work, which is the 1st GWAS in a non vascular plant, highlighting the ability of liverworts to use fungal genes to defend themselves ... against fungi !
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 9:08 PM
Take a look at @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social's thread🔽
Congrats to @karimaelm.bsky.social, @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social and all coauthors of this work, which is the 1st GWAS in a non vascular plant, highlighting the ability of liverworts to use fungal genes to defend themselves ... against fungi !
Congrats to @karimaelm.bsky.social, @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social and all coauthors of this work, which is the 1st GWAS in a non vascular plant, highlighting the ability of liverworts to use fungal genes to defend themselves ... against fungi !
Reposted by Isabel Monte
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...
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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...
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In just two months, we’ll host our 4th yearly departmental symposium! We’re excited to welcome keynote speakers Malcolm Bennett (from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social) and Margot Smit (from @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social), alongside hands-on workshops, poster speed dating, and group talks.
👥🌱👥Can’t wait! 🎉
👥🌱👥Can’t wait! 🎉
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In just two months, we’ll host our 4th yearly departmental symposium! We’re excited to welcome keynote speakers Malcolm Bennett (from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social) and Margot Smit (from @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social), alongside hands-on workshops, poster speed dating, and group talks.
👥🌱👥Can’t wait! 🎉
👥🌱👥Can’t wait! 🎉
Reposted by Isabel Monte
Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...
Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses
Abstract. At the core of cell wall integrity (CWI) mechanisms that enable plant cells to coordinate their growth with their cell wall status, lies the tran
academic.oup.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Multi-omics analyses of mutants for Marchantia polymorpha FERONIA and MARIS reveal a link between cell wall integrity and abscisic acid responses url: academic.oup.com/pcp/article/...
Reposted by Isabel Monte
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 Isabel Monte
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...
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM