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Lara Van Dijck
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PhD candidate at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Parker group studying 🍄🌱⌬
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Lara Van Dijck @laravdijck.bsky.social · Aug 21
Super excited to share that my PhD research paper is finally out!
@newphyt.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/nph....

@parkergroup.bsky.social
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 communi.....
doi.org
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pfeilmeier.bsky.social
We are hiring‼️ Two cool projects in my group for a PhD student in plant immunity and for a Postdoc in plant microbiota research 🌿🧫🚀🚀
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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mpipz.bsky.social
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Lara Van Dijck from Jane Parker’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social on successfully completing her PhD! Wishing you continued success ahead! 🎓🌱
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
The post shows a picture of Lara after successfully passing her viva on a green background with words congratulating her on acquiring the PhD title.
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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somssich.bsky.social
Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:

doi.org/10.1093/plph...

But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
A vinyl box with six colored vinyl LPs sticking out of its right side. The Title "Guns in Rosettes" is on top, with the subtitle "The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" just below. Then there is an Arabidopsis plant with machine guns sticking out. Below is the statement "6-LP LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL BOX SET" The back cover of the vinyl box set showing the tracklist: 1. Methionine-derived compounds Aliphatic GSLs 2. Tryptophan-derived compounds (trptonites) Indolic GSLs Camalexin Hycanite (4-OH-ICN) 3. Phenylalanine-derived compounds (phenylpropanoids) Benzenic GSLs Coumarins Hydroxycinnamates Flavonoids 4. Terpenoids (E)-β-caryophyllene α- and β-pinene Thalianin, arabidin, and DMNT And the statement "Recorded live in front of an audience in 2025"
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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bossdorf.bsky.social
Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply!
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September 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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spicybotrytis.bsky.social
Fun review of Arabidopsis anti-pathogen metabolism with @somssich.bsky.social and @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social.

Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal
Arabidopsis remains one of the best studied models today and has a number of remarkable chemical defense systems which actively engage, interact and preven
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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nikogeldner.bsky.social
Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
career5.successfactors.eu
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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gstringlis.bsky.social
🔬🌱Our review “Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly” led by PhD candidate Melissa Uribe Acosta @plantphys.bsky.social discusses plant mechanisms of root microbiome selection. Co-authors: @cornepieterse.bsky.social Jiayu Zhou Alberto Pascale.
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly
Abstract. The increasing demand for sustainable agricultural practices has driven a renewed interest in plant–microbiome interactions as a basis for the ne
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September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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plantevolution.bsky.social
2/2 @hotvegetables.bsky.social now solved this mystery, showing that this locus is responsible for natural variation in root architecture in response to commensal Pseudomonas — likely due to local adaptation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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kawaima.bsky.social
Our review article on the "Potential and challenges for application of microbiomes in agriculture" is published
@theplantcell.bsky.social [1/n]
doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Potential and challenges for application of microbiomes in agriculture
Abstract. The plant microbiome can promote plant health and productivity through a multitude of mechanisms. Our understanding of plant–microbiome interacti
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September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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parkergroup.bsky.social
🚨 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/...
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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somssich.bsky.social
Great to see this really cool story (see quoted post) published in @newphyt.bsky.social!

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations @laravdijck.bsky.social, @parkergroup.bsky.social!

Plant-Scopoletin-Fungal Endophyte-Iron

#PlantScience #Coumarin #PlantImmunity #PlantNutrition
August 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
laravdijck.bsky.social
Super excited to share that my PhD research paper is finally out!
@newphyt.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/nph....

@parkergroup.bsky.social
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 communi.....
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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mesny.bsky.social
📣 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
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
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parkergroup.bsky.social
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
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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kathywippel.bsky.social
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/...
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
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giurassicpark.bsky.social
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
laravdijck.bsky.social
Want to learn more about fungal-coumarin-iron interactions in the rhizosphere? Come to my poster 240 on Thursday
#2025ISMPMI
hennilaessle.bsky.social Henni Laessle @hennilaessle.bsky.social · Jul 14
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
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
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July 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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karchuntan.bsky.social
Aaron Lawson - Up and coming protocol for recombinant protein complex expression (powdery mildew MLA-Avr) using Nbenth #2025ISMPMI
July 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
#ICAR2025
Thank you to all who participated in today's workshop! I'm still pondering our final question, since to some extent we are "preaching to the choir". How do we get the folks in the room who really need to be there?
What are your thoughts?
apaterlini.bsky.social Andrea Paterlini (he/him) @apaterlini.bsky.social · Jun 19
The inclusive education & mentoring workshop we organised at #ICAR25 went well! Thought-provoking talks from Agnes Uhereczky, @plantteaching.bsky.social, @yoselin.bsky.social (& @blackinplantsci.bsky.social award recipients), Sofie Goormachtig, myself, @mehta-lab.com! 🌱🎉 Thank you for attending!
Anatomical theatre filled with people. Paper resources are placed on the wooden desks. Mary Williams is presenting at the front of the room.
June 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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moritznowack.bsky.social
Starting the scientific program of #ICAR2025 with an amazing keynote by Jane Parker @parkergroup.bsky.social on the structural basis of plant immunity! Looking forward to 5 days of fantastic Arabidopsis and plant science at the #Bijlokesite in Ghent!
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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leoniekraska.bsky.social
Really happy to see my PhD work out. Big thanks to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social and everyone involved. I hope you enjoy reading it :)
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
laravdijck.bsky.social
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...
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
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somssich.bsky.social
Over the last couple of years I have been writing individual chapters of what I call

𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Each chapter covers a specific, basic, but for some reason special and interesting aspect of #PlantScience research.

Have a look here 👇🧵
May 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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mpipz.bsky.social
Celebrating a new PhD at @mpipz.bsky.social! 🎓 Dr. Ram Sevak Raja Kumar defended her thesis in @hacquardst.bsky.social’s lab. Congrats, and all the best for what’s next! 🌟 #PhDone #PlantScience
The post shows a picture of Ram after successfully passing her viva on a green background with words congratulating him on acquiring the PhD title.
May 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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hacquardst.bsky.social
We present MetaFlowTrain, an easy-to-build, highly parallelized, and cost-effective fluidic system for studying microbial exometabolites and their roles in modulating microbe–microbe–host interactions. Kudos to @chesneau-g.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social
Give it a try: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM