Lorenz Oberkofler
@oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @Weiberg Lab - LMU Munich
Plant-microbe interactions - sRNA transport - Extracellular vesicles
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Plant-microbe interactions - sRNA transport - Extracellular vesicles
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Hi passionate 🌱🔬 the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Hi passionate 🌱🔬 the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
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My main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape - Nature Plants
The evolutionary diversification of an exocyst subunit was enabled by electrostatic shifts leading to its dissociation from the ancestral complex.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Lorenz Oberkofler
A strong quality for a good researcher is the ability to sometimes ignore small details, and sometimes delves into them with the greatest care, and more importantly to being able to switch wisely between the two modes.
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A strong quality for a good researcher is the ability to sometimes ignore small details, and sometimes delves into them with the greatest care, and more importantly to being able to switch wisely between the two modes.
Reposted by Lorenz Oberkofler
From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Lorenz Oberkofler
Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
Protocol for capturing the RNA-binding proteome from plants using orthogonal organic phase separation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667348v1
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
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New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.
Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.
Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧪🧵1/n
#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
Still halfway through the last one... damn. Congratulations!
Excited to share part two of our plant extracellular vesicles story on BioRxiv! Using proximity labeling the awesome power of genetics to figure out how these lil’ guys are secreted.
Part one: doi.org/10.1002/jev2...
Part two:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Part one: doi.org/10.1002/jev2...
Part two:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Still halfway through the last one... damn. Congratulations!
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Early registration for iMMM in Munich (16.-18. September) is open for another 3 weeks ! Make sure to sign up 3 days of mycorrhizal mayhem 🌱🍄 #PlantScience
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May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Early registration for iMMM in Munich (16.-18. September) is open for another 3 weeks ! Make sure to sign up 3 days of mycorrhizal mayhem 🌱🍄 #PlantScience
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🎓 2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research…
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research…
🎓 2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research in one of Europe's most dynamic agricultural regions. Apply by June 11, 2025!
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May 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎓 2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research…
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research…
Awesome story! Congratulations to @santyy31.bsky.social and thank you for the great time together @LMU
Subfunctionalization and epigenetic regulation of a biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae
From: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantScience #SecMet
From: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantScience #SecMet
Subfunctionalization and epigenetic regulation of a biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae | PNAS
Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are sets of often heterologous genes that are genetically
and functionally linked. Among eukaryotes, BGCs are mos...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Awesome story! Congratulations to @santyy31.bsky.social and thank you for the great time together @LMU
New exciting research from the Weiberg lab!
Happy to share our latest publication in the Weiberg Lab: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here we uncovered how fungal argonautes regulate bidirectional cross-kingdom RNAi during infection of plants.
Big thanks to @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social and everyone who was involved in the story.
Here we uncovered how fungal argonautes regulate bidirectional cross-kingdom RNAi during infection of plants.
Big thanks to @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social and everyone who was involved in the story.
https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New exciting research from the Weiberg lab!
Reposted by Lorenz Oberkofler
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...