Remco Stam
@rstam.bsky.social
Professor of Phytopathology | Kiel University
| Crop wild relatives and their pathogens | Likes quantitative and qualitative resistance mechanisms & popgen
| Crop wild relatives and their pathogens | Likes quantitative and qualitative resistance mechanisms & popgen
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Great news — forward looking voices are finally prevailing in the discussion on genome editing in crop plants!
Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework
https://www.europesays.com/2737143/
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on…
https://www.europesays.com/2737143/
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on…
Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework - EUROPE SAYS
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on the NGT Regulation agreed in trilogue
www.europesays.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Great news — forward looking voices are finally prevailing in the discussion on genome editing in crop plants!
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ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
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Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
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Gold OA: the gift that keeps on giving
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers www.the-scientist.com/rising-publi... "Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices." #Publishing #OpenAccess #Research
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers
Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.
www.the-scientist.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Gold OA: the gift that keeps on giving
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Host microenvironment in potato–Phytophthora infestans interaction revealed by single-cell spatiotemporal transcriptome www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Host microenvironment in potato–Phytophthora infestans interaction revealed by single-cell spatiotemporal transcriptome www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dear @dfg.de So, I will spend months writing a grant and you will let people judge it with AI tools that are trained on predatory journals like Frontiers, MDPI or alike that are practically not peer-reviewed??? Is this how you will select cutting edge science??? #idiocracy
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media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Dear @dfg.de So, I will spend months writing a grant and you will let people judge it with AI tools that are trained on predatory journals like Frontiers, MDPI or alike that are practically not peer-reviewed??? Is this how you will select cutting edge science??? #idiocracy
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Towards a quantitative view of NLR evolution in genome space -- check out where we think the field of #NLR #evolution research is heading in this review led by Luzie Wingen and Aurélien Tellier.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#plantscience
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#plantscience
January 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Towards a quantitative view of NLR evolution in genome space -- check out where we think the field of #NLR #evolution research is heading in this review led by Luzie Wingen and Aurélien Tellier.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#plantscience
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#plantscience
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🌍 Internationale Studierende: Der globale Markt ordnet sich neu
USA, Kanada, Australien und Großbritannien ziehen die Bremse. Der Gastbeitrag von Britta Baron zeigt, wer davon profitiert – und wie Deutschland einen Sonderweg geht.
Im Wiarda-Blog:
👉 www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
USA, Kanada, Australien und Großbritannien ziehen die Bremse. Der Gastbeitrag von Britta Baron zeigt, wer davon profitiert – und wie Deutschland einen Sonderweg geht.
Im Wiarda-Blog:
👉 www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 AM
🌍 Internationale Studierende: Der globale Markt ordnet sich neu
USA, Kanada, Australien und Großbritannien ziehen die Bremse. Der Gastbeitrag von Britta Baron zeigt, wer davon profitiert – und wie Deutschland einen Sonderweg geht.
Im Wiarda-Blog:
👉 www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
USA, Kanada, Australien und Großbritannien ziehen die Bremse. Der Gastbeitrag von Britta Baron zeigt, wer davon profitiert – und wie Deutschland einen Sonderweg geht.
Im Wiarda-Blog:
👉 www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
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I can't say I am surprised. I once had a brief chat with LLMs about my own profile, and it made up several papers and journals that I had not written or submitted to. This BS will be the new normal. It already is. And we are totally letting it happen.
January 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I can't say I am surprised. I once had a brief chat with LLMs about my own profile, and it made up several papers and journals that I had not written or submitted to. This BS will be the new normal. It already is. And we are totally letting it happen.
Just wow...
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Just wow...
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Mistake I often make is worrying about the two or three most knowledgeable people in the audience and what will they think. Have to remind myself that if I present just to them I lose the other 95%.
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Mistake I often make is worrying about the two or three most knowledgeable people in the audience and what will they think. Have to remind myself that if I present just to them I lose the other 95%.
Job alert!
Farooq Ahmad is recruiting PhD students for his new research group in my department!
He's looking for people interested in assisted migration of oaks to ensure climate and pathogen resilience for our future forests.
Ad text is here, English at bottom:
www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Farooq Ahmad is recruiting PhD students for his new research group in my department!
He's looking for people interested in assisted migration of oaks to ensure climate and pathogen resilience for our future forests.
Ad text is here, English at bottom:
www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
www.uni-kiel.de
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Job alert!
Farooq Ahmad is recruiting PhD students for his new research group in my department!
He's looking for people interested in assisted migration of oaks to ensure climate and pathogen resilience for our future forests.
Ad text is here, English at bottom:
www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Farooq Ahmad is recruiting PhD students for his new research group in my department!
He's looking for people interested in assisted migration of oaks to ensure climate and pathogen resilience for our future forests.
Ad text is here, English at bottom:
www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
The Alexander von Humboldt foundation has a call for Climate Protection Fellowships. Information event is tomorrow!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
If you are interested in working on a project related to quantitative disease resistance and climatic trade offs, I could possibly be host!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
If you are interested in working on a project related to quantitative disease resistance and climatic trade offs, I could possibly be host!
Info event: International Climate Protection Fellowship
If you would like to learn more about the International Climate Protection Fellowship, join our online event by Zoom and get all the information on the programme and the application process first-hand...
www.humboldt-foundation.de
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The Alexander von Humboldt foundation has a call for Climate Protection Fellowships. Information event is tomorrow!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
If you are interested in working on a project related to quantitative disease resistance and climatic trade offs, I could possibly be host!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
If you are interested in working on a project related to quantitative disease resistance and climatic trade offs, I could possibly be host!
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“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs
When AI Makes You Average: Lessons from Our Data Scientist Job Search
<p>Artificial intelligence has reshaped nearly every industry, and hiring is no exception. A chief analytics officer shares a cautiona
www.higheredjobs.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs
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'Although AI is helping Science catch errors that can be corrected or elements that are missing from a paper but should be included, such as supporting code or raw data, its use and the evaluation of the output require more human effort, not less.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Resisting AI slop
It’s hard to talk about any topic in science or education today without the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) coming up—whether large language models should be allowed to aid in searching for a ...
www.science.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'Although AI is helping Science catch errors that can be corrected or elements that are missing from a paper but should be included, such as supporting code or raw data, its use and the evaluation of the output require more human effort, not less.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Open Senior Bioinformatician position at
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Senior Bioinformatician - Biodiversity Cell Atlas
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Open Senior Bioinformatician position at
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
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Reading paper with link to deposited data in Dryad, but link didn't work. Author said they'd deposited data thinking it was free, but were then asked to pay. They didn't & Dryad took data down. So DOI doesn't ensure a persistent dataset. Has anyone else experience of anything like this?
#opendata
#opendata
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reading paper with link to deposited data in Dryad, but link didn't work. Author said they'd deposited data thinking it was free, but were then asked to pay. They didn't & Dryad took data down. So DOI doesn't ensure a persistent dataset. Has anyone else experience of anything like this?
#opendata
#opendata
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I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen
You can’t set foot in the Netherlands in the festive period without encountering these Dutch doughnuts, even though it’s on New Year’s Eve that they are most traditionally eaten; indeed, it’s said tha...
www.nigella.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
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That you MUST publish to meet your financial targets, which makes a mockery of working on a quality-only basis.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
December 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
That you MUST publish to meet your financial targets, which makes a mockery of working on a quality-only basis.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
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In our latest study, we took a critical look at #fungal family #Nectriaceae by analyzing 1,530 #genomes! We built a robust #phylogenomic backbone that supports current taxonomy but also reveals gene-tree discordance and unresolved boundaries. More info www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In our latest study, we took a critical look at #fungal family #Nectriaceae by analyzing 1,530 #genomes! We built a robust #phylogenomic backbone that supports current taxonomy but also reveals gene-tree discordance and unresolved boundaries. More info www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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So wild. Ein Bundesministerium, das seine Position auf den tendenziösen Umfragen von NGO und wirtschaftlich involvierten Labelbetreibern aufbaut 🫣
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
❌ Eine Mehrheit der EU-Mitgliedstaaten hat heute für die Aufweichung des Gentechnikrechts gestimmt. Das EU-Parlament kann noch korrigieren.
👉 Falls nicht, muss es in DE für Betriebe, die weiterhin gentechnikfrei produzieren wollen, gentechnikfreie Lieferketten sowie neue Nachweismethoden geben.
👉 Falls nicht, muss es in DE für Betriebe, die weiterhin gentechnikfrei produzieren wollen, gentechnikfreie Lieferketten sowie neue Nachweismethoden geben.
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So wild. Ein Bundesministerium, das seine Position auf den tendenziösen Umfragen von NGO und wirtschaftlich involvierten Labelbetreibern aufbaut 🫣
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
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With help of international colleagues at @jgi.doe.gov, @oregonstate.edu, and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, we are relasing new parameters for Tiberius. Thx to Lars Gabriel, @tomasbruna.bsky.social, Samuel Talbot, @chriswheat.bsky.social, @masta.bsky.social - and many others. github.com/Gaius-August...
Release v1.1.7 · Gaius-Augustus/Tiberius
⚠️ New Models available:
Diatoms
Eudicotyledons
Lepidoptera
Monocotyledonae
Mucoromycota
Saccharomycota
Sordariomycota
Several bugfixes.
github.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
With help of international colleagues at @jgi.doe.gov, @oregonstate.edu, and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, we are relasing new parameters for Tiberius. Thx to Lars Gabriel, @tomasbruna.bsky.social, Samuel Talbot, @chriswheat.bsky.social, @masta.bsky.social - and many others. github.com/Gaius-August...
The university updated my institute's website. It looks great.
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The university updated my institute's website. It looks great.
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
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Structural basis for heat tolerance in plant NLR immune receptors. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.17.694812v1
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Structural basis for heat tolerance in plant NLR immune receptors. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.17.694812v1