Sebastian Schornack
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Sebastian Schornack
@dromius.bsky.social
Plant cells and development, Plant-microbe research, Phytophthora, oomycetes & symbiotic fungi, TAL effectors (TAL DNA binding code codiscoverer) and Coleoptera
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#iMMM2025 is about to kick of in Munich, Bavaria (clearly), Germany - looking forward to 2.5 days filled with amazing molecular mycorrhiza research!
September 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Summer poster presentations today @cropscicentre.bsky.social with lots of students from @slcuplants.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social and NIAB - from our team Dylan Rees, Victor Schroeder, Anna Flynn
August 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ly et al. 2025 - Plants, fungi, and antifungals: A little less talk, a little more action @plos.org

journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
August 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In poster hall not very far away - check out today how the resistance prevents or supports tao opposing factions in their constant pursuit for nutrients. SCAR Wars! - P070 #2025ISMPMI
July 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Inachis io ismpmiensis
July 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#OMGN2025 Vivianne Vleeshouwers on potato resistance and Phytophthora diversity- and this slide of her work is part of my lectures - high throughput discovery of resistant germplasm/R gene loci
July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#OMGN2025 Max Pluis - How does Phytophthora make the cut? - and the role of Phytophthora cell processes such as mechanosensing
July 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#OMGN2025 Patricia Manosalva ̶ Phytophthora cinnamomi populations affecting avocado in the U.S.A.
exhibit large phenotypic variability and potential introductions from Mexico
July 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#OMGN2025 Jeanne Miebach ̶ High throughput image analysis and quantification of aggregation of an
aquatic Blastocladiomycotan fungus on its algal host: Paraphysoderma sedebokerense almost never attacks
Haematococcus spp. alone - check out that lifecycle
July 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#OMGN2025 Gizem Ünal is Optimizing dsRNA-Based Strategies for Controlling Downy Mildew in Pea
July 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#OMGN2025 Wang Zhuoyue - Systematic Optimization of LAMP Assays for Kauri Dieback Diagnostics - because there is a Phytophthora (agathidicida) which kills these iconic trees
July 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#omgn2025 @dariuskos.bsky.social presenting research on a Marchantia transcription factor which controls its reproductive structures and is stress-regulated.
Read more about it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#OMGN2025 Mariana Herrera Corzo also works on 87 isolates of the arguably most interesting plant pathogen.
July 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OMGN2025 Ina Schlathoelter contributed to saving chocolate by studying how cacao pods respond to its Phytophthora pathogens. Some cocoa varieties/clones are differentially resistant to palmivora GH49 and megakarya GH34.
July 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#OMGN2025 Yongli Qiao on TPS6 in the Phytophthora soybean interaction
July 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#OMGN2025 Yingnan Hou Pentatricopeptide repeat Protein Gene derived siRNAs induce Phytophthora gene silencing through trans-species RNAi
July 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#OMGN2025 Chih-Hang Wu shows impressive cell biology of effector triggered hypersensitive response cell death - you can also read more about it here www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#OMGN2025 @guidopmi.bsky.social talks about NLP proteins, often toxic but in oomycetes there are also non-toxic NLPs
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#OMGN2025 Keynote speaker Bart Thomma - with a short introduction on how to survive in Cologne
July 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#OMGN2025 John McDowell. In memoriam
July 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Claire Gachon opens #OMGN2025
Thank you to all the funders and sponsors who are supporting this!
July 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#OMGN2025 Oomycete molecular genetics network meeting starting in a couple of minutes in Cologne.
July 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Visualization of SA-Induced Plant Immune Activation in Arabidopsis and rice

A Water-Soluble Probe for Visualizing Immune Activation for Microbial Resistance in Rice Crops via NIR-II Fluorescent Imaging | Analytical Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
July 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Congrats to @chetanpandey.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Prize at Botanicon Cambridge. Very proud of you!
@slcuplants.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM