Klaus Schlaeppi
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Klaus Schlaeppi
@kschlaeppi.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Benzoxazinoid-mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defense
Plants modulate their surrounding microbiome via root exudates and this conditioned soil microbiome feeds back on the performance of the next generation of plants. How plants can perceive this altered...
www.biorxiv.org
updated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Clarivate highlights every year individual researchers as #HighlyCited2025. However and to make this clear: such a recognition is a team’s effort. ALL credits and glitter [✨] go to my GREAT TEAM, colleagues and collaborations who contributed with work, writing and spreading our studies!
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Clarivate highlights every year individual researchers as #HighlyCited2025. However and to make this clear: such a recognition is a team’s effort. ALL credits and glitter [✨] go to my GREAT TEAM, colleagues and collaborations who contributed with work, writing and spreading our studies!
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026!
Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!
Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026!
Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!
Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Exciting days at the #PMS2025! Our team joined the global plant microbiome community to present new insights into microbe-induced resistance and multitrophic interactions—one talk, two posters, and plenty of great discussions. Science grows better together! 🌿🤝 @microsos.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Exciting days at the #PMS2025! Our team joined the global plant microbiome community to present new insights into microbe-induced resistance and multitrophic interactions—one talk, two posters, and plenty of great discussions. Science grows better together! 🌿🤝 @microsos.bsky.social
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg
#PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
#PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome - EPSO
The EPSO Working Group on Plants and Microbiomes held its sixth workshop in Antequera / Malaga on 3.11.2025 which brought together over 100 enthusiastic researchers just ahead of the 6th Plant Microbi...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg
#PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
#PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
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
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
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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
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
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP!
We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
t.co/obQyD1rzI1
We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
t.co/obQyD1rzI1
https://academic.oup.com/pcp/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcaf126/8277635
t.co
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP!
We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
t.co/obQyD1rzI1
We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
t.co/obQyD1rzI1
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
✨🌙 ¡La Noche Europea de los Investigadores ya ha comenzado!
Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social!
🔬🌱🐄
Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social!
🔬🌱🐄
September 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
✨🌙 ¡La Noche Europea de los Investigadores ya ha comenzado!
Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social!
🔬🌱🐄
Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social!
🔬🌱🐄
Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Congratulations Tonni🍻 Gonna miss you
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Congratulations Tonni🍻 Gonna miss you
updated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Benzoxazinoid-mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defense
Plants modulate their surrounding microbiome via root exudates and this conditioned soil microbiome feeds back on the performance of the next generation of plants. How plants can perceive this altered...
www.biorxiv.org
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
updated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
SynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product.
Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Synthetic communities of maize root bacteria interact and redirect benzoxazinoid metabolization | mSphere
We investigated how maize root bacteria—alone or in community—tolerate and metabolize
antimicrobial compounds of their host plant. We found that the capacity to metabolize
such a compound impacts bact...
journals.asm.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product.
Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
www.unibas.ch/en/Research/... [some self-promo 🙈]
How Plants communicate with the Soil Microbiome
Bacteria and fungi in the soil have a major influence on plant growth. Plant researcher Klaus Schläppi is working to understand the biological mechanisms behind this interaction − knowledge that could...
www.unibas.ch
August 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
www.unibas.ch/en/Research/... [some self-promo 🙈]
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
📜 A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis
🧑🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, Hiroaki Adachi, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome
🧑🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, Hiroaki Adachi, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome
A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis
Plant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f...
www.biorxiv.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📜 A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis
🧑🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, Hiroaki Adachi, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome
🧑🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, Hiroaki Adachi, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome
Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis
Plant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f...
www.biorxiv.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
🎯EPSO Contributions from plant research and innovation to EU circular regenerative and competitive #Bioeconomy – position paper from #PlantFactories, #Plants&Microbiomes and #Horticulture Working Groups. bit.ly/449vwSd. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
June 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎯EPSO Contributions from plant research and innovation to EU circular regenerative and competitive #Bioeconomy – position paper from #PlantFactories, #Plants&Microbiomes and #Horticulture Working Groups. bit.ly/449vwSd. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
Here's a tutorial I wrote on how I design detection and cloning primers using Primer3. Hopefully it's helpful for students. 💚
binomicalabs.notion.site/PCR-Primer-D...
binomicalabs.notion.site/PCR-Primer-D...
PCR Primer Design | Notion
Prerequisite Protocols
binomicalabs.notion.site
June 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Here's a tutorial I wrote on how I design detection and cloning primers using Primer3. Hopefully it's helpful for students. 💚
binomicalabs.notion.site/PCR-Primer-D...
binomicalabs.notion.site/PCR-Primer-D...
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
Reposted by Klaus Schlaeppi
This is built on the foundation of one of the most compelling long-term forest studies in Europe. This will be one very lucky postdoc...
Are you interested in the ecology of deep soil forest fungi?
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: Postdoctoral researcher: Ecology of deep soil forest fungi
The research group 'Plant Microbe Interactions' at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/pmi/) is welcoming applications for a postdoctoral researcher...
jobs.unibas.ch
May 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is built on the foundation of one of the most compelling long-term forest studies in Europe. This will be one very lucky postdoc...
Are you interested in the ecology of deep soil forest fungi?
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: Postdoctoral researcher: Ecology of deep soil forest fungi
The research group 'Plant Microbe Interactions' at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/pmi/) is welcoming applications for a postdoctoral researcher...
jobs.unibas.ch
May 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Are you interested in the ecology of deep soil forest fungi?
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
We are hiring a postdoc (3y).
More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...