Severin Einspanier
@sev1panier.bsky.social
Curious about plant pathology
Focused on quantitative disease resistance
Passioned about system-sciences
Agronomist @CAU
Focused on quantitative disease resistance
Passioned about system-sciences
Agronomist @CAU
Did you ever wonder how #Solanum plants evolved quantitative disease resistance/ #QDR?
I am really excited to share our recently published manuscript, where we tried to contribute to addressing this question!
🌱https://tinyurl.com/2vz23ck6
I am really excited to share our recently published manuscript, where we tried to contribute to addressing this question!
🌱https://tinyurl.com/2vz23ck6
Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen
Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto
tinyurl.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Chen et al. present the v4 upgrade of the DIVERGE software for identifying amino acid residues critical to functional shifts between protein subfamilies, including DIVERGE-Chat, a conversational AI agent for code-free exploration.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf277
#evobio #molbio #compbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf277
#evobio #molbio #compbio
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chen et al. present the v4 upgrade of the DIVERGE software for identifying amino acid residues critical to functional shifts between protein subfamilies, including DIVERGE-Chat, a conversational AI agent for code-free exploration.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf277
#evobio #molbio #compbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf277
#evobio #molbio #compbio
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SAVE THE DATE! The #PhenomicsWebinars are officially back! 📅
This season is proudly organized by the AI in Plant Phenotyping Working Group. Join us for our inaugural live webinar & subsequent discussion on:
🗓️ Date: 28.11.2025 ⏰ Time: 4-5pm (Berlin Time) Host: Prof. Arti Singh
This season is proudly organized by the AI in Plant Phenotyping Working Group. Join us for our inaugural live webinar & subsequent discussion on:
🗓️ Date: 28.11.2025 ⏰ Time: 4-5pm (Berlin Time) Host: Prof. Arti Singh
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
SAVE THE DATE! The #PhenomicsWebinars are officially back! 📅
This season is proudly organized by the AI in Plant Phenotyping Working Group. Join us for our inaugural live webinar & subsequent discussion on:
🗓️ Date: 28.11.2025 ⏰ Time: 4-5pm (Berlin Time) Host: Prof. Arti Singh
This season is proudly organized by the AI in Plant Phenotyping Working Group. Join us for our inaugural live webinar & subsequent discussion on:
🗓️ Date: 28.11.2025 ⏰ Time: 4-5pm (Berlin Time) Host: Prof. Arti Singh
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
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My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
www.uni-kiel.de
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
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🍇🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🍇
Botrytis cinerea infection is promoted by chitotetraose treatment, which has a role as a negative regulator of grapevine immunity, inhibiting MAPK phosphorylation and defense-related gene expression in roots & leaves - Marzari et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Botrytis cinerea infection is promoted by chitotetraose treatment, which has a role as a negative regulator of grapevine immunity, inhibiting MAPK phosphorylation and defense-related gene expression in roots & leaves - Marzari et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
October 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🍇🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🍇
Botrytis cinerea infection is promoted by chitotetraose treatment, which has a role as a negative regulator of grapevine immunity, inhibiting MAPK phosphorylation and defense-related gene expression in roots & leaves - Marzari et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Botrytis cinerea infection is promoted by chitotetraose treatment, which has a role as a negative regulator of grapevine immunity, inhibiting MAPK phosphorylation and defense-related gene expression in roots & leaves - Marzari et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
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In plant-pathogen or plant-microbe interactions what is the proper null.
- there is specific coevolution of any pathogen/microbe such that it was at least partly adapted to the host isolated.
-the host of isolation may have not effected the pathogen in the slightest.
- there is specific coevolution of any pathogen/microbe such that it was at least partly adapted to the host isolated.
-the host of isolation may have not effected the pathogen in the slightest.
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In plant-pathogen or plant-microbe interactions what is the proper null.
- there is specific coevolution of any pathogen/microbe such that it was at least partly adapted to the host isolated.
-the host of isolation may have not effected the pathogen in the slightest.
- there is specific coevolution of any pathogen/microbe such that it was at least partly adapted to the host isolated.
-the host of isolation may have not effected the pathogen in the slightest.
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Our paper on the evolution (duplicated) gene expression divergence in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes is now out @theplantcell.bsky.social
w/ @yvdp.bsky.social
#PlantSci #Evolution
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
w/ @yvdp.bsky.social
#PlantSci #Evolution
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
Gene expression divergence following gene and genome duplications in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes
After gene and genome duplications, expression divergence across cell types is not random, and it can be explained by a combination of gene age, gene funct
academic.oup.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Our paper on the evolution (duplicated) gene expression divergence in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes is now out @theplantcell.bsky.social
w/ @yvdp.bsky.social
#PlantSci #Evolution
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
w/ @yvdp.bsky.social
#PlantSci #Evolution
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
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Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen (S Einspanier, C Tominello-Ramirez, F Delplace, R Stam) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @sev1panier
October 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen (S Einspanier, C Tominello-Ramirez, F Delplace, R Stam) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @sev1panier
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#DPST25 at TU Braunschweig brings together 1,100 experts to discuss future challenges in #PlantProtection and #Phytomedicine – from pest spread and resistance to climate impacts.
🏅Congrats to Dr Müller and Dr Winter, honoured for their outstanding research.
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #DPG
🏅Congrats to Dr Müller and Dr Winter, honoured for their outstanding research.
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #DPG
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#DPST25 at TU Braunschweig brings together 1,100 experts to discuss future challenges in #PlantProtection and #Phytomedicine – from pest spread and resistance to climate impacts.
🏅Congrats to Dr Müller and Dr Winter, honoured for their outstanding research.
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #DPG
🏅Congrats to Dr Müller and Dr Winter, honoured for their outstanding research.
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #DPG
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Now with official press release. I'm very much looking forward to welcome @cbarragan.bsky.social in January
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now with official press release. I'm very much looking forward to welcome @cbarragan.bsky.social in January
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
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👏 Congratulations and welcome to Kiel, Dr Christina Barragán! The Mexican molecular biologist has received funding from the renowned Emmy Noether Programme by the @dfg.de to research the evolution of agriculturally relevant fungal pathogens at Kiel University.
Emmy Noether Programme funds Cristina Barragán to study fungal pathogen evolution
DFG supports Emmy Noether Research Group at Kiel University to investigate fungal pathogens relevant to agriculture.
www.uni-kiel.de
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
👏 Congratulations and welcome to Kiel, Dr Christina Barragán! The Mexican molecular biologist has received funding from the renowned Emmy Noether Programme by the @dfg.de to research the evolution of agriculturally relevant fungal pathogens at Kiel University.
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🔗 More info here: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/167-barragan-noether
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔗 More info here: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/167-barragan-noether
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Our first Annual Meeting marked a key milestone for the project, bringing together our community for engaging talks and valuable discussions. It was followed by a two-day workshop for early career scientists focused on networking and professional development. www.plantscochallenge.de/news.html
October 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Our first Annual Meeting marked a key milestone for the project, bringing together our community for engaging talks and valuable discussions. It was followed by a two-day workshop for early career scientists focused on networking and professional development. www.plantscochallenge.de/news.html
Urs Niggli fordert eine grundlegende Revision d. direkten #Pflanzenschutz im ökologischen Landbau🌾🍄 Vielversprechende Diskussionen auf der #DPST25
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Urs Niggli fordert eine grundlegende Revision d. direkten #Pflanzenschutz im ökologischen Landbau🌾🍄 Vielversprechende Diskussionen auf der #DPST25
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Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen
Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
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This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen
Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
More info:
More info:
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
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Sie haben eine Ausbildung als Biologielaborant*in oder Biologisch-technische*r Assistent*in? Und Sie haben
Erfahrungen in der molekularbiologischen Laborarbeit, insbesondere PCR und Klonierungen? Dann haben wir am @leibnizipk.bsky.social ein spannendes Jobangebot!
➡️Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/2rkbby5t
Erfahrungen in der molekularbiologischen Laborarbeit, insbesondere PCR und Klonierungen? Dann haben wir am @leibnizipk.bsky.social ein spannendes Jobangebot!
➡️Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/2rkbby5t
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
September 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
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Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
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Happy to share our pre-print!
Multi-omics of barley Fusarium Head Blight converge on pathogen-triggered biosynthesis of aromatic amino acid derived chemical defense compounds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674812v1
September 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Happy to share our pre-print!
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Multi-omics of barley Fusarium Head Blight converge on pathogen-triggered biosynthesis of aromatic amino acid derived chemical defense compounds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674812v1
September 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Multi-omics of barley Fusarium Head Blight converge on pathogen-triggered biosynthesis of aromatic amino acid derived chemical defense compounds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674812v1
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Wow - congrats to all plant scientists! @izzysaurlab.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social @clemmar.bsky.social @vinayshukla.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social so great to see 🌱s being rewarded the ERC StG!
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - congrats to all plant scientists! @izzysaurlab.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social @clemmar.bsky.social @vinayshukla.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social so great to see 🌱s being rewarded the ERC StG!
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🪲🦠 Volgens keuringsdienst NAK trekt het #fytoplasma sterk op door toenemende vectorendruk. Doordat het warmer wordt, hebben glasvleugelcicaden een grotere overlevingskans. Het IRS trof in juni de eerste vondsten aan van een vergelijkbare ziekte.
'Nieuwe' ziekte Stolbur dreigt voor pootaardappelen
Keuringsdienst NAK bereidt zich sinds juni voor op de mogelijke komst van de gewasziekte Stolbur in pootaardappelen. Aanleiding hiervoor zijn signalen uit buurlanden dat Stolbur zich steeds verder ver...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🪲🦠 Volgens keuringsdienst NAK trekt het #fytoplasma sterk op door toenemende vectorendruk. Doordat het warmer wordt, hebben glasvleugelcicaden een grotere overlevingskans. Het IRS trof in juni de eerste vondsten aan van een vergelijkbare ziekte.