Yetzehev (Idalia Rojas)
@yetzehev.bsky.social
Pachamama queerness stuff | Scientist, feminists and antiracist| Population Geneticist, my favorite models are domesticated plants 🌽🌾, wild crop relatives 🌱and fungal plant pathogens 🧫🦠| Former Postdoc at Environmental Genomics
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9/ We hope this research sheds light on the dynamics of pathogens in #naturalEcosystems and the often-overlooked #wildCropRelatives and #WildHosts. Let’s keep exploring these untamed systems! 💡 #PlantPathology #EvolutionaryBiology
December 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
9/ We hope this research sheds light on the dynamics of pathogens in #naturalEcosystems and the often-overlooked #wildCropRelatives and #WildHosts. Let’s keep exploring these untamed systems! 💡 #PlantPathology #EvolutionaryBiology
8/ Thanks to @newphyt.bsky.social , we shared the abstract in Farsi to honor Iran, where the pathogen was collected, and the contributions of our Iranian co-authors. 🌍✍️
December 19, 2024 at 2:42 PM
8/ Thanks to @newphyt.bsky.social , we shared the abstract in Farsi to honor Iran, where the pathogen was collected, and the contributions of our Iranian co-authors. 🌍✍️
7/ Shoutout to Vic Flores for the stunning microscopy images showing similar disease progression timelines on wild and domesticated hosts. Beauty truly is in the eye of the observer! 🖼️
December 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM
7/ Shoutout to Vic Flores for the stunning microscopy images showing similar disease progression timelines on wild and domesticated hosts. Beauty truly is in the eye of the observer! 🖼️
6/ Genome analysis of 42 Z. passerinii isolates revealed accessory chromosomes and host specialization driven by strong population structure, as supported by cross-virulence assays. 🧬
December 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
6/ Genome analysis of 42 Z. passerinii isolates revealed accessory chromosomes and host specialization driven by strong population structure, as supported by cross-virulence assays. 🧬
5/ We identified Hordeum bulbosum and Hordeum murinum as new hosts for this pathogen. In fact, we established a fascinating pathosystem using H. murinum from Armenia, a neighbor of Iran. 🌱
December 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
5/ We identified Hordeum bulbosum and Hordeum murinum as new hosts for this pathogen. In fact, we established a fascinating pathosystem using H. murinum from Armenia, a neighbor of Iran. 🌱
4/ Cultivating isolates from wild hosts was a learning curve. Unlike lab-adapted isolates, these wild samples didn’t grow as readily under standard conditions. But persistence paid off!
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December 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM
4/ Cultivating isolates from wild hosts was a learning curve. Unlike lab-adapted isolates, these wild samples didn’t grow as readily under standard conditions. But persistence paid off!
3/ Back in our lab in Plön, Germany, we isolated and confirmed Zymoseptoria passerinii—a fungal plant pathogen closely related to the notorious Zymoseptoria tritici, which infects wheat. 🌾
December 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
3/ Back in our lab in Plön, Germany, we isolated and confirmed Zymoseptoria passerinii—a fungal plant pathogen closely related to the notorious Zymoseptoria tritici, which infects wheat. 🌾
2/ During field collections in northwest Iran in 2018 & 2020, Alireza Alizadeh & Fatemeh Salimi found signs of Septoria Speckled Leaf Blotch on wild grasses—a disease last reported in northern USA in 2004!
December 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
2/ During field collections in northwest Iran in 2018 & 2020, Alireza Alizadeh & Fatemeh Salimi found signs of Septoria Speckled Leaf Blotch on wild grasses—a disease last reported in northern USA in 2004!