A conserved extracellular Ribo1 with broad‐spectrum cytotoxic activity enables smut fungi to compete with host‐associated bacteria - Ökmen - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

We are delighted to announce that our research done at ⁦IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所)⁩ on Ustilago maydis PR-1-like proteins has been officially published in ⁦Nature Communications⁩ ⁦ doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

An ingenious technique invented at UC Davis will help biologists track how proteins interact with each other UC Davis Biomedical Engineering UC Davis College of Engineering J Cell Science ucdavis.edu/blog/new-light…

Bacteriophages suppress CRISPR–Cas immunity using RNA-based anti-CRISPRs nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are hiring! Please RT. A post-doctoral position is available in my lab in the fields of fungal biology & molecular plant pathology. Candidates interested in the identification and validation of molecular targets for novel bio-based antifungal agents are encouraged to apply.

Fun announcement this morning. A testament to all the fantastic folks I’ve had the privilege of working with in the lab!

Postdoc position in plant-fungal interactions. Please spread the word.

Congrats to Alex Zaccaron for his new paper on assembling at chromosome level and analyzing the genomes five isolates of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum. doi.org/10.1186/s12915… Great work from an exceptional graduate student! Thanks to all the reviewers as well.

A transcriptional and chromatin-based regulation of effector gene in Leptosphaeria maculans Clairet et al. @INRAE_Bioger Université Paris-Saclay INRAE Isabelle Fudal Soyer Jessica Colin Clairet @APorquier Elise Gay MH Balesdent 📖 ow.ly/sGV850QBXmw

The Fungi-Mad Women of the Past 🍄 medium.com/@talibelbouhal…

Last week, The Lab LaBella RokasLab Marie-Claire Harrison 🧬Jacob L Steenwyk Carla Gonçalves & others published some really great work challenging the laws of #ecology. They found generalists were better at using the resources of specialists than those same specialists. vanderbilt.edu/evolution/vand…

Our blueprint for "Engineering a One Health Super Wheat" is out now in Annual Review of Phytopathology. doi.org/10.1146/annure…

Dig into our latest September issue! 👀 🍌Virulence factors of banana fungus 🧬Learn about mini-Borgs 🤝Collaborate to tackle outbreaks 🦠Microbiome and autism spectrum disorder and more….. nature.com/nmicrobiol/vol…

Our New Phytologist review on cross-kingdom RNAi has received over 3,000 views since publication! Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #ViewsMilestone

Interested in understanding how fungal genomes are organized and how this genomic structure influences their virulence and resistance to antifungal treatments? If so, our latest review paper by Alex Zaccaron on this topic could be of great interest to you doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.…

Our latest study on alternative splicing in a fungal plant pathogen during host infections is now out in #PLOSPathogens: Transcriptome analysis of two isolates of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum, uncovers g ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

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Distribution of the four type VI secretion systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and classification of their core and accessory effectors #Pseudomonas #T6SS #secretion #effector nature.com/articles/s4146…

New publication!🌱 A step-by-step guide for successful SIGS from lab to field. We cover what we know, what we don’t, and strategies for overcoming challenges like dsRNA design, delivery, and stability. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ji… OA ASAP! At iuFOR UVa-INIA Gabinete de Comunicación Universidad de Valladolid ETSIIAA Palencia