Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Evolutionary Microbiology @UniCologne & @CEPLAS_1, studying how fungi interact with plants and their environment. He/him.
Cologne, Germany
Joined November 2012
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Check out our latest @biorxivpreprint! Over the last years, we have identified and characterised several effector proteins of fungal pathogens that display antimicrobial activity. How many such antimicrobials do fungi encode? Fantastic work by @f_mesny
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NEW PREPRINT, NEW SOFTWARE
We (@Team_Thomma) are delighted to announce the release of AMAPEC, an accurate antimicrobial activity predictor for fungal effector proteins.
📰: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
💻: github.com/fantin-mesny/amap…
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‼️We finally have a website for our lab 🍄🌾🧬🔬🧫
molecularbiologyoffungi.owls…
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Breaking the ''one nucleus, one whole genome'' rule: Neurospora crassa separates its haploid chromosomes into different nuclei biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_micrbio
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Zymoseptoria tritici stealth infection is facilitated by stage-specific down-regulation of a β-glucanase
Rebaque et al.
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
ALT Proposed model for the function of ZtGH45 during Zymoseptoria tritici infection of wheat plants.
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We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabTSL has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @BS_PP.
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support”
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ALT Nick Talbot, Executive Director and senior group leader at TSL, is pictured in a glasshouse surrounded by rice plants.
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📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝
We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
cc @Team_Thomma
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Hey #ISMPMI2025
💥 🔥 #OpenMPMI alert!
Stop what you’re doing and check out this stunning cryo-EM structure: a Phytophthora infestans RXLR-LWY effector wrapping around half a tomato helper NLR resistosome 👇🏼
Kudos Madhu @JMadhuprakash and Ben Seager for the amazing work!
🚨New @biorxivpreprint alert!
We are thrilled to share our latest findings—building on our earlier work on suppressors of helper NLRs of NRC family—a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector captures resistosome assembly intermediates of tomato NRC3! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Prof. @bernardslippers, Director of @Fabiteam1, presenting the #TPCP2025 annual report: celebrating a year of growth, mentorship, and impactful collaboration, despite funding challenges. Proud of our field diagnostics team and strengthened local partnerships!
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Some fellows call it Plant Pathology, I rather call it magic.
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Members of the #Pseudomonas genus play diverse ecological roles. By analyzing 26363 Pseudomonas genomes, Udaondo et al. enhance our understanding of the genetic diversity, ecology, and interactions of Pseudomonas.
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#FEMSMicrobiolRev
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Obligate biotrophic fungi cause some of the most devastating diseases on cereals.
They are also highly difficult to study….
It is truely remarkable how well described the barley and what powdery mildews are.
Here the current knowledge and summary of great resources. Enjoy!
Get a First Look!
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🌱🌾Technical Advances Drive the Molecular Understanding of Effectors from Wheat and Barley Powdery Mildew Fungi doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-12-24-0…
@IzzySaur
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Fungal small RNA molecules (sRNAs) can silence plant genes to establish beneficial symbioses. This study by researchers from @unito and @cragenomica explains how: bit.ly/49nthx4
@NewPhyt
📣New year, new @biorxivpreprint 🎉! A study led by the brilliant @YukiyoSato3 showing that Starship giant transposons dominate plastic genomic regions in the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae and drive virulence evolution
doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.08.6…
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Frequent genetic exchanges revealed by a pan-mitogenome graph of a fungal plant pathogen journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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In our new issue of #CEPLASkompakt Jinyi Zhu @Zhu_Jinyi_ from @UniCologne @Team_Thomma gives us insights into his work on the exciting interplay between fungi, bacteria and plants! #scicomm #wisskomm
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🧬A review on the rise and future of CRISPR-based approaches for high-throughput genomics from the labs of @LabMichiels and @SibylleVonesch (@VIBLifeSciences, @KU_Leuven) became Editor's choice @FEMSmicro
Read all about it here: academic.oup.com/femsre/arti…
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Have an idea for a hands-on session at #ISMPMI2025? We’re now accepting Satellite Meeting proposals!
Don’t miss the chance to add valuable content to the congress! Submit your proposal by December 5, 2024.
#ISMPMI2025 #SatelliteMeetings #MPMIresearch
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Startup Package on 🔵Sky
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🎉Sieben Wissenschaftler*innen der #UniKöln gehören laut @Clarivate Ranking „Highly Cited Researchers“ zu den weltweit meistzitierten Forschenden.🌍 Glückwunsch🥳➡️uni.koeln/JZ2NX
@CECAD_ @ceplas_1 @UKKoeln @HallekMichael @CornelyOliver @Team_Thomma @ParkerLab_MPIPZ