Alberto Macho

Scientist studying Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Scuba diving. Hiking. Football. Photography. @albertopmacho.bsky.social

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Slowly migrating to Bluesky

@albertopmacho.bsky.social

[Eloísa del Pino @delPinoE]

🤝 @CSIC firma un acuerdo con la Academia de Ciencias China

La negociación comenzó en 2025, con el Presidente de CAS, Jianguo Hou en Madrid

Ha dado lugar al intercambio de 4 grupos de investigación en agricultura y medioambiente
@IRNAS_CSIC @ICMCSIC @CBGP_Madrid @CidEinvestiga

[Gang Yu @GangYuPlant]

@AlbertoPMacho and I summarize advances in understanding how T3Es modulate cellular
processes beyond immune signaling for colonization in COPB. Sabotage behind enemy lines: Bacterial hijacking of plant cellular fun... https://t.co/emXAsmrSbw

[Eloísa del Pino @delPinoE]

Para finalizar el día, hemos mantenido una interesantísima reunión en 1 de los 120 institutos de la Chinese Academy of Science:

Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences

Sus investigador@s trabajan con 4 institutos @CSIC. Vamos reforzar el vínculo

[Eloísa del Pino @delPinoE]

El @CSIC activa su programa de movilidad con la Chinese Academy of Sciences, su homóloga, q se firmó hace unos meses

Iniciativa importante para estrechar la colaboración en proyectos científicos y publicaciones de 1er nivel. España aún firma poca ciencia con China, Heitor Report

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Together with our previous report earlier this year (Yu et al, PLoS Pathogens, 2025), this work suggests that hijacking plant kinases is an important strategy for bacterial effectors to promote their own phosphorylation and stability in plant cells

https://t.co/K3E821uV3M

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Our latest paper is now online at New Phytologist!

Phosphorylation-dependent association of a bacterial effector with plant 14-3-3 proteins enhances effector stability and bacterial virulence

https://t.co/E4eiTqEcQf

@NewPhytol

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

These phosphorylation sites seem to be important for RipBM contribution to virulence in tomato, reflecting an effector strategy to promote its own stability and contribute to bacterial virulence

[Jose Rufián @jrufian86]

Our new paper is out in New Phytologist! We describe how the Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV suppresses plant immunity by directly interfering with key defense regulators. 🧵👇

https://t.co/ONbL30dnVe

[Jose Rufián @jrufian86]

🎉 Thrilled to announce that CoBEPP — Using conserved bacterial effectors to probe plant-pathogen interactions — has been funded by @AgEInves & @cienciaGob!
Grateful for the support to launch my first project at @IHSM_CSIC_UMA, exploring how pathogens affect plant biology! 🌱🔬

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Hopefully, the information that heterologous PRR expression can confer novel PAMP recognition could provide new information for the design of synthetic immune receptors with expanded recognition of polymorphic pathogen elicitors

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Our latest article is now online!
@PlantBiotechJ

Expression of Arabidopsis FLS2 in N. benthamiana confers responsiveness to Ralstonia flg22 and activation of anti-bacterial immunity
https://t.co/t3fFgZtzTQ

By Meng Li, Yujiao Chen, and Yali Wei

(@albertopmacho.bsky.social)

[Alberto Macho @AlbertoPMacho]

Long story short, it seems that AtFLS2, when expressed in N. benthamiana, associates with NbSERKs and mediate a “partial” complex activation that leads to some downstream responses (MAPK, gene expression), but not others (ROS). Eventually, this enhances disease resistance

[CSIC @CSIC]

📜 El #CSIC firma dos memorándums de entendimiento con la @CAS__Science 

🏛️ Ambas instituciones promoverán la cooperación científica centrada en proyectos sobre agricultura sostenible, alimentación y cambio climático

👉 https://t.co/foKGXQCdVF

[Eloísa del Pino @delPinoE]

🇨🇳🇪🇸La ciencia es un lenguaje universal

Hoy el @CSIC ha firmado un acuerdo de colaboración con el principal organismo científico chino, CAS, y la activación inmediata de un programa de intercambio de investigador@s entre las 2 instituciones

Gracias al Presidente Hou Jianguo!

[IHSM La Mayora @IHSM_CSIC_UMA]

📋 New paper from our researchers Carmen Beuzón, Javier Ruiz-Albert, Nieves López-Pagán and José Rufián!

Published at @NatureMicrobiol

More information here! ⬇️
https://t.co/g5ZPN8L3MC

@InfoUMA @CSIC