Kai Heimel

Researcher, father of 2, Lab head, Heisenberg-Professor and football player. Fungi, plant pathogens, the secretory pathway and the Unfolded Protein Response

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

Abstract submission and registration for #Fungal26 is now open! 🧬

Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.

Learn more: https://t.co/h8SvWjYR9X

[Kai Heimel @KaiHeimel]

When you believe you have seen it all.....
These fungi distribute their 16 or 18 chromosomes into deifferent nuclei within the same cell....how weird and cool

[Kai Heimel @KaiHeimel]

Wonderful new story from our friends and @ubcbotany @ubcmsl @IRTG_PRoTECT bringing unanticipated insights into the biology of highly researched fungal pathogens (Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)

https://t.co/3se6MQ527h

[GAMA Miguel Angel 🐦‍⬛🔑 @miangoar]

The proteome (189 proteins) of Ca. Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a putative new phyla with the smallest known genome to date for an archaea. Its name honors the 🇯🇵god of sake and healing, called Sukunabikona

genome
https://t.co/bCtxjcnK9t

Alphafold2 preds
https://t.co/JcbAak8IRw

[VAAM - Vereinigung f. Allg. u. Ang. Mikrobiologie @VAAM_Microbes]

The countdown for #VAAM2025 has started, just one week to go! Looking forward to see you in Bochum soon!
➡️ Check all details here: https://t.co/0Z2hTmf04F

[Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner]

From lesions to lessons: 

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. In our new review, we present lessons we learned over the past 2 decades and discuss the future of plant pathogen genomics. Take a first look!

https://t.co/dO8RD81N1d

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

To all colleagues who share an interest in sphingolipids, endomembrane trafficking & membrane domain formation, pathogen-induced cell polarization and entry control, here is another potentially interesting preprint: https://t.co/fhfUQ1nAh3

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

Our analyses suggest dysregulated mRNA decay & accumulation of transcripts encoding master regulators of xylogenesis. Tissue-specific developmental reprogramming & de novoxylem formation ultimately increase the plant's water storage capacity & resistance to drought stress. (5/5)

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

We show that TRADE triggers sustained phosphorylation of VARICOSE via co-option of ABA-independent SNF1-Related Protein Kinases 2, which are known to control rapid and transient intracellular signaling for adaptation to osmotic stress and root development. (4/5)

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

We show that TRADE interacts with the conserved protein VARICOSE (VCS), a scaffold protein of processing (P) bodies, which represent cytosolic subdomains of mRNA turnover & storage formed by liquid-liquid phase separation. (3/5)

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

We are thrilled by and proud of this recent collaborative effort, in which we identified a single fungal effector protein, TRADE, that induces cell identity switches in dicot plants and thereby enhances plant resilience to concomitant drought stress conditions. (2/5)

[Volker Lipka @VolkerLipkaGOE]

Here is a preprint with potential interest to those fascinated by host-microbe interactions, abiotic stress adaptation, xylogenesis, P bodies & mRNA turnover, and extended phenotypes induced by microbial effectors: https://t.co/4omRprWTxg (1/5)

[Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab]

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it's taken for granted & so no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you'll have a lot less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

[Florian Krammer @florian_krammer]

I am looking forward to productive holidays.

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

How does a fungal pathogen induce hypertrophy?
Yoon Joo Lee investigated three cooperative effectors that disrupt carbohydrate signaling in maize and induce hypertrophy in mesophyll cells.
Another great collab with @Grandpa_Hiro & @ChemicalSara82

https://t.co/UFRywXjiFZ

[Senthil Kumar Devan @DevanSenthil]

We're thrilled to share our new publication: "Deciphering the RNA-binding protein network during endosomal mRNA transport" from the FeldbrueggeLab! 🧬🔬

Check it out here: https://t.co/s81UwFOnoq

#RBP #RNA #mRNA #Endosomes #PNAS #MLLE @HHU_de

[Shelley Lumba @Lumba_lab]

New paper🚨: Ever wonder how plants talk to fungi?
When plants are low on phosphate (Pi), they exude #Strigolactones (SLs) in soil to obtain Pi from microbes. We show a broad range of fungi in soil respond to SLs 👇
Is the SL response in fungi conserved?
https://t.co/CvumjLpdbD

[ECFG17 - 17 European Conference on Fungal Genetics @ECFG17Dublin]

🚨 Deadline fast approaching! 📢 Don't miss your chance to be a part of this exciting conference. Abstract submission closes on 25th October.

https://t.co/VF5eDq13Kx

Share your insights and research with us. Submit today! 📚🔬 #AbstractSubmission #ECFG17

[Kai Heimel @KaiHeimel]

And of course this work is also connected to the @IRTG_PRoTECT program @uniGoettingen !

[Kai Heimel @KaiHeimel]

Wonderful work from the @tomspalk group now out @PNASNews
Big congratulations to all involved!

[Shirasu Lab@RIKEN @ShirasuLab]

The peptide hormone PjCLE1 stimulates haustorium formation in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum | PNAS https://t.co/ArrQPeFtFI