Laura Merx @laurame.bsky.social

📍Aachen/Cologne/Germany 🌱plant scientist in the making/ PhD student @agdöhlemann @CEPLAS_1 (she/her) Podcast @krautnah

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

We are hiring!
Our lab is offering a fully funded PhD position in fungal effector biology:
https://t.co/94WV8R8n62

[Leibniz IPK @LeibnizIPK]

Sie haben eine Ausbildung als Biologielaborant*in oder Biologisch-technische*r Assistent*in? Und Sie haben
Erfahrungen in der molekularbiologischen Laborarbeit, insbesondere PCR und Klonierungen? Dann haben wir ein spannendes Jobangebot!

➡️Alle Infos: https://t.co/iA5IpkuIAs

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

bioRxiv has a dedicated section for negative results.

Use it.

Share negative results.
Your colleagues will appreciate it.

[Janina Werner @janinawern]

Happy to share our work on a recombinant interspecific hybrid of two fungal maize pathogens which helped us to understand how the regulation of effector genes determines infection style and tumor formation. Thanks to @gun_doe, Weiliang Zuo & Tom Winkler!

https://t.co/qwAB4Gruq8

[Pint of Science Germany e.V. @pintofscienceDE]

Das #pint25de fängt heute an!!🎉🥳😍 Es gibt noch die LETZTEN KARTEN zu kaufen 🎟 https://t.co/B6MnCXQs1q
Vielen Dank an allen lokalen Partnern für die Unterstützung. Ohne euch hätten unsere Freiwilligen die Veranstaltungen nicht organisieren können 🙏🧡

#wisskomm #scicomm

[MPIPZ Cologne @mpipz_cologne]

🎉Huge congrats to Dr. Giuliana Hessler (@giurassicpark) on successfully passing her PhD viva @mpipz_cologne in @ParkerLab_MPIPZ 🌱🔬. Great achievement, and we’re excited for new incredible contributions! Wishing you all the best in your next endeavors!🌟🎓

#PhDone #plants

[Johana Misas Villamil @JohanaMisas]

Happy to share our last technical advance in detecting small plant peptides using ELISA. Take a look!👇 https://t.co/YBJlIJHD2A

[Pint of Science Germany e.V. @pintofscienceDE]

📣SAVE THE DATE! Das Pint of Science Festival kehrt am 19.-21. Mai 2025 zurück.📍Wo? In 24 Städte in Deutschland.
🍻 Quench your thirst for science 👉https://t.co/A4XEqDS2af
#PintDE #pint25 #pintDE25

[CEPLAS @ceplas_1]

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

[Pengxin Yu | 于彭鑫 @power_to_plants]

The Höcker lab is recruiting! We are looking for a Postdoc (screenshot below) and a PhD student (https://t.co/gnvbzl31DJ). For a kind & patient supervisor, research freedom, networking opportunities... Join us!
@ceplas_1 @PlantSciDBG_en @mpipz_cologne

[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

[CRAG @cragenomica]

✨ The less fertilizer, the better ✨

🌍 Is it possible to cultivate potatoes with less fertilizer? Reducing environmental impact while feeding millions? 🥔

Our research published today in @NewPhyt, led by Salomé Prat and @MarufSh84795688, is turning this into reality! 🧵

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

When you park in the Dean's private parking

*things that happened in the neighbourhood today

[MPIPZ Cologne @mpipz_cologne]

We are #hiring ! In Stanislav Kopriva’s project supervised @UniCologne, the PhD student will decifer the role of camalexin in interaction with bacteria in the root. 🗓️application deadline Jan 5th, 2025
https://t.co/Tcw4vzHgM8

[Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft (DBG) @PlantScienceDBG]

Morgen Vortrag
„Der Beitrag verlorener Kulturpflanzen zur Diversität und Ernährung der Zukunft“
von Dr. Markus Stetter @MGStetter
📍@UniCologne
https://t.co/xIIiSTNTYg

[Leibniz IPK @LeibnizIPK]

Fünf Tage lang sind junge Forscherinnen und Forscher von @ceplas_1 und @LeibnizIPK zur „International Summer School“ im Kloster Drübeck im Harz zusammengekommen. Die Bilanz fällt positiv aus, und das Format soll 2026 weitergeführt werden.

➡️Alles Infos: https://t.co/DB5FLXriAY

[Laura Merx @laurame.bsky.social @MerxLaura]

Followed by a wonderful talk by @TonniGrube. And yes, it is about plants and not human relationships.

[Laura Merx @laurame.bsky.social @MerxLaura]

Is there a better start of the weekend than CEPLAS Friday with a great talk by @kaisakajala?

[Laura Merx @laurame.bsky.social @MerxLaura]

Thanks to the Dr. Hans Riegel-Stiftung, the last couple of days were exciting, filled with knowledge, networking, even sports and of course sweets. The cherry on top were the excellent keynotes from Martina Mara and Harald Lesch. See you all again in two years (hopefully earlier)

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

New PhD position in plant-microbe interactions!
Our newly established DFG Research Unit "MadFungi" will study mechanisms of competition in plant-colonizing fungi: https://t.co/GPXXSz74Al

Within MadFungi, our lab is offering a PhD position:
https://t.co/eDl48k9G82