Wei Shi

postdoc
university of cologne

[Katharina Melkonian @KatharinaMel1]

Our story on DELLA in Marchantia paleacea is now published (including few updates):

https://t.co/dTKLk2YOnI

Thanks again to all co-authors!!

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

We are looking for a new team member!
Our lab offers a postdoctoral staff scientist position. If you share our fascination with plant-microbe interactions, take a look:
https://t.co/tPanvz6cMQ

[Xiao Dong @justdx0713]

Very happy to see our work on the mutational dynamics of Arabidopsis centromeres officially out in @Nature! 🎉🌱

Huge thanks to everyone in @LabSchneeberger , our collaborators, and everyone who helped along the way!

📄 https://t.co/zBzB4wANgd
📰 https://t.co/l0EdtRAkOZ

[Maurice König @mau_koe]

Very happy to see our Zip1 work highlighted in Plant Physiology 🌽

Sequential proteolysis across compartments can shape where, when and in which form peptide signals act.

Thanks to @Mamoona_Khan_ for the insightful highlight!

https://t.co/zuqrzVsjjr

[Yuxuan Xi @Yuxuan42638231]

Our new preprint is out! Using AI-guided design (RFdiffusion + ProteinMPNN), we engineered a plant immune receptor to recognise non-cognate pathogen effectors.
Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors for making this possible!
https://t.co/VlEE9Yx3qV

[Maurice König @mau_koe]

One highlight from our review: peptide signals can be copied or rerouted to redirect plant responses. 🌱

Bacteria, fungi and nematodes tap into phytocytokine pathways via mimics or altered release - steering infection, colonization and symbiosis.

Review:
https://t.co/6fyp4TK2WC

[Maurice König @mau_koe]

Plants use immunogenic peptides to coordinate immunity. Pathogens can mimic them to hijack defense. 🌱

We compare phytocytokines with animal cytokines and ask how these signals are made, released, mimicked, and controlled in space and time.

https://t.co/6fyp4TK2WC

[Nian Wang @NWangUF]

Immune activation by a phloem-colonizing plant pathogen drives citrus Huanglongbing disease development: Cell Host & Microbe https://t.co/l12R63h3Gi Glad to share our recent progress on citrus HLB. Kudos to the co-first authors Xianen, Wenxiu, Wenting, and Yu and other colleagues in my lab. It is truly a team work by collaboration with Allison K. Hanse at UCR, Ning Zhang at JMU, and Madhurababu Kunta at TAMUK.

[Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro]

Proud to share our new paper led by Mathias Brands from my team at @UniCologne! Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan limits immune activation and facilitates mutualistic colonization of monocot roots. https://t.co/IMPnMyTWHv

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

How does Ustilago maydis shape the microbiome of its host?
Zarah Sorger & Sarah Daher took a close look, and did a great job:

Infection of maize by Ustilago maydis remodels the phyllosphere microbiome and requires the activity of antimicrobial effectors https://t.co/3GgyrUwVXG

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

New preprint from our lab: Cis-regulatory elements orchestrate phase-specific effector gene expression in Ustilago maydis
Congrats to Georgios Saridis, @janinawern and everyone involved!
Take a look:
https://t.co/xoV60tm6Ug

[Wangsheng Zhu @ZhuWangsheng]

I am very pleased to be able to contribute to this excellent work~

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

Coordinately submitting with @Kobe_Lab_ we're proud to report great collaboration with Selvaraj in @KamounLab to reveal basis for recognition of multiple effectors by the same immune receptor, to extend that recognition and to see the preactivation state https://t.co/CTpPE68Ofn

[Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro]

Just online! Effectors extend beyond immune suppression acting as multifunctional tools and immunometabolic regulators that synergistically shape host compatibility and the microbiota. Immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility https://t.co/TjxfsZXXYa

[Wei Shi @cauwhisky]

Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors, to AG Saur and AG Döhlemann, and to all our collaborators for their fantastic contributions. @MerleBS4 @IzzySaur @gun_doe @Grandpa_Hiro @ChemicalSara82 &Matthieu Pierre Platre.
https://t.co/x8g8yrnIPU

[Danve Castroverde @DanveC]

ARF3-mediated auxin signaling is essential for sex determination in cucumber

https://t.co/iBrcZb8701

[Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro]

Our new paper is out!
Autophagy acts as a gatekeeper of plant–fungal symbiosis.
Zecua and Dunken et al. show how Arabidopsis restricts endophyte over-colonization and symbiosis-induced cell death to keep the partnership beneficial. https://t.co/u1NyipAvF0

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

https://t.co/cltTwu6Jhz

[Gunther Doehlemann @gun_doe]

It's great to see this work being published: Zarah and Priya found how the success of an adapted pathogen is determined by intermicrobial interactions, mediated by a fungal lysozyme. Collab with @Kemen_Lab & @ParkerLab_MPIPZ | PNAS https://t.co/XrpB3iH1N5