Lorenz Oberkofler
oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social
Lorenz Oberkofler
@oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @Weiberg Lab - LMU Munich
Plant-microbe interactions - sRNA transport - Extracellular vesicles
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Happy to share our latest paper: The symbiosome space needs to be continuously cleared from demethylated pectins to keep rhizobia happy. Former PostDoc Chao Su took this story with him when moving back to China and finished it off.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantScience; @uni-freiburg.de
Symbiosome functionality in Medicago truncatula nodules requires continuous clearing of pectins from the symbiosome space - Nature Communications
Here a mechanism for nitrogen fixation maintenance is identified in Medicago truncatula where two polygalacturoneases are expressed in nodules and secreted into the symbiosome space for clearing of ex...
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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We are looking for a postdoc to establish our Cell imaging laboratory for investigating plant stress factors. The postdoc will develop and optimize #CLSM technologies including fluorescence lifetime measurements and life imaging @unibz with @simonjunterholzner.bsky.social
Please repost
Stellen für Akademisches Personal | Allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie (Prof. Schuler Hannes)
Kompetenzzentrum für Pflanzengesundheit: Vergleichendes Bewertungsverfahren für 1 Stelle/n als „Tecnologo“ erster Ebene mit befristetem Arbeitsvertrag (A)
www.unibz.it
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
AGO5 restricts virus vertical transmission in plant gametophytes
The propagation of a viral infection from a host parent to its progeny is known as vertical transmission, or seed transmission in plants. It allows viral infections to rapidly spread locally via polle...
www.biorxiv.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Hi passionate 🌱🔬 the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP 🏄‍♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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My main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉

We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape - Nature Plants
The evolutionary diversification of an exocyst subunit was enabled by electrostatic shifts leading to its dissociation from the ancestral complex.
www.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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A strong quality for a good researcher is the ability to sometimes ignore small details, and sometimes delves into them with the greatest care, and more importantly to being able to switch wisely between the two modes.
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
Protocol for capturing the RNA-binding proteome from plants using orthogonal organic phase separation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667348v1
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.

Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.

🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Still halfway through the last one... damn. Congratulations!
Excited to share part two of our plant extracellular vesicles story on BioRxiv! Using proximity labeling the awesome power of genetics to figure out how these lil’ guys are secreted.
Part one: doi.org/10.1002/jev2...
Part two:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Just back from the #COST Action meeting in Hamburg, where I had the chance to present some of our research on fungal extracellular vesicles and sRNA transport.
Always a pleasure to exchange ideas and reconnect with the #exRNA community!
June 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Early registration for iMMM in Munich (16.-18. September) is open for another 3 weeks ! Make sure to sign up 3 days of mycorrhizal mayhem 🌱🍄 #PlantScience

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May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🎓 2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research…
🎓 2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Discover two fully funded PhD opportunities in Agricultural Biotechnology (Entomology) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Conduct advanced pest and parasitoid research in one of Europe's most dynamic agricultural regions. Apply by June 11, 2025!
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May 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Awesome story! Congratulations to @santyy31.bsky.social and thank you for the great time together @LMU
May 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New exciting research from the Weiberg lab!
Happy to share our latest publication in the Weiberg Lab: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here we uncovered how fungal argonautes regulate bidirectional cross-kingdom RNAi during infection of plants.

Big thanks to @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social and everyone who was involved in the story.
https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM