Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
@sebastianevda.bsky.social
Professor of Biotic Interactions, University of Cambridge.
Fellow of King's College Cambridge. http://goo.gl/fRtMjq
Fellow of King's College Cambridge. http://goo.gl/fRtMjq
Pinned
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We think nematodes break open plant cells, sense small molecule signals (termed effectostimulins), which switch on a master regulator SUGR1, which switches on effectors, which break cells.
Looks like a feed-forward loop driving infection.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We think nematodes break open plant cells, sense small molecule signals (termed effectostimulins), which switch on a master regulator SUGR1, which switches on effectors, which break cells.
Looks like a feed-forward loop driving infection.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants
Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We’re excited to share a new CRISPR-Cas12 genome editing system, highly efficient across multiple brown algae species!
Brown algae transformation has been challenging despite many thoughtful approaches over the years.
We hope this one is kelpful 🌿😅
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#CRISPR #Algae
Brown algae transformation has been challenging despite many thoughtful approaches over the years.
We hope this one is kelpful 🌿😅
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#CRISPR #Algae
July 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We’re excited to share a new CRISPR-Cas12 genome editing system, highly efficient across multiple brown algae species!
Brown algae transformation has been challenging despite many thoughtful approaches over the years.
We hope this one is kelpful 🌿😅
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#CRISPR #Algae
Brown algae transformation has been challenging despite many thoughtful approaches over the years.
We hope this one is kelpful 🌿😅
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#CRISPR #Algae
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🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
July 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
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I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...
Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...
Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...
Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...
Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs
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Excellent visualisation of slime molds reaching for food 🧀🥒🍗 Loving the picky one!
🧪 #science #biology
🧪 #science #biology
from www.instagram.com/yeweijun98
Slime molds eat the microbes on decaying plants but not the microbes on decaying animals. Badhamia (Physarum) polycephala is an unusually adventurous eater who also enjoys mushrooms, oats, and probably a number of other things!
I wonder what's up with the peanut
Slime molds eat the microbes on decaying plants but not the microbes on decaying animals. Badhamia (Physarum) polycephala is an unusually adventurous eater who also enjoys mushrooms, oats, and probably a number of other things!
I wonder what's up with the peanut
July 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Insects pressed on herbarium sheets...I'm looking for a paper I know exists on the topic, a short essay in a relatively narrow audience bulletin, ca. 1970s-1980s perhaps. Going nuts trying to locate it again.
July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Insects pressed on herbarium sheets...I'm looking for a paper I know exists on the topic, a short essay in a relatively narrow audience bulletin, ca. 1970s-1980s perhaps. Going nuts trying to locate it again.
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Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd on his election to the @embo.org announced today!
tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @jmhibberd.bsky.social 🧪#PlantSci
tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @jmhibberd.bsky.social 🧪#PlantSci
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd on his election to the @embo.org announced today!
tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @jmhibberd.bsky.social 🧪#PlantSci
tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @jmhibberd.bsky.social 🧪#PlantSci
New paper @natgenet.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics
This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...
nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New paper @natgenet.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
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Plz repost. Fresh Preprint led by @alexguyon.bsky.social
When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. -
And the roots are more resistant!
When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. -
And the roots are more resistant!
June 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Plz repost. Fresh Preprint led by @alexguyon.bsky.social
When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. -
And the roots are more resistant!
When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. -
And the roots are more resistant!
Reposted by Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
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I am excited to announce I will be starting my lab at IRNASA-CSIC in Spain. Investigating the rhizosphere microbiota and its role in crop nutrition. There are two positions openings: a technician and a postdoc deadline 30th June!
www.irnasa.csic.es/postdoctoral...
www.irnasa.csic.es/en/technicia...
www.irnasa.csic.es/postdoctoral...
www.irnasa.csic.es/en/technicia...
Postdoctoral Research Assistant position: Enhancing plant nutrition via host genetic modulation of the rhizosphere microbiota – IRNASA CSIC
www.irnasa.csic.es
May 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I am excited to announce I will be starting my lab at IRNASA-CSIC in Spain. Investigating the rhizosphere microbiota and its role in crop nutrition. There are two positions openings: a technician and a postdoc deadline 30th June!
www.irnasa.csic.es/postdoctoral...
www.irnasa.csic.es/en/technicia...
www.irnasa.csic.es/postdoctoral...
www.irnasa.csic.es/en/technicia...
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Japanese researchers unveil how potatoes and microbes outsmart the potato cyst #nematode
www.potatonewstoday.com/2025/06/04/t...
www.potatonewstoday.com/2025/06/04/t...
Triggering ‘suicide hatching’: Japanese researchers unveil how potatoes and microbes outsmart the potato cyst nematode
A Kobe University study reveals a crucial chemical relationship among potato plants, soil microbes, and potato cyst nematodes, potentially transforming pest control in agriculture. Scientists ident…
www.potatonewstoday.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Japanese researchers unveil how potatoes and microbes outsmart the potato cyst #nematode
www.potatonewstoday.com/2025/06/04/t...
www.potatonewstoday.com/2025/06/04/t...
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Two exciting papers from Shirasu Lab utilizing the *juice* of my favorite biological players—Agrobacterium and nematodes—to investigate receptor profiles!
🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🪱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to the authors! 🥳🤩
🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🪱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to the authors! 🥳🤩
March 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Two exciting papers from Shirasu Lab utilizing the *juice* of my favorite biological players—Agrobacterium and nematodes—to investigate receptor profiles!
🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🪱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to the authors! 🥳🤩
🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🪱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to the authors! 🥳🤩
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We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
May 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
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Check out amazing MPhil plant science student @karenuchida.bsky.social and here lab week in 360° @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
youtu.be/l9-m_JlG6cE?...
youtu.be/l9-m_JlG6cE?...
Running around the lab in 360° | A week of a plant science student
YouTube video by ren's slice of life
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Check out amazing MPhil plant science student @karenuchida.bsky.social and here lab week in 360° @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
youtu.be/l9-m_JlG6cE?...
youtu.be/l9-m_JlG6cE?...
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Check out these exciting opportunities for a dual award PhD in plant and soil sciences 🤩 at @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social: www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/... each PhD project will involve at least 1 year spent at each institution - pls repost 🙏
World class training - International dual award PhDs in Plant & Soil Science now open
These new studentships offer a unique opportunity to join a vibrant and collaborative research community spanning two world-class institutions in Sheffield, UK and Sydney, Australia.
www.sheffield.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check out these exciting opportunities for a dual award PhD in plant and soil sciences 🤩 at @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social: www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/... each PhD project will involve at least 1 year spent at each institution - pls repost 🙏
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Congratulations to Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social - elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding symbiotic relationships between plants & fungi.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@paszkowskilab.bsky.social
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@paszkowskilab.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social - elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding symbiotic relationships between plants & fungi.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@paszkowskilab.bsky.social
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@paszkowskilab.bsky.social
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📻Tune in to the Soil Matters podcast: bit.ly/4jGSLtu to hear Prof Lynn Dicks and Dr Anna Krzywoszynska @unioulu.bsky.social on sustainable soil management in the UK.
Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI
Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI
May 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📻Tune in to the Soil Matters podcast: bit.ly/4jGSLtu to hear Prof Lynn Dicks and Dr Anna Krzywoszynska @unioulu.bsky.social on sustainable soil management in the UK.
Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI
Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI
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Congratulations to Hailing Jin, who was elected to @nasonline.org. Interkingdom RNAi is one of the most fascinating discoveries in biology in the last decades.
profiles.ucr.edu/hailing.jin
profiles.ucr.edu/hailing.jin
April 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Congratulations to Hailing Jin, who was elected to @nasonline.org. Interkingdom RNAi is one of the most fascinating discoveries in biology in the last decades.
profiles.ucr.edu/hailing.jin
profiles.ucr.edu/hailing.jin
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Very happy to see my friend Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social elected to @nasonline.org. Improved plant-microbe symbioses are a key puzzle piece in the fight against the #climatecatastrophe (yes, it hasn’t gone away).
www.cropsciencecentre.org/staff/uta-pa...
www.cropsciencecentre.org/staff/uta-pa...
April 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Very happy to see my friend Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social elected to @nasonline.org. Improved plant-microbe symbioses are a key puzzle piece in the fight against the #climatecatastrophe (yes, it hasn’t gone away).
www.cropsciencecentre.org/staff/uta-pa...
www.cropsciencecentre.org/staff/uta-pa...
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📜 Integrating Arabidopsis and crop species gene discovery for crop improvement
🧑🔬 Michael W. Bevan, Klaus F. X. Mayer, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #AppliedPlantScience #Crops #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #PlantGMOs #PlantGenomics
🧑🔬 Michael W. Bevan, Klaus F. X. Mayer, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #AppliedPlantScience #Crops #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #PlantGMOs #PlantGenomics
Integrating Arabidopsis and crop species gene discovery for crop improvement
Summary. Genome sequence assemblies form a durable and precise framework that supports nearly all areas of biological research, including evolutionary biol
academic.oup.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
📜 Integrating Arabidopsis and crop species gene discovery for crop improvement
🧑🔬 Michael W. Bevan, Klaus F. X. Mayer, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #AppliedPlantScience #Crops #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #PlantGMOs #PlantGenomics
🧑🔬 Michael W. Bevan, Klaus F. X. Mayer, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #AppliedPlantScience #Crops #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #PlantGMOs #PlantGenomics
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Figure 1. Custom Micro-Roses, engineered in Arabidopsis thaliana 🌹
Top: Visible light, Bottom: Fluorescence
(a) White: no pigment
(b) Magenta: betalains
(c) Pink champagne: betalains + betaxanthins
(d) Champagne: betaxanthins
Top: Visible light, Bottom: Fluorescence
(a) White: no pigment
(b) Magenta: betalains
(c) Pink champagne: betalains + betaxanthins
(d) Champagne: betaxanthins
April 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Figure 1. Custom Micro-Roses, engineered in Arabidopsis thaliana 🌹
Top: Visible light, Bottom: Fluorescence
(a) White: no pigment
(b) Magenta: betalains
(c) Pink champagne: betalains + betaxanthins
(d) Champagne: betaxanthins
Top: Visible light, Bottom: Fluorescence
(a) White: no pigment
(b) Magenta: betalains
(c) Pink champagne: betalains + betaxanthins
(d) Champagne: betaxanthins
Reposted by Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
🎉 Thrilled to share that our article on the discovery of MycFOLD effectors in symbiotic fungi ranks among the most viewed papers in @newphyt.bsky.social in 2023! Grateful for the interest - Let’s keep the momentum going!
#TopViewedArticle
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#TopViewedArticle
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
A pathogen effector FOLD diversified in symbiotic fungi
Pathogenic fungi use secreted effector proteins to suppress immunity and support their infection, but effectors have also been reported from fungi that engage in nutritional symbioses with plants....
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🎉 Thrilled to share that our article on the discovery of MycFOLD effectors in symbiotic fungi ranks among the most viewed papers in @newphyt.bsky.social in 2023! Grateful for the interest - Let’s keep the momentum going!
#TopViewedArticle
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#TopViewedArticle
doi.org/10.1111/nph....