Sebastian Schornack

How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule? @AlbinTeulet found that some may carry hidden transcription factors - proteins that mimic DNA-binding folds to enter the plant nucleus and rewrite its developmental program. biorxiv.org/content/10.648… (1/6)

I'm glad and thankful for this opportunity 😄🧬🧫🌱

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@I_Rubio_Somoza thank you! How host-microbe co-evolution shapes and innovates effectors and their function is just amazing

@dromius Really cool!

How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule? @AlbinTeulet found that some may carry hidden transcription factors - proteins that mimic DNA-binding folds to enter the plant nucleus and rewrite its developmental program. biorxiv.org/content/10.648… (1/6)

Big picture: symbionts and pathogens independently converged on the same strategy - enter the host nucleus, reprogram development. Rhizobial Nops (Nodule outer proteins) join TAL and Hsv effectors as predicted bacterial nuclear regulators. What will they target? (end/6)

A recurring signature: NLS+nucleic-acid-binding domains+activation domains. Hallmarks of transcription factors. It's not just symbionts. The same architecture appears in gall-inducing Pantoea effectors, proven DNA-binding transcriptional activators. (5/6)

DNAForge: Genome-scale molecular biology workbench dnaforge.com

Growing love - when a root meets a symbiotic #Mycorrhiza #fungus See what happens with MycorRhize3D. schornacklabslcu.github.io/MycorRhize3D/ It simulates a tap root in soil with spores. The root turns red when colonised, just like in this paper journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… Reply for suggestions!

これはFREの樹枝状体ですね。 永遠に遊べるｗ

こういうこじんまりした樹枝状体なんかよく見るよね

The 'heart' of the #Mycorrhiza #fungi #symbiosis is the arbuscule where plant and fungus exchange nutrients and carbon. Try the arbuscule growth simulator. Let me know how you adjust parameters to get the most beautiful arbuscules. SchornackLabSLCU.github.io/Arbuscule-Sim/

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アーバスキュラー菌根菌のappressorium(付着器)。 細かな菌足を根の表皮細胞の隙間に打ち込み、その一部が伸びて侵入している様子。 横から見るとまるでイモムシ。

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Fungal colonizers of cyanobacteria from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts of Scotland - Krings & Kaštovský sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🇬🇧 English: why? 🇩🇪 German: yes... but which one?

@NewPhyt And here is the link: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Opening the black box: in situ imaging of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal structures in soil using synchrotron-based micro-CT @NewPhyt