Happy to share our preprint on the AD assay, a novel method that significantly accelerates and simplifies AVR identification in Blumeria graminis! For more details on the method and how we used it to identify AvrPm60, check out the thread by first author @L_E_Kunz

Dual recognition of structurally unrelated mildew effectors underlies the broad-spectrum resistance of Pm3e in wheat https://t.co/epCXpsZScu #biorxiv_plants

A cautionary note on using STRUCTURE to detect hybridization in a phylogenetic context https://t.co/dl3e7iRSym

Starship giant transposons dominate plastic genomic regions in a fungal plant pathogen (Verticillium) and drive virulence evolution. Nat Commun 16, 6806 (2025). https://t.co/ABH6bkhZ1T

A new publication of wheat pan-transcriptome and pan-genome analysis from the 10+ Wheat Genome Project. In Japanese cultivar Norin 61, its unique chromosomal regions are enriched with disease resistance genes or unique expression patterns @moko_13_ts

Finally published. A big thank you to all contributors: Barley resistance and susceptibility to fungal cell entry involve the interplay of ROP signaling with phosphatidylinositol‐monophosphates - Weiß - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @DMF_UNIL @unil! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here:

Check out our latest preprint on virulence on Pm4 controlled not by one, but two effectors! Avirulence vs. Suppression, a beautiful example of the arms race between wheat and mildew. Work led by Zoe Bernasconi, Aline Herger, @PilarCaro20 and Lukas Kunz🌱🦠🧬!!!👇🧵

Virulence on Pm4 kinase-based resistance is determined by two divergent wheat powdery mildew effectors https://t.co/N14JP5IJKb #biorxiv_genetic

Kudos @AdamWu9527 et al! Cell biology at its best applied to an important question!

Please RT: Open PhD Position @TUM @HuckelhovenR (Freising, Germany) Join our team and help us to decode the molecular mechanisms driving plant cell remodeling during fungal infection. Focus: RICs in Barley–Blumeria hordei interaction 🔬 CRISPR, microscopy, proteomics & more

SVbyEye: A visual tool to characterize structural variation among whole-genome assemblies https://t.co/aluPvsLV1y 🧬🖥️🧪 https://t.co/xj0DhpY0Xm

Powdery mildews, particularly those infecting barley and wheat, serve as valuable models for studying obligate biotroph effector biology. Merle Bilstein-Schloemer, @MarionCMuller, and Isabel M. L. Saur summarize current insights into their effectoromes, highlight available omics

The "Fine Grain: Molecular, Cellular, and Genomic Details of Cereal Crop Diseases" focus issue is now available online! This MPMI focus issue explores major pathogens and pests of wheat, rice, barley, maize, and oats—offering new insights into exploitable pathogen weakness and

Super excited to share our newest paper, out in @Curr_Protocols! A collab btwn @Fabiteam1 & @KU_PLEN, we put together protoplast extraction protocols for 5 different fungal genera! 🍄 With applications for genome editing & long read seq, we hope this will be super useful!

Happy Friday - looking forward to next week!!! Our #Wheat Pathogens EWG has a new #webinar up! 20th of MAR: “Understanding mechanisms of crop pathogen emergence using large genome panels ” by Daniel Croll Have a look here! 👇👇👇 https://t.co/IDuqoVrDiM @karchuntan @ReemWheat

Improved reconstruction of transcripts and coding sequences from RNA-seq data https://t.co/m9GZzPjK1n #biorxiv_bioinfo

Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana https://t.co/UvjfawqiYL #biorxiv_plants

Super happy to share this: A recombinant, interspecific hybrid of two fungal maize pathogens helps us to understand how effector gene regulation determines infection style and tumorigenesis. Huge congrats to @janinawern and everyone involved! https://t.co/IW7tYSTn6t

Neurospora crassa as a model system for fungal immunity! 🍄🦠New pre-print and my first, first author paper from the @kseniakrasileva lab where I dissect N.crassa’s interaction with Pseudomonas https://t.co/YF18oUp8nb (A 🧵)

Obligate biotrophic fungi cause some of the most devastating diseases on cereals. They are also highly difficult to study…. It is truely remarkable how well described the barley and what powdery mildews are. Here the current knowledge and summary of great resources. Enjoy!