PhD Student at University of Cologne with @teamthomma.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest study with @nicksnelders.bsky.social and @teamthomma.bsky.social! We uncover the mode of action of the V. dahliae antimicrobial effector Ave1 and show that it binds LTA and disrupts bacterial membranes 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.orgPhD done! 🎓 Grateful to my examiners for the great discussion and to my amazing colleagues and friends for the support! ✨
Team Thomma🎉 Yesterday we enjoyed the glorious defence of @gabriellapetti.bsky.social of her @unicologne.bsky.social PhD thesis on "Homologous antimicrobial proteins in plants and fungi: conserved mechanisms shaping the plant microbiota" #proudPI #PhDone ..mind the crown modeled after the Ave1 NMR structure!😍
Honoured to have contributed to this work by Andreas Keppler and the Vorholt lab 🦠🌱
Plant microbiota feedbacks through dose-responsive expression of general non-self response genesNature Plants - The plant general non-self response system is triggered by leaf microbiota members and, in turn, impacts their colonization.www.nature.com