Recent Scientific Publications

2025

Ahern, A.; Thompson, T. B.; Oliveri, H.; Lorthois, S.; Goriely, A.; Modelling the coupling between cerebrovascular pathology and amyloid beta spreading in Alzheimer’s disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 481:  20240548, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0548. open access

Biancucci, M., Chirivi, D., Baldini, A., Badenhorst, E., Dobetti, F., Khahani, B., Formentin, E., Eguen, T., Turck, F., Moore, J. P., Tavakol, E., Wenkel, S., Lo Schiavo, F., Ezquer, I., Brambilla, V., Horner, D., Chiara, M., Perrella, G., Betti, C., & Fornara, F. (2025). Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice. Plant Physiology, 197(4): kiaf120. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaf120. open access

Brazel, A. J., Manoj, N., Turck, F., & Ó’Maoiléidigh, D. (2025). Measuring CO2 assimilation of Arabidopsis thaliana whole plants and seedlings. Plant Science, 350: 112295. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112295.

Calabria, J., Wang, L., Rast-Somssich, M. I., Chen, H.-W., Watt, M., Persson, S., Andersen, T. G., Idnurm, A., & Somssich, M. (2025). Resolving spatially distinct phytohormone response zones in Arabidopsis thaliana roots colonized by Fusarium oxysporum. Journal of Experimental Botany, erae516. doi:10.1093/jxb/erae516. open access

Chesneau, G.; Herpell, J.; Wolf, S. M.; Perin, S.; Hacquard, S.; (2025) MetaFlowTrain: a highly parallelized and modular fluidic system for studying exometabolite-mediated inter-organismal interactions. Nature Communcations 16: 3310, doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58530-x. open access

Chesneau, G., Herpell, J., Garrido Oter, R., & Hacquard, S. (2025). From synthetic communities to synthetic ecosystems: exploring causalities in plant-microbe-environment interactions. New Phytologist, 245(2), 496-502. doi:10.1111/nph.20250.open access

Durand, S., Lian, Q., Solier, V., Fernandes, J. B., & Mercier, R. (2025). MutLγ enforces meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(5): gkaf157. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf157. open access

Fan, R., Feng, L., Liu, Y., Tang, Q., Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Gong, S., Lin, R., Huang, S., Qi, T., Förderer, A., Yang, L., Wang, Y., Chai, J., Schulze-Lefert, P., He, H., & Shen, Q.-H. (2025). An NLR receptor confers broad-spectrum resistance to diversified powdery mildew sublineages in wheat and barley. Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi: doi:10.1111/pbi.70038. open access

Heidemann, B., Primetis, E., Zahn, I., & Underwood, C. J. (2025). To infinity and beyond: recent progress, bottlenecks, and potential of clonal seeds by apomixis. The Plant Journal, 121(4): e70054. doi:10.1111/tpj.70054. open access

Herklotz, V., Zhang, M., Nascimento, T., Kalfusová, R.3, Lunerová, J., Fuchs, J., Harpke, D., Huettel, B., Pfordt, U., Wissemann, V., Kovařík, A., Marques, A., Ritz, C.M. (2025) Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis. Nature 643, 148–157. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09171-z. open access

Huang, S., Wang, J., Song, R., Jia, A., Xiao, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, L., Mahr, D., Wu, Z., Han, Z., Li, X., Parker, J. E., & Chai, J. (2025) Balanced plant helper NLR activation by a modified host protein complex. Nature 639:447-455, doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08521-7.

Kassianides, C.; Goriely, A.; Oliveri, H.; The multiscale mechanics of axon durotaxis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 200: 106134, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106134. open access

Koprivova, A., Ristova, D., Berka, M., Berková, V., Türksoy, G. M., Andersen, T. G., Westhoff, P., Černý, M., & Kopriva, S. (2025). Multilevel analysis of response to plant growth promoting and pathogenic bacteria in Arabidopsis roots and the role of CYP71A27 in this response. bioRxiv, 2025.2003.2026.645393. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.26.645393. open access

Kraege, A., Chavarro-Carrero, E., Schnell, E., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Becker, K., Koehrer, K., Huettel, B., Sargheini, N., Schiffer, P., Waldvogel, A.-M., Thomma, B. P. H. J., & Rovenich, H. (2025). High quality genome assembly and annotation (v1) of the eukaryotic freshwater microalga Coccomyxa elongata SAG 216-3b. G3-Genes - Genomes - Genetics, 15(2): jkae294. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkae294. open access

Kramer, J., Zuebert, C., Huettel, B., Kube, M., & Hoelzle, L. E. (2025). The complete genome of Mycoplasmoides cavipharyngis strain 117C, a close relative of hemotrophic mycoplasma. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00556-24. doi:10.1128/mra.00556-24. open access

Kraska, L., Melia, J. M., Nakano, R. T., Molina, D., Formosa-Jordan, P., Ragni, L., & Andersen, T. G. (2025). MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning. Cell Reports, 44(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115794 . open access

Lawson, A. W., Flores-Ibarra, S., Cao, Y., An, C., Neumann, U., Gunkel, M., Saur, I. M. L., Chai, J., Behrmann, E., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2025) The barley MLA13-AVR_A13 heterodimer reveals principles for immunoreceptor recognition of RNase-like powdery mildew effectors. Embo Journal, doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00373-9. open access

Leng, Y., Kümmel, F., Zhao, M., Molnár, I., Doležel, J., Logemann, E., Koechner, P., Xi, P., Yang, S., Moscou, M. J., Fiedler, J. D., Du, Y., Steuernagel, B., Meinhardt, S., Steffenson, B. J., Schulze-Lefert, P.,  Zhong, S. 2025. A barley MLA immune receptor is activated by a fungal nonribosomal peptide effector for disease susceptibility. New Phytologist 245: 1197-1215, doi: 10.1111/nph.20289.open access

Marques, A., & Drinnenberg, I. A. (2025). Same but different: Centromere regulations in holocentric insects and plants. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 93: 102484. doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102484.

Martignago, D., da Silveira Falavigna, V., Coupland, G., & Conti, L. (2025). Dancing molecules: group A bZIPs and PEBPs at the heart of plant development and stress responses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 26: eraf034. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf034. open access

Mozer, A., Di-Nizo, C. B., Consul, A., Huettel, B., Jaeger, R., Akintayo, A., Erhardt, C., Fenner, L., Fischer, D., Forat, S., Gimnich, F., Grobe, P., Martin, S., Nathan, V., Saeed, A., von Der Mark, L., Woehle, C., Olek, K., Misof, B., & Astrin, J. J. (2025). FOGS: A SNPSTR Marker Database to Combat Wildlife Trafficking and a Cell Culture Bank for Ex-Situ Conservation. Molecular Ecology Resources, e14062. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.14062. open access

Ogolowa, B. O., Brelsford, A., Fjeldsa, J., Fulgione, A., Hadjioannou, L., Henderson, E., Moyle, R. G., Moysi, M., Nwankwo, E., Rancilhac, L., Smith, T. B., von Holdt, B. M., & Kirschel, A. N. G. (2025). Plio-Pleistocene Climatic Fluctuations and Divergence With Gene Flow Drive Continent-Wide Diversification in an African Bird. Molecular Ecology, 34(10): e17770. doi:10.1111/mec.17770. open access

Oliveri, H., Cheddadi, I. (2025) Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 196, 106035 (2025), doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106035. open access

Ordon, J., Logemann, E., Maier, L.-P., Lee, T., Dahms, E., Oosterwijk, A., Flores-Uribe, J., Miyauchi, S., Paoli, L., Stolze, S. C., Nakagami, H., Felix, G., Garrido Oter, R., Ma, K.-W*., & Schulze-Lefert, P. *  (2025) Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota. Nature Plants, doi: 10.1038/s41477-025-01918-w. open access

Parker, M. T., Fica, S. M., & Simpson, G. G. (2025). RNA splicing: a split consensus reveals two major 5′ splice site classes. Open Biology, 15(1): 240293. doi:10.1098/rsob.240293. open access

Real, N., Garcia-Molina, A., Stolze, S. C., Harzen, A., Nakagami, H., & Martin-Hernandez, A. M. (2025). Comprehensive proteomic profiling of Cucumber mosaic virus infection: identifying key proteins and pathways involved in resistance and susceptibility in melon. BMC Plant Biology, 25(1): 434. doi:10.1186/s12870-025-06464-3.

Rocha, D. M., Neumann, U., Nogueira, F. M., Tsipas, G., Vanzela, A. L. L., & Marques, A. (2025). Cryoimmobilized anther analysis reveals new ultrastructural insights into Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) asymmetrical microsporogenesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1518369. doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1518369.open access

Romera-Branchat, M., Pocard, C., Vincent, C., Cerise, M., da Silveira Falavigna, V., Pajoro, A., Ding, N., Gao, H., Franzen, R., Coupland, G.: FD and FDP bZIP transcription factors and FT florigen regulate floral development and control homeotic gene expression in Arabidopsis floral meristems. Development (2025) 152 (10): dev204241, (2025). open access

Saake, P., Brands, M., Endeshaw, A. B., Stolze, S. C., Westhoff, P., Balcke, G. U., Hensel, G., Holton, N., Zipfel, C., Tissier, A., Nakagami, H., & Zuccaro, A. (2025). Ergosterol-induced immune response in barley involves phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol phosphate metabolic enzymes and activation of diterpene biosynthesis. New Phytologist, 246(3), 1236-1255. doi:10.1111/nph.70022. open access

Shen, D., Micic, N., Venado, R. E., Bjarnholt, N., Crocoll, C., Persson, D. P., Samwald, S., Kopriva, S., Westhoff, P., Metzger, S., Neumann, U., Nakano, R. T., Marín Arancibia, M., Andersen, T. G. (2025) Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus. Science 387: 1281-1286, doi: 10.1126/science.ado8680. open access

Steckenborn, S., & Marques, A. (2025). Centromere diversity and its evolutionary impacts on plant karyotypes and plant reproduction. New Phytologist, 245, 1879-1886. doi:10.1111/nph.20376. open access

Sun, H., Tusso, S., Dent, C.I. et al. The phased pan-genome of tetraploid European potato. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08843-0. open access

Tergemina, E., Ansari, S., Salt, D.E. and Hancock, A.M. (2025), Multiple independent MGR5 alleles contribute to a clinal pattern in leaf magnesium across the distribution of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.70069. open access

Toth R, Huettel B, Eini O, Varrelmann M, Kube M. (2025) The complete genome sequence of the stolbur pathogen “Candidatus Phytoplasma solani” from Pentastiridius leporinus. Microbiol Resour Announc 14:e00640-24, doi: 10.1128/mra.00640-24. open access

Türksoy, G. M., Berka, M., Wippel, K., Koprivova, A., Carron, R. A., Rüger, L., Černý, M., Andersen, T. G., & Kopriva, S.  Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains. Plant Communications 6:101351. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101351. open access

Yan, Y., Mellüh, J., Mecchia, M. A., Jeon, H.-W., Melkonian, K., Holzberger, C., Harzen, A., Stolze, S. C., Neumann, U., Franzen, R., Hirakawa, Y., Caño Delgado, A. I., & Nakagami, H. (2025). Conserved role of the SERK‒BIR module in development and immunity across land plants. Current Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.072.