Strasbourg and Freiburg Join Forces in a New EUCOR Project
As part of a new project funded by the European Campus (EUCOR), Laura Ragni from the University of…
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Viruses to the Rescue: A New Weapon Against Pathogenic Fungi
Like plants and animals, fungi can also be infected by viruses, known as mycoviruses. These viruses interact with…
Advancing Sustainable Agriculture with Lysozyme-coated Nanoparticles
Karl-Heinz Kogel, 2024 Gutenberg Circle Chair hosted at IBMP, has shared valuable insights in his recent Nature Plants…
Mobile DNA under watch: a key protein complex for plant genome defense
Transposons are mobile DNA sequences that influence genome evolution, but that can also cause deleterious mutations when they…
Pauline Jullien Awarded ERC Grant for Groundbreaking Plant Epigenetics Research
Congratulations to Pauline Jullien, researcher at IBMP, for receiving a 2024 ERC Consolidator Grant, one of Europe’s most…
Importing to Compensate: The Chloroplast’s Strategy for tRNAs
About 1.5 billion years ago, an ancient cyanobacterium took up residence within a eukaryotic cell, forming a new…
Adaptation of Plants to Life on Land: The Evolution of a Key Gene Unveiled
A team of researchers led by Hugues Renault has deciphered a fundamental element of the evolution of land…
Multi-transcriptomics: a winning strategy in the study of an endoribonuclease in plants
By combining four different high-throughput sequencing approaches, IBMP researchers have identified the messenger RNA (mRNA) targets of DCP1-associated…
Visualizing Redox State in Plastids Using a New Biosensor
Plant metabolism consists of highly versatile reactions that must be finely regulated in real-time to ensure cellular coordination…
Spatio-temporal visualization of gibberellin signaling activity using a newly designed ratiometric biosensor
The gibberellin (GA) plant hormones are signaling molecules that regulate various growth processes throughout plant development. Given their…
Specific chromatin states and translation machinery coordinate mRNA transport networks
Plants, like skilled artisans, utilize a complex system of mobile RNA to communicate across tissues and respond to…
Leslie Sieburth and Karl-Heinz Kogel, holders of Gutenberg Chairs
The IBMP is honored to welcome in 2024 two recipients of the Gutenberg Circle Chairs. Karl-Heinz KOGEL, Professor…
Festi’Plantes 2024
Organized by M1 students, members of the Plantago association, and the teaching team of the three master’s programs…
Phase separation to shield AGO1 from stress
In eukaryotes, RNA interference (RNAi) is crucial for development and plays a major role in response to the…
Bourbon Roses Unveiled
Rose flowers are cultivated for their fragrance and their garden value since the antiquity. Very ancient cultivars became…
The Turnip Yellows Virus Optimizes Its Transmission by Aphids by Manipulating the Infected Plant
To infect their host, most plant viruses require vectors to ensure their transmission from plant to plant. It…
TRM1A/B and RNase P, a Crucial Cooperation for Transfer RNA Maturation in Plants
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that play a ubiquitous role in connecting the genetic information within…
Arabidopsis thaliana-Streptomycetaceae interaction modulates the plant proteome
It is now established that plants shape the structure of their microbiota through genetic or physiological control. The…
How TOR protein kinase controls global protein synthesis in plants
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates global protein synthesis in response to nutrient and energy availability through inactivation…
A new method for biosolids analysis based on mass spectrometry imaging
Wastewater treatment produces sludge, which is further processed (mechanically, thermally, chemically) to be transformed into biosolids, suitable for…
The cell-to-cell spread of virus infection through plasmodesmata is governed by host dsRNA-induced immune signaling and its suppression by viral movement proteins
Double-stranded (ds)RNA produced during plant virus replication is known to trigger host RNA silencing, which restricts virus replication…
An unprecedented 3′ end for the RNA of two viruses associated with grapevine fanleaf disease
Grapevine fanleaf disease is a disease responsible for massive yield loss in the global wine industry. The main…
NPF transporters mediate GA and ABA flow in root endodermis to induce suberin formation
While gibberellin (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) responses are an essential factor in plant growth, development, and adaptation…
Two Origin Recognition Complex 1 (ORC1) proteins for two distinct functions in Arabidopsis
The Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) is the first to access DNA fro replication initiation in eukaryotes. The ORC…
Jasmonate signaling blows hot and cold in rice salt tolerance
Salt stress is an increasing environmental threat in coastal agriculture, and can result in considerable yield losses. Jasmonate…
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