Carlos González Sanz

A small scientific Christmas gift 🎁🌱 We review how root-associated microbiomes and epigenetic regulation contribute to plant heat stress resilience, highlighting the importance of realistic root temperature gradients using our TGRooZ device. @jxbotany.bsky.social
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Under attack: One reason why plants struggle in a warmer world @ASPB @plantae_org
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Research highlight by @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social on: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions by Derek S. Lundberg, Sonja Kersten, Ezgi Mehmetoğlu Boz, Pratchaya Pramoj Na Ayutthaya, Wangsheng Zhu, Karin Poersch, Wei Yuan, Sophia Swartz, David Müller, Ilja Bezrukov, HARVEST TEAM , Detlef Weigel When wild plants defend themselves from pathogens, this often comes with a trade-off: the same genes that protect a plant from disease can also reduce its growth and fecundity in the absence of pathogens. One protein implicated in a major growth-defense trade-off is ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 6 (ACD6), an ion channel that modulates salicylic acid (SA) synthesis to potentiate a wide range of defenses. Wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations maintain significant functional variation at the ACD6 locus, with some alleles making the protein hyperactive. In the greenhouse, plants with hyperactive ACD6 alleles are resistant to diverse pathogens, yet they are of smaller stature, their leaves senesce earlier, and they set fewer seeds compared to plants with the standard allele. We hypothesized that ACD6 hyperactivity would not only affect the growth of microbial pathogens but also more generally change leaf microbiome assembly. To test this in an ecologically meaningful context, we compared plants with hyperactive, standard, and defective ACD6 alleles in the same field-collected soil, both outdoors and in naturally lit and climate-controlled indoor conditions, taking advantage of near-isogenic lines as well as a natural accession and a CRISPR-edited derivative. We surveyed visual phenotypes, gene expression, hormone levels, seed production, and the microbiome in each environment. The genetic precision of CRISPR-edited plants allowed us to conclude that ACD6 genotype had no effect on mature field plants in our setting, despite reproducibly dramatic effects on greenhouse plants. We conclude that additional abiotic and/or microbial signals present outdoors—but not in the greenhouse—greatly modulate ACD6 activity. This raises the possibility that the fitness costs of other commonly studied immune system genes may be grossly misjudged without field studies.

A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions @PLOSBiology.org

#2025ISMPMI has been great, so many connections made and re-established. I found this on the railway bridge.

On my way to the airport after an incredible few days in Cologne. So many inspiring sessions, great conversations, and brilliant people. 🌱🔬🫂 #2025ISMPMI

Thanks!!! 😇

↔️Meanwhile, in the concurrent session of 'Plant Regulation of biotic and abiotic stress – trade-offs', the PhD student @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social presented:🔥'Too Hot to Handle? Unlocking novel plant-microbe interactions under heat stress'🔥

#ISMPMI2025 #HeatStress #PlantScience

Next up is @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social who is talking about plant-microbe interactions during heat stress: is it too hot to handle🔥?! #2025ISMPMI

🌍 A delegation from CBGP is attending @ismpmi.bsky.social ! Our researchers are ready to showcase cutting-edge science in plant-microbe interactions. Here's what's coming up 👇 #2025ISMPMI

Excited for Thursday! I’ll be giving a talk about my PhD project at “Plant regulation of biotic and abiotic stress- trade offs” concurrent session. #2025ISMPMI🌱🔬

When your arabidopsis mutant forgets how to grow properly 🧙🏼

A whole special issue dedicated to FUNGI!!! Well worth a look 😍

The Challenges in Developing Field-based Technologies | Plantae Think about the wildest imagination you have had – what if the right technology was available to make it possible? For farmers and plant scientists working long hours in the field…

#JustIn on Plantae: The Challenges in Developing Field-based Technologies. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows, Carlos González Sanz and Irene I. Ikiriko discuss the possible solutions to challenges in developing field-based technologies. buff.ly/sIeeuNb

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#ResearchCBGP | Maize and its Microbial Partners: How the different parts of the plant and Water Availability Shape Microbial Communities

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Friend or Foe? How fungi switch between helping and harming plants | Plantae Plants coexist and interact with various microorganisms in the soil environment, including fungi. These associated fungi can not only cause diseases but also establish symbiotic interactions that…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Friend or Foe? How fungi switch between helping and harming plants (Current Biology) @rujimatsu.bsky.social @keihiruma.bsky.social (Summary by Carlos González Sanz) buff.ly/xfa7e93

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Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org.

We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!

Maize associated bacterial and fungal microbiomes show contrasting conformation patterns dependent on plant compartment and water availability - BMC Plant Biology Plant-associated microorganisms can help crops to alleviate stress and increase the resilience of agricultural ecosystems to climate change. However, we still lack knowledge on the dynamics of soil an...

New paper's out! 🎉Some stuff on the maize microbiome 🌽🧫
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A fungal transcription factor converts a beneficial root endophyte into an anthracnose leaf pathogen Endophytic fungi colonize healthy plant tissues without disease. Ujimatsu et al. reveal that the fungal transcription factor CtBOT6 triggers the virulence of a root-associated beneficial endophyte by ...

Thrilled to share my first paper published at Current biology!!
We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...

La atracción del talento extranjero mientras los postdocs se estabilizan a una edad media de 40-45 años.
Esto es hacer políticas por alguien que no quiere ni sabe cuidarnos.

FREE to Join | The International Plant Communications Symposium 2025 | April 1-2 (15-17pm, 20-22pm, Beijing, UTC+8) | Zoom Meeting ID: 295 707 5174 Passcode: 123789 | Watch the Live Streaming via YouTube (www.youtube.com/@molecularpl...) | Join us in celebrating Plant Com’s 5-year milestone!🎉🎉🎉

Healing Plants: how bacterial cellulose boosts plant regeneration | Plantae Have you ever placed a leaf from a Monstera plant in a glass of water and watched it grow new roots, forming a new plant? This happens because plants have a much greater ability to regenerate their…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Healing Plants: how bacterial cellulose boosts plant regeneration (Sci. Advances) @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @bactodeath.bsky.social @ignaciorubiosomoza.bsky.social (Summary by Carlos González Sanz @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social) plantae.org/healing-plan...

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Image Text: Plantae Presents - Pathways to Impact: Translating Plant Science Research Into Real-world Applications. Featuring M. Carmen Alamar, Anne Runkel and Katarzyna Retzer. Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 7:00 AM PST | 10:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM GMT | 11:00 PM Beijing. Featuring the Plantae logo and a hand working on an experiment with plants spray bottle.

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on February 20 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

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📢Happening tomorrow, Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 10:00 am Eastern Time.🌿

👉Don’t miss it! Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese....

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Check out the latest article we wrote for Plantae's blog: “Classical botany in the shadow of molecular sciences” 🌱🌿. We discuss how botany remains essential in the era of molecular biology, bringing traditional plant science with cutting-edge discoveries. @plantaeofficial.bsky.social

Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters | Plantae The Decline of Classical Botany Though many of us may recognize the word ‘botany’, we may also associate it with dusty books and 18th century science. ‘Botany’ is not used frequently in our…

#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences https://plantae.org/classica…

Switching from working with Arabidopsis to 3-meter-tall plants is no easy task

Plant Growth Promoting fungal endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae Ct0861 reduces mycotoxigenic Aspergillus fungi in maize grains Background Maize ( Zea mays L.) is a globally critical crop that faces numerous challenges, including contamination by mycotoxigenic fungi such as Aspergillus spp., which threaten food safety and mark...

Really happy to see this work finally out! 🌽🌱

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PhD position avaiable at the CBGP with Clara Sánchez in Madrid, Spain. Share to anyone interested please! Open to international and national students.

Keynote & Plenary Speakers ​Keynote and Plenary Speakers​...​We are excited to announce our keynote and plenary speakers for the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress.  Keynote Speakers​Maria Harrison, Cornell UniversityRotem Sorek, Weizmann I...

List of Keynote & Plenary speakers of 2025 IS-MPIMI Cologne. Looks quite interesting. I will be there! www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...

🚨 Exciting News! The 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com will be organized next year, as part of MicroSOS Project! #PMS2025
📅 [3-7 November 2025] 📍 [Antequera, Spain, maps.app.goo.gl/mYYDqS7zeJZG...