Interested in a new adventure as a bioinformatician? The Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) is searching for a postdoctoral researcher in Agrobiodiversity and Plant Microbiome Research to study the leaf microbiome communities. Interested: recruitment.cragenomica.es/jobs/postdoc-r….

We held our First annual conference on "Plant Microbiomes" from 11 to 13 september in Porto, Portugal. Interested: subscription possible until June 30,2024 at micropbiomes.eu/events/annual-…. Hope to see you there!

Only 8 days to go before the subscription for our first training school, held in Verona, Italy, will be closed. Want to learn more on the Role of Phytobiota in Plant Health, subscribe here: at micropbiomes.eu/events/training

This summer, we developed culture media with plastic as the sole food source and discovered bacteria that could use plastic as a nutrient source! 🌍🔬 Read more on our blog: shorturl.at/O8YX1. #micos #Plasticresearch #plasticdegradation #microplastics

Check out our first research paper: Kredics et al. (2024) Recent advances in the use of Trichoderma-containing multicomponent microbial inoculants for pathogen control and plant growth promotion. doi: 10.1007/s11274-024-03965-5

Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse presentation on the holobiont and hologenome and new ideas for agriculture. Showing that plant fitness is linked to the microbiota and soil microorganisms are important reservoirs. #MiCropBiomes MicropBiomes

On session 1 we had talks on exploiting plant-microbiome molecular cross talks by Alberto Spada, Denis Gunia and Esmeralda Dushku on a range of crops including grapevine, apple and tomato. MicropBiomes #MiCropBiomes

Vittorio Venturi starting session 2 on crop MiCropBiomes and plant diseases with a talk on cell-cell bacterial signaling and solutions for sustainable agriculture. #MiCropBiomes MicropBiomes

Presentation by Claude Bragard on unravelling complex interactions between a fungicide, a biocontrol agent and the bacterial wheat microbiome. MicropBiomes #MiCropBiomes Bragard

The first annual conference on the COST action MicropBiomes has started! We have been spoiled with some wonderful talks and keynote lectures such as the one of @EmilioMontesinos who showed us the importance of functional peptides in plant disease control.

Two great talks by Wafa Achouak on wheat rhizosphere microbiota and Tetiana Kalachova on interactions between Arabidopsis, Pseudomonas and bacteriophages. MicropBiomes #MiCropBiomes

Very interesting invited lecture by Emilio Montesinos on the discovery of functional peptides in microorganisms and their potential disease control. #MiCropBiomes MicropBiomes

Two talks on microbial inoculants (session 3) by Núria Daranas on Bacillus and Lactiplantibacillus applied to apricot, peach and grapevine; and Iakovos Pantelides on synthetic communities that promote tomato growth and control disease. #MiCropBiomes MicropBiomes

Starting the day at the MicropBiomes conference with perfect sunny weather in Porto. Session 4 on Crop-microbiome assembly dynamics under specific environments. #MiCropBiomes

We start the second day of our annual meeting with a keynote talk of Dr. Dejana Pankovic. She started our morning session on crop-microbiome assembly dynamics under specific environments and gave an enlightening talk on bacterial priming responses of resistance&growth parameters.