Publications

Publications preceded by numbers in brackets indicate joint publications between TRR projects with TRR356 funding.

2026

  • (33) Weber H, Ehinger A, Kolb D, Fallahzadeh-Mamaghani V, Halter T, Contreras MP, Franz M, Schäfer N, zur Oven-Krockhaus S, Gronnier J, Oecking C, Zipfel C, Harter K, Kemmerling B (2026) Arabidopsis HYPERSENSITIVE INDUCED REACTION 2 modulates receptor pathways and membrane organization. EMBO J. accepted
  • Chodon A, Medina-Puche L, Gopal P, Lozano-Durán R (2026) Intra-viral protein-protein interactions could expand the functional portfolio of C4 in okra-infecting geminiviruses. Virus Res. 370:199762. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2026.199762. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42285522.
  • Chodon A, Medina-Puche L, Wei H, Pandi G, Lozano-Durán R (2026) Characterization of the C4 proteins encoded by okra-infecting geminiviruses in India. BMC Plant Biol Jul 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-09348-2 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42410527.
  • Weber H & Kemmerling B (2026) Additional layers of systemic plant immunity: Apoplastic pH and uORF peptides. Developmental Cell, 61(5), 973–975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.04.008
  • (32) Fougner-Økland T, Rodrgíuez-Arévalo I, Makris A, Lian Q, Kamal N, Schneeberger K, Parniske M, Ried-Lasi MK, Parys K (2026) Evolutionary diversification of the SymRK receptor family in land plants. bioRxiv 723708. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.08.723708
  • (31) Spezzati M, Seidler AI, Ried-Lasi MK, Jelen J, Buchner J, Abele M, Fougner-Økland T, Beckers C, Klingl A, Ludwig C, Parys K, Parniske M (2026) Sequence adaptations in the intracellular domain of Symbiosis receptor-like kinase (SymRK) promoted infection thread progression in root nodule primordia. bioRxiv 723153. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.07.723153
  • (30) Buhrman K, Torabi S, Carbonnel S, Varshney K, Fenn A, Hensel G, Kamal N, Gutjahr C (2026) Unequal requirement of KAI2 for AM across angiosperms. bioRxiv 722480. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.03.722480
  • (29) Schade S, Buhrman K, Schneider A, Moitra D, Makris A, Wei H, Lozano-Duran R, Ried-Lasi MK, Kemmerling B, Gutjahr C, Stegmann M (2026) Karrikin and strigolactone signalling affect pattern-triggered immunity and resistance to specific pathogens. bioRxiv 722863. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.05.722863
  • (28) Ritchie ES, Fischer R, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Medina-Puche L, Dogan ES, Yang X, Roitsch E, Buhrman K, Michler T, Gutjahr C, Ried-Lasi M, Ding Y, Liu C, Lozano-Durán R, Lahaye T (2026) An ancient cis-element regulates translation of arginine decarboxylase to control downstream polyamine biosynthesis and stress responses. bioRxiv 721942. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.30.721942
  • (27) Gantner I, Parys K, Klingl A (2026) The 2D and 3D ultrastructure of symbiosomes and associated vesicular structures in Lotus japonicus root nodule symbiosis. bioRxiv 722514. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.03.722514
  • (26) Liu X, Wingen LU, Sotiropoulos AG, Balotf S, Kiss L, Schiestl B, Schmitt V, Scheikl D, Dunemann S, Sargheini N, Huettel B, Sakhteman A, Abele M, Ludwig L, Tellier A, Müller MC, Hückelhoven R (2026) Proteogenomics of Blumeria hordei supports RNA and protein coding innovative potential derived from transposable elements. bioRxiv 722472. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.04.722472 # co-corresponding authors
  • (25) Anderson M*, Wingen LU*, Biggemann Troche B, Liu X, Müller MC, Hückelhoven R, Tellier A (2026) The crop pathogen Blumeria hordei exhibits genome-wide pervasive selective and neutral sweepstakes reproduction signatures. bioRxiv 723056. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.05.723056 * equal contributions
  • (24) Fenn A, Hückelhoven R, Kamal N (2026) The limits of cross-species WGCNA: library imbalance and signal dilution constrain effector generecovery in dual-organism RNA-seq. bioRxiv 721941. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.30.721941
  • (23) Sotiropoulos AG, Müller MC, Kunz L, Graf JP, Kiss L, Hückelhoven R, Schlagenhauf E, Keller B, Wicker T (2026) Combining pangenomics and population genetics finds chromosomal re-arrangements, diversified chromosome segments, copy number variations and transposon polymorphisms in wheat and rye powdery mildew. PLoS Pathog. 22: e1013196. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013196
  • Jolivet M-D, Neubergerov M, Gabani V, Alvarez-Mena A, Grelard A, Sprakel J, Habestein B, Ongena M, Deleu M, Pleskot R, Gronnier J (2026) A bacterial lipid triggers membrane mechanosensing immunity in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv 2026.04.23.720373. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.23.720373
  • (22) Gilliard G, Pršić J, Crowet, J-M, Chemotti C, Ahmed J, Lorent J, Jolivet M-D, Egli S, Egée S, Bouyer G, Race G, van Buren L, Van Den Berghe A, Argüelles-Arias A, Mathelié-Guinlet M, Ibrahim H, Genva M, Fouillen L, Mirande-Bret C, Razin O, Vue B, Župunski M, Luzuriaga-Loaiza W P, Deboever E, Nasir M N, Lins L, Van Der Smissen P, Boubsi F, Eschrig S, Germain V, Höfte M, Zipfel C, Dufrêne Y F, Tyteca D, Koutsioubas A, Brocca P, Grossmann G, Ranf S, Dorey S, De Coninck B, Nürnberger T, Mongrand S, Gronnier J, Rondelli V, Deleu M, Ongena M (2026) Membrane remodelling mediates lipopeptide-induced immunity in Arabidopsis. Nat. Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02270-3
  • von Arx M, Jolivet M-D, Biermann D, Gabani V, Andrews SS, Zipfel C, Gronnier J (2026) Plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase complexes. bioRxiv 2026.03.05.709869. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.05.709869
  • von Arx M, Xhelilaj K, Schulz P, Oven-Krockhaus S, Gronnier J (2026) Photochromic reversion enables long-term single-molecule tracking in living plants. bioRxiv 2024.04.10.585335. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.10.585335
  • (21) Jolivet M-D, Wei H, Gantner I, Klingl A, Gutjahr C, Gronnier J (2026) The diverse roles of host membranes in plant–microbe interactions. PLoS Pathog 22(2): e1013921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013921
  • (20) Fenn A, Correia de Lemos SM, Lahaye T, Becker C, Hückelhoven R, Kamal N (2026) Shaping immunity: Genetic diversity as a key resource for crop protection. PLoS Pathog 22(2): e1013892. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013892
  • Morton RN, Fleischberger L, Debnath J, Biermann D, Mühlbauer S, Rajendran A, Kunz HH, Gronnier J, Gigli Bisceglia N, Engelsdorf T (2026) Cell wall integrity and elicitor peptide signaling modulate jasmonic acid-mediated camalexin production in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv 2025.09.09.675042. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.09.675042
  • (19) Makris A, Daloglu B, Gutjahr C, Ried-Lasi MK (2026) Abscisic acid at the crossroad of abiotic stress responses and plant-microbe interactions. PLoS Pathog 22(1):e1013872. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013872
  • (18) Müller MC, Brumm S, Hu Y, Kemen E, Lahaye T, Hückelhoven R (2026) Diversify and conquer: How effector diversity is shaped by host–microbe co-evolution. PLoS Pathog 22(1): e1013870. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013870
  • (17) Pan S, Wei H, Dröst F, Fenn A, Kamal N, Lozano-Durán R (2026) Viral proteins as discovery tools for cell biology: The case of the geminivirus-encoded C4. PLOS Pathog 22 (1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013798

2025

  • (16) Wingen LU, Crosbie D, Hu Y, Kemen E, Liu X, Müller MC, Schandry N, Schneeberger K, Weigel D, Tellier A (2025) Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family 4evolution in the genome space. EcoEvoRxiv. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2RQ12
  • Biermann D, Gronnier J (2025) Membrane-binding domains define REMORIN phylogeny and provide a predicted structural basis for distinctive membrane nano-environments. bioRxiv 2025.12.22.695504. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.22.695504
  • Xhelilaj K, von Arx M, Biermann D, Parvanov A, Faiss N, Monte I, Pireddu P, Klingelhuber F, Zipfel C, Timmermans M, Oecking C, Gronnier J (2025) An ancient alkalinization factor informs Arabidopsis root development. bioRxiv 2025.12.22.695669. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.22.695669
  • von Arx M, Roussinova M, Bayer E, Gronnier J (2025) Manipulation of REMORIN gene dosage affects salt signaling and tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. bioRxiv 2025.12.22.695520. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.22.695520
  • (15) Gantner I, Gutjahr C, Ried-Lasi MK, Cheradil A, Buchner J, Parniske M, Klingl A (2025) Intracellular accommodation of bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes by plants analyzed using transmission electron microscopy. PLoS Pathog 21(12): e1013780. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013780
  • (14) Hu Y, Müller M, Lahaye T, Hückelhoven R, Kemen E (2025) Friends and foes in the obligate plant pathobiome. PLoS Pathog 21(12): e1013756. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013756
  • (13) Dröst F, Eberhardt U, Wellmann A, Saker H, Pirkl S, Krinninger M, Klingl A, Kemen E, Kamal N, Hachinger S, Krüger J (2025) Rooting for data: A FAIR research data management and data analysis environment for the PlantMicrobe research collaboration. PLoS Pathog 21(12): e1013748. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013748
  • Müller J, König Y, Xhelilaj K, Kaiser S, Müller T, Vielba-Fernández A, Gronnier J, Löfke C, Krebs M, Scheuring D (2025) Salicylic acid inhibits V-ATPase activity and restricts cell elongation, Plant Physiology, Volume 199, Issue 2, October 2025, kiaf439. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.02.691772
  • Bannmüller A, Acharya A, Ried-Lasi MK, Schuster M (2025) Shedding light on receptor-like kinase processing. PLOS Pathog. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013648
  • (12) Roitsch E, Schaaf G, Lahaye T, Ried-Lasi MK (2025) Metabolic hubs under attack: Effector-mediated manipulation of plant inositol phosphate signalling. PLOS Pathog. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013649
  • (11) Schneider R, Lami K, Prucker I, Stolze SC, Strauß A, Schmidt JM, Bartsch SM, Langenbach K, Lange E, Ritter K, Furkert D, Faiß N, Kumar S, Hasan MS, Makris A, Krusenbaum L, Wege S, Zewdu Belay Y, Kriescher S, The J, Harings M, Grundler FMW, Ried-Lasi MK, Schoof H, Gaugler P, Kamleitner M, Fiedler D, Nakagami H, Giehl RFH, Lahaye T, Bhattacharjee S, Jessen HJ, Gaugler V, Schaaf G (2025). NUDIX hydrolases target specific inositol pyrophosphates and regulate phosphate homeostasis and bacterial pathogen susceptibility in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 00: 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70060
  • Gao M, Aguilar E, Gómez BG, Medina-Puche L, Fan P, Ontiveros I, Pan S, Tan H, Wei H, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Chen N, Wang XW, Baulcombe DC, Bejarano ER, Díaz-Pendón JA, Furutani M, Morita MT, Lozano-Durán R (2025) A plant virus causes symptoms through the deployment of a host-mimicking protein domain to attract the insect vector. Mol Plant. 18(6):1029–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2025.05.011
  • Hann DR and Kadereit G (2025) Cultivating awareness: How botanical gardens can foster public engagement with plant pathogens. PLOS Pathog 21(10): e1013629. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013629
  • Schmidt M, Raj K, Salas-Oropeza J, Valdés-Lopez O, Ried-Lasi MK (2025) Starve or share? Phosphate as a master regulator of plant root endosymbioses. PLOS Pathog. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013601
  • (10) Biermann D, von Arx M, Munzert-Eberlein KS, Xhelilaj K, Séré D, Stegmann M, Vert G, Wolf S, Engelsdorf T, Zipfel C, Gronnier J (2025) A RALF-brassinosteroid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape. Current Biology, 2025; 35, 5002-5017.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.016
  • Müller J, König Y, Xhelilaj K, Kaiser S, Müller T, Vielba-Fernández A, Gronnier J, Löfke C, Krebs M, Scheuring D (2025) Salicylic acid inhibits V-ATPase activity and restricts cell elongation, Plant Physiology, Volume 199, Issue 2, October 2025, kiaf439. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf439
  • (9) Schade S, Leicher H, von Arx M, Monte I, Gronnier J, Stegmann M (2025) The interplay of RALF structural and signaling functions in plant-microbe interactions. PLOS Pathog 21(10): e1013588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013588
  • Buhrman K, Gutjahr C (2025) Regulation of arbuscular mycorrhiza development by environmental stimuli: Many roads lead to strigolactones. PLoS Pathog 21(10) e1013555. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013555
  • (8) Steidele CE, Gronnier J, Stegmann M, Hückelhoven R, Ried-Lasi MK (2025) Promiscuity and specificity in ligand sensing by plant cell surface receptors. PLOS Pathog. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013548
  • (7) Rzemieniewski J, Zecua-Ramirez P, Schade S, Camgöz Z, Haljiti G, Kaur S, Ludwig C, Hückelhoven R, Stegmann M (2025) CEPR2 perceives group II CEPs to regulate cell surface immunity in Arabidopsis. PLOS Pathog 21(9): e1013115. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013115
  • Ritchie ES, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Perrett D, Wu D, Lahaye T (2025) Optimized LC-MS method for simultaneous polyamine profiling and ADC/ODC activity quantification and evidence that ADCs are indispensable for flower development in tomato. Front. Plant Sci. 16:1636076. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1636076
  • Jalali H, Pirkl S, Eberhardt U, Gauza H, Saker H, Svahn A, Kirbis A, Thangaraj S, Beuter L, Kemen E, & Krüger J (2025, August 4). Integration Hurdles: Merging Research Data Management and eLabFTW. 2nd Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI), Aachen, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16736226
  • Xhelilaj K, Fuglsang AT, Gronnier J, Palmgren M (2025) Molecular tipping points in plant cell surface H+ homeostasis and signalling. Quantitative Plant Biology. 2025, 6, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.10002
  • (6) Dong X, Jiao W-B, Campoy JA, Rabanal F, Ton J, Smith LM, Weigel D, Schneeberger K (2025) The mutational dynamics of the Arabidopsis centromeres. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2025.06.02.657473
  • (5) Leicher H, Schade S, Huebbers JW, Munzert-Eberlein KS, Haljiti G, Biermann D, Makris A, Zhu X, Chauhan Y, Ludwig C, Müller MC, Kinoshita T, Engelsdorf T, Gronnier J, Ried-Lasi MK, Boisson-Dernier A, Hückelhoven R, Stegmann M (2026). Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization. New Phytol. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.30.635691
  • Gutjahr C (2025) Outsmarted by fungi. Science 397: 927-928. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adw1568
  • Das D, Varshney K, Ogawa S, Torabi S, Hüttl R, Nelson DC, Gutjahr C (2025) Ethylene promotes accumulation of SMAX1 to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. Nature Communications 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57222-w

2024

  • (4) The 1001 Genomes Plus Consortium, Alonso-Blanco CC, Ashkenazy H, Baduel P, Bao Z, Becker C, Caillieux E, Colot V, Crosbie D, De Oliveira L, Fitz J, Fritschi K, Grigoreva E, Guo Y, Habring A, Henderson I, Hou X-H, Hu Y, Igolkina A, Kang M, Kemen E, Kersey PJ, Kornienko A, Lian Q, Liu H, Liu J, Lucke M, Mayjonade B, Mercier R, Morales AMM, Movilli A, Murray KD, Naish M, Nordborg M, Rabanal FA, Roux F, Schandry N, Schneeberger K, Schwab R, Shirsekar G, Sushko S, Tao Y, Teasdale L, Vorbrugg S, Weigel D, Xian W (2024) The 1001G+ project: A curated collection of Arabidopsis thaliana long-read genome assemblies to advance plant research. bioRxiv 2024.12.23.629943. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.23.629943
  • (3) Rzemieniewski J, Leicher H, Lee HK, Broyart C, Nayem S, Wiese C, Maroschek J, Camgöz Z, Lalun VO, Djordjevic MA, Vlot AC, Hückelhoven R, Santiago J, Stegmann M (2024) CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status. Nat Commun 15, 10686. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55194-x
  • Delaux PM, Gutjahr C (2024) Evolution of small molecule-mediated regulation of arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20230369. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0369
  • Krüger J, Baleghi A, Saker H, Pirkl S, Thangaraj S, Gauza H, Eberhard U, Jalali H, Kirbis A, Svahn AJ, Beuter L, Brandt O, Hachinger S, Wellmann A, Munke J, Biradar M (2024, September 30). GitLab in Research Data Management. 16th International Workshop on Science Gateways (IWSG2024), Toulouse, France. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13863277
  • Pečenková T, Potocký M, Stegmann M (2024) More than meets the eye: knowns and unknowns of the trafficking of small secreted proteins in Arabidopsis, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 75, Issue 12, Pages 3713–3730. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae172
  • (2) Rohr L, Ehinger A, Rausch L, Glöckner Burmeister N, Meixner AJ, Gronnier J, Harter K, Kemmerling B, zur Oven-Krockhaus S (2024) OneFlowTraX: a user-friendly software for super-resolution analysis of single-molecule dynamics and nanoscale organization. Front. Plant Sci. 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1358935
  • (1) Gallas N, Li X, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Schandry N, Jiang Y, Wu D, Lahaye T (2024) An ancient cis-element targeted by Ralstonia solanacearum TALE-like effectors facilitates the development of a promoter trap that could confer broad-spectrum wilt resistance. Plant Biotechnol J. 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14208

2023

  • Fallahzadeh-Mamaghami V, Weber H, Kemmerling B (2023) BAK-up: the receptor kinase BAK-TO-LIFE 2 enhances immunity when BAK1 is lacking. Stress Biology, 3, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44154-023-00124-y
  • Varshney K, Gutjahr C (2023) KAI2 can do: karrikin receptor function in plant development and response to abiotic and biotic factors. Plant Cell Physiol, 64, 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad077

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