Robatzek Laboratory

How plants and microbes interact

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Elif, Filipe and Silke went to 5th EFSA conference on Xylella fastidiosa, in Bari, Italy. 

Both Filipe, and Elif got to share their research with posters and flash talk. And Silke explained more in depth about our project. 

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🎈Laura defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations! 🎈

Alessa defended her thesis in February! Congratulations Alessa! 🥳

 

We celebrated Christmas together with raclette and Glühwein. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Robatzek Team!

Join us on Sept 30th at 6:30pm, for the opening of Ludwig, Max + U, a new platform for exhibitions and dialogue that connects cutting-edge research with society at the LMU.

The inaugural exhibition, created by the Faculty of Biology and featuring contributions from Silke, celebrates the beauty of biodiversity.

The exhibition will run for a year!

Learn more about it here

Silke is giving a guided tour about olive trees and their story in the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden on the 2nd of August at 12h. See you there!

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Silke was awarded with an ERC Grant, for her research project PROTaX (Designing a Novel Protein Inspired Therapeutic Against Xylella).

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Latest Publications

Integrated risk assessment reveals low biological activity of RNA-based crop protection formulations across plant and non-target systems

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Biosensors reveal distinct cytosolic pH and redox dynamics across seedlings in response to danger signals and pathogen infection

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Catch Me If You Can: How  Thrives in the Xylem

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ISEV: Extracellular Vesicles From Xylella fastidiosa Carry sRNAs and Genomic Islands, Suggesting Roles in Recipient Cells

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Das Rätsel um Xylella fastidiosa und die Immunität des Olivenbaums

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JEV: “Practical advice for extracellular vesicle isolation in plant–microbe interactions: Concerns, considerations, and conclusions” Read more

 

 

Plant Direct: “Broad-scale phenotyping in Arabidopsis reveals varied involvement of RNA interference across diverse plant-microbe interactions” Read more

 

 

 

If you wish to learn more about Silke and her motivation to research, check this link

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