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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 and diversity of biodiversity.
The exhibition will run for a year!
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!
Silke was awarded with an ERC Grant, for her research project PROTaX (Designing a Novel Protein Inspired Therapeutic Against Xylella). A novel approach based on the hypothesis that the phytomic microbiome of certain non-infested plants contains inhibitory factors against Xf.
SR group present members (Alessa Ruf, Jingli Lao) and alumni (Nicolas Frei dit Frey, Thomas Spallek, Martin Janda, Yi-Ju Lu) enjoying the 2025 MPMI meeting in Cologne!
Robatzek members attend and contribute to the MPMI 2025 Conference!
Meet us there and check our posters!
On Tuesday, Alessa delievered a great flash talk regarding her research!
Elif participated in the “ExRNA research and innovation to improve human and plant health” Meeting in Hamburg. COST Action meeting brings together researchers across Europe who are investigating the functions mechanisms of extracellular RNA communication across diverse biological systems, and integrate this knowledge to innovations and strategies against pathogens.
Giorgia and Aparna joined our lab to spend 6 and 3 months (respectively) with us, as part of their PhD in the University of Palermo. We’re excited to exchange knowledge and experiences — and hopefully enjoy some Bavarian culture together 🙂
We are thrilled to have been awarded the second funding period for our joint RU5116. We are now recruiting a doctoral student to join our team. RU5116 information
In her function as the faculty’s women representative, Silke is showcasing “Women in Biology”. More information
Silke is pleased to invite you to a tour of Olive Trees and Stories at the Botanical Garden Munich. More information
We are pleased to contribute to and learn at the TSL summer school with Kaarthik attending. See Poster
Congratulations to Eliana for winning the Faculty’s BioNa award!
The Robatzek lab is now a Platinum Level Certified Lab! See Certificate
Congratulations to Filipe and Eliana for being awarded with the LMUexcellence Postdoc support and BioNa funds, respectively.
A radio interview on Xylella fastidiosa! Listen to this interview
Congratulations to Jingli for winning the best poster prize at the SPP2125 DECRyPT meeting 2023 in Cologne!
Alessa Ruf, member of the Robatzek lab, participates in the Paris meeting: Mechanisms of intercellular and inter-organismal communication via RNA.
Alessa: Dissecting the (ex)RNA Signature of Xylella fastidiosa. See poster
Filipe Vieira, member of the Robatzek lab participates in the 4th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa.
Filipe: Interplay between biotic and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis infected with Xylella fastidiosa. See poster
The Robatzek lab participates and contributes to the 2023 IS-MPMI meeting in Rhodes Island. Meet us there and you are welcome to view our posters!
Jingli: The relationship between Xylella fastidiosa and microbiome. See poster
Oséias: Prediction of Xylella fastidiosa-secreted proteins (xyp) as candidate effectors. See poster
Alessa: The role of OMVs in plant infection with Xylella fastidiosa. See poster
Laura: Interactions of bacterial extracellular vesicles with plants. See poster
Eliana: Spatiotemporal signatures of plant immune responses to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato
DC3000 (Pto). See poster
The Robatzek group is excited to participate in the new DFG-funded priority program CodeChi!
The Robatzek group participates in the newly Horizon Europe funded Beyond Xylella “BeXyl” consortium.
Two LMU researchers participate in newly DFG-funded Research Unit RU5116 on extracellular RNAs in inter-organismal communication.
