Interested in plant root microbiome interactions. University of Basel https://duw.unibas.ch/en/pmi/https://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3mhd4snwbfk2wNew study: Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.7109818 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd4snwbfk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3mdnqq7742s2lPreprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.29.702624v130 Jan 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnqq7742s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3mdnqq7742s2lPreprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.29.702624v130 Jan 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnqq7742s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3mbxwryispc2tPreprint: We identified soil iron levels as critical factor explaining the variation in soil microbiome feedbacks on plant growth. The soil microbiomes tend to provide more beneficial feedbacks at low levels of soil iron. Happy reading. Credits to Jan Waelchli et al.! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.08.698436v109 Jan 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxwryispc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3m5jwkiyh6s2dClarivate highlights every year individual researchers as #HighlyCited2025. However and to make this clear: such a recognition is a team’s effort. ALL credits and glitter [✨] go to my GREAT TEAM, colleagues and collaborations who contributed with work, writing and spreading our studies!13 Nov 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jwkiyh6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lz7qvoj7g22aCharlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI19 Sep 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7qvoj7g22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lzr7q6gahc2fKatja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI26 Sep 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzr7q6gahc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lzr7q6gahc2fKatja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI26 Sep 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzr7q6gahc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lz7qvoj7g22aCharlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI19 Sep 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7qvoj7g22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lxkpr7uan22qupdated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.21.619081v229 Aug 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkpr7uan22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lxa5ofjias2zSynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product. Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00159-2525 Aug 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxa5ofjias2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kschlaeppi.bsky.social/post/3lweye25ozc2hhttps://www.unibas.ch/en/Research/Research-in-Basel/Researchers/Portraet-Klaus-Schlaeppi.html [some self-promo 🙈]14 Aug 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:fbfeo6yenmquntrsxnww2dev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lweye25ozc2h