Microbiome Scientists | Microbial Genomics | Agricultural and Environmental Microbiomes | Plant-microbe-insect interaction | she/her 🌽🦠🐛https://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3mhmpd6uivs2fNew paper! We found maize domestication reduced leaf microbiome diversity and shifted communities from a highly regulated and stringent state in Balsas teosinte to an unregulated and stochastic state in maize, showing patterns consistent with microbial dysbiosis. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiomes/articles/10.3389/frmbi.2026.1735358/full22 Mar 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhmpd6uivs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3m5lz2ap4o22dNew article online! We characterized a potentially novel Paenibacillus species from cotton tissue culture and sequenced its whole genome, revealing genomic separation and metabolites indicating strong plant-growth-promoting potential. Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mbo3.7010714 Nov 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lz2ap4o22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kxsxfskrn526Wounding experiment in maize21 Jul 2024 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kxsxfskrn526https://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kvtm622e5z2zI am happy to announce that I have received an Early Career Scientist Grant from Hello Bio. I'm excited to attend #Phytobiomes2024 and present my PhD research. Many thanks to Hello Bio for their support. https://hellobio.com/blog/meet-our-early-career-scientist-grant-winner-ilksen-topcu.html26 Jun 2024 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvtm622e5z2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kq6t2zfofl2sSuch a nice way to spend my birthday! #AIinAgriculture202415 Apr 2024 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kq6t2zfofl2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kn7aw5o4e524I love my job #entomology - fall armyworm #PhD08 Mar 2024 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn7aw5o4e524https://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kn3ajotji22tGot an a-MAIZING opportunity to present my research at the Genetics of Maize-Microbe Interactions Workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina. #maize #microbiome #rhizosphere #phyllosphere #insect #tolerance07 Mar 2024 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn3ajotji22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ilksentt.bsky.social/post/3kn2dz5fi222mTeosinte #PhD#research06 Mar 2024 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:gnfg6su7o2mc72yp2bpem3ju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn2dz5fi222m