Thorsten Langner

@ThorstenLangner

Independent Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tuebingen. Adaptive evolution of filamentous plant pathogens.

Tuebingen, Germany bio.mpg.de/langner Joined January 2016

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Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner Aug 13, 2025

We’re excited to share our latest work on plant pathogen effector protein evolution @biorxivpreprint. With @KamounLab and Abbas Maqbool.
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www.biorxiv.org Rewinding the tape: historical contingency and functional constraints have shaped the evolution of... Protein evolution is influenced by historical contingencies and functional constraints, but their combined impact on rapidly diversifying pathogen virulence effectors remains poorly understood. Here,...

Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner Apr 8, 2025

Congrats JC! Very well deserved!🥳🍾

Biochemical Society @BiochemSoc Apr 8, 2025

Demonstrating exceptional originality across multiple research fields, we are excited to present Juan Carlos De La Concepcion with an Early Career Research Award in 2026! @delaconcepcionj has made fundamental discoveries in plant immunity & the biology of immune receptor function

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Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner Jan 20, 2025

From lesions to lessons:

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. In our new review, we present lessons we learned over the past 2 decades and discuss the future of plant pathogen genomics. Take a first look!

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Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner Sep 18, 2024

To people taking pictures of every slide of unpublished data during talks at #PAG2024 Australia. You should at least respect the wish of a speaker not to take pictures when they specifically ask for it.

Thorsten Langner @ThorstenLangner Aug 31, 2024

And now our.morning session #queenstownresearchweek concludes with Lauren Hemara on redundant effectors in the kiwi fruit pathogen P. syringae