Mauricio Contreras

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Group Leader @ ZMBP Universität Tübingen - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - NLR biology
Board Member @ISMPMI
He/Him - 🇦🇷🇨🇺🇮🇹

Tübingen, Deutschland Joined May 2018

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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 Jun 9

As seen on @biorxivpreprint: our story on how the dreaded late blight pathogen hijacks a helper NLR pathway is now out in its final form in @ScienceAdvances 🎉

Meet AVRcap1b: the two-faced effector 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

www.science.org A potato late blight pathogen effector interacts with ENTH-domain protein TOL9a and an activated... A plant pathogen effector suppresses an activated helper NLR via a host ENTH domain–containing protein, NbTOL9a.

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 Oct 29

Finishing off our China trip with a great visit to @CAS__Science CEMPS institute in Shanghai, hosted by Prof. Li Wan. @dianagdlc and I presented our work and made some new friends! Shanghai Skyline is truly stunning 🤯

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 Oct 26

It was such a delight to visit @xiaolin422's group at the @CAS__Science in Beijing! @dianagdlc and I presented our recent work, made some new friends and reconnected with some old @TheSainsburyLab colleagues. Such a nice experience!

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 Oct 21

Jijie Chai reporting the Cryo-EM structure of the atypical rice resistance Protein Ptr! Forms a Pentameric ER localized Ca2+ Channel. Farnesylated Ptr C-term negatively regulates the channel, and fungal effector AvrPita directly activates the channel by cleaving it off 🤯

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 Oct 21

@ClemMarchal presenting the gamechanging Pikobody tech at #ICBPI2026 in Nanjing! It's so cool to see how much this technology has developed in the last few years 🤯
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…