Publications
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Langner, T.; Maqbool, A.; Kamoun, S.: Rewinding the tape: historical contingency and functional constraints have shaped the evolution of APikL virulence effectors in the blast fungus. Biology Letters 22 (1), 20250545 (2026)

Hansen, R.; Fagundes, W.; Stukenbrock, E.: Comparative Transcriptomic and Microscopic Analyses of a Wild Wheat Relative Reveal Novel Mechanisms of Immune Suppression by the Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 38 (5), pp. 722 - 734 (2025)

López Díaz, C.; Ayhan, D.; Rodríguez López, A.; Gómez Gil, L.; Ma, L.-J.; Di Pietro, A.: Transposons and accessory genes drive adaptation in a clonally evolving fungal pathogen. Nature Communications 16, 6982 (2025)

Were, V.; Yan, X.; Foster, A.; Sklenar, J.; Langner, T.; Gentle, A.; Sahu, N.; Bentham, A.; Zdrzałek, R.; Ryder, L. et al.; Kaimenyi, D.; Gómez De La Cruz, D.; Petit-Houdenot, Y.; Bisola Eseola, A.; Smoker, M.; Bautista, M.; Ma, W.; Kourelis, J.; Maclean, D.; Banfield, M.; Kamoun, S.; Menke, F.; Moscou, M.; Talbot, N.: The Magnaporthe oryzae effector Pwl2 alters HIPP43 localization to suppress host immunity. Plant Cell 37 (6), koaf116 (2025)

Fagundes, W.; Huang, Y.-S.; Häußler, S.; Langner, T.: From Lesions to Lessons: Two Decades of Filamentous Plant Pathogen Genomics. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 38 (2), pp. 187 - 205 (2025)

Haeussler, S.; Lutz, U.; Langner, T.: DNA Extraction from Magnaporthe oryzae (PCR quality). Springer Protocols Epub ahead (2025)

Betz, R.; Heidt, S.; Figueira-Galán, D.; Hartmann, M.; Langner, T.; Requena, N.: Alternative splicing regulation in plants by SP7-like effectors from symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7107 (2024)

Najeeb, R.; Uniyal, A.; Bondada, R.; Maruthachalam, R.: Doubled Haploids: Accelerating the Breeding of Resilient Crops for the Future. In: Plant Breeding 2050: Next-Gen Crops, 12, pp. 409 - 438 (Eds. Priyadarshan, P.; Ortiz, R.). Springer, Singapore (2025)

Langner, T.: Genome evolution in filamentous plant pathogens. In Mini Symposium “Host-Microbe Interactions”. Mini Symposium “Host-Microbe Interactions”, Tübingen, Germany, July 10, 2025. (2025)

Fagundes, W.; Hansen, R.; Rojas Barrera, I.; Caliebe, F.; Feurtey, A.; Haueisen, J.; Salimi, F.; Alizadeh, A.; Stukenbrock, E.: Host specialization defines the emergence of new fungal plant pathogen populations. In 3rd Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM 2025), p. 37. 3rd Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM 2025), Münster, Germany, March 17, 2025 - March 20, 2025. (2025)

Barragan, A.; Latorre, S.; Białas, A.; Harant, A.; Win, J.; Sugihara, Y.; Burbano, H.; Kamoun, S.; Langner, T.: From pathogen genomics to disease resistance engineering. In IWC 2024 Workshop Presentations, WS 8_Genomic, p. 59. 3rd International Wheat Congress (IWC 2024), Perth, Australia, September 22, 2024 - September 27, 2024. (2024)

Langner, T.: The role of mini-chromosomes in adaptive evolution of the blast fungus. In Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG) Australia 2024. Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG) Australia 2024, Perth, Australia, September 18, 2024 - September 20, 2024. (2024)

Barragán, C.; Latorre, S.; Malmgren, A.; Harant, A.; Win, J.; Sugihara, Y.; Burbano, H.; Kamoun, S.; Langner, T.: Genome evolution in filamentous plant pathogens. In 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, 1, p. 1. 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, March 12, 2024 - March 17, 2024. (2024)

Barragán, C.; Latorre, S.; Malmgren, A.; Harant, A.; Win, J.; Sugihara, Y.; Burbano, H.; Kamoun, S.; Langner, T.: Increased genetic diversity of clonal rice blast fungus lineages through multiple mini-chromosome transfers. In 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, 216, p. 81. 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, March 12, 2024 - March 17, 2024. (2024)

Betz, R.; Heidt, S.; Figueira-Galan, D.; Miucci, A.; Langner, T.; Requena, N.: Alternative splicing regulation in plants by effectors of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, 110, p. 41. 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, March 12, 2024 - March 17, 2024. (2024)

Langner, T.: From lesions to lessons: The past, present and future of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. 14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP 2025), Uppsala, Sweden (2025)

Langner, T.: Genome Evolution in Filamentous Plant Pathogen. BioConnect Seminar: Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany (2025)

Langner, T.: From pathogen genomics to disease resistance engineering. Plant Biology Seminar Series: Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2024)

Langner, T.: The role of mini-chromosomes in adaptive evolution of the blast fungus. Queenstown Research Week: Plant–Microbe Interactions Satellite Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand (2024)

Langner, T.: The role of mini-chromosomes in adaptive evolution of the blast fungus. Wheat Pathogens Symposium at 3rd International Wheat Congress, Perth, Australia (2024)