Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ
@jonathandgjones.bsky.social
plant scientist - discovering and deploying plant immune receptor genes to protect crops from disease with biology, not chemistry
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Our final talks of Day 1 focus around the Precision Breeding Act
📝 Jim Dunwell, gives us an update on UK legislation from the Advisory Committee for Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
🧬 @jonathandgjones.bsky.social takes us through using PBA-compliant methods to elevate crop disease resistance 🌾
📝 Jim Dunwell, gives us an update on UK legislation from the Advisory Committee for Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
🧬 @jonathandgjones.bsky.social takes us through using PBA-compliant methods to elevate crop disease resistance 🌾
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our final talks of Day 1 focus around the Precision Breeding Act
📝 Jim Dunwell, gives us an update on UK legislation from the Advisory Committee for Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
🧬 @jonathandgjones.bsky.social takes us through using PBA-compliant methods to elevate crop disease resistance 🌾
📝 Jim Dunwell, gives us an update on UK legislation from the Advisory Committee for Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
🧬 @jonathandgjones.bsky.social takes us through using PBA-compliant methods to elevate crop disease resistance 🌾
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A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
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Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!
Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.
(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.
(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
GROUP LEADER VACANCY
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
August 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!
Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.
(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.
(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
excellent question!
So are tomato and potato cisgenic now?
August 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
excellent question!
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Hot off the press: our analysis of the proposed EU limits to NGT1 category of genome editing in light of recent data on genomic diversity.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation
The European Commission (EC) proposal for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) of July 2023 specifies that Category 1 NGT (NGT1) plants, which are considered equivalent to conventional plants, that is those...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hot off the press: our analysis of the proposed EU limits to NGT1 category of genome editing in light of recent data on genomic diversity.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation - Schulman - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation
The European Commission (EC) proposal for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) of July 2023 specifies that Category 1 NGT (NGT1) plants, which are considered equivalent to conventional plants, that is those...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation - Schulman - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Wonderful talk by Baptiste Castel @baptistebio.bsky.social on fern immune system here at @instmolplantsci.bsky.social Great to meet @jonathandgjones.bsky.social lab alumni in Edinburgh too!
June 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wonderful talk by Baptiste Castel @baptistebio.bsky.social on fern immune system here at @instmolplantsci.bsky.social Great to meet @jonathandgjones.bsky.social lab alumni in Edinburgh too!
more fool @nytimes.com
The @nytimes.com "passed" on this
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
more fool @nytimes.com
important commentary on the dangers to science of current US Gov actions and policies
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
important commentary on the dangers to science of current US Gov actions and policies
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
important commentary from
@alanhschulman
and colleagues about NGTs and the EU's proposed new regulations. Preexisting genomic diversity dwarfs anything we can do with CrispR ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@alanhschulman
and colleagues about NGTs and the EU's proposed new regulations. Preexisting genomic diversity dwarfs anything we can do with CrispR ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Plant genomic variation and its implications for proposed EU NGT legislation
ecoevorxiv.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
important commentary from
@alanhschulman
and colleagues about NGTs and the EU's proposed new regulations. Preexisting genomic diversity dwarfs anything we can do with CrispR ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
@alanhschulman
and colleagues about NGTs and the EU's proposed new regulations. Preexisting genomic diversity dwarfs anything we can do with CrispR ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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New OA Letter: "Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eiJVL
...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.
...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.
April 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New OA Letter: "Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eiJVL
...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.
...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.
we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Top cancer experts ‘being put off UK by politicians’ messaging on immigration’
Exclusive: Leaked report says high visa costs also derailing clinical trials and research, denying NHS life-saving drugs
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/mythbustin...
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/mythbustin...
Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his HHS are on a public health crusade that is largely a distraction
www.breakthroughjournal.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/mythbustin...
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/mythbustin...
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!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.646618v1
t.co
April 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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very cool. "roads not taken" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/s...
It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming
An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
very cool. "roads not taken" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/s...
a prescient commentary www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
a prescient commentary www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org.
We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!
We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!
April 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org.
We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!
We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!
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@jonathandgjones.bsky.social spoke to Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Norfolk today about developing crops that resist plant diseases and being a co-recipient of the Wolf Prize for Agriculture.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The clip started forty minutes in at 14:40
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The clip started forty minutes in at 14:40
Radio Norfolk - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio Norfolk on BBC Sounds
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March 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@jonathandgjones.bsky.social spoke to Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Norfolk today about developing crops that resist plant diseases and being a co-recipient of the Wolf Prize for Agriculture.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The clip started forty minutes in at 14:40
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The clip started forty minutes in at 14:40
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March 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM