Mauricio Contreras
@mpcontreras.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
NLR and effector biology
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NLR and effector biology
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Hi everyone, a few years ago, we started a list of labs studying bacterial immunty for students, editors, conference organizers... (currently n=79).
Update time ! Send me a message to 1) add your lab or others 2) Correct info
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Phagesky #Microsky
Update time ! Send me a message to 1) add your lab or others 2) Correct info
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Phagesky #Microsky
Labs in bacterial immunity
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November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hi everyone, a few years ago, we started a list of labs studying bacterial immunty for students, editors, conference organizers... (currently n=79).
Update time ! Send me a message to 1) add your lab or others 2) Correct info
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Phagesky #Microsky
Update time ! Send me a message to 1) add your lab or others 2) Correct info
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Phagesky #Microsky
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My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
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We wrote a review 📖 on hydathode immunity! Learn how bacteria exploit hydathodes to access the vasculature and open questions for future research.
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hydathodes at the forefront of plant immunity against vascular pathogens
Hydathodes are tiny plant organs that form an interface between the leaf surface and xylem vasculature. They facilitate excretion of xylem fluid under…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We wrote a review 📖 on hydathode immunity! Learn how bacteria exploit hydathodes to access the vasculature and open questions for future research.
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
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Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social), one of the newly elected EMBO members 2025, has introduced her research at the @embo.org Members' Meeting in Heidelberg.
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social), one of the newly elected EMBO members 2025, has introduced her research at the @embo.org Members' Meeting in Heidelberg.
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
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Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
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@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
www.uni-hohenheim.de
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
Please repost!
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social
Please repost!
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How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pervasive splicing in a plant DNA virus
Viruses maximize their limited coding space through strategies that increase transcript and protein diversity. In mammalian viruses, splicing is a well-established mechanism for proteome expansion, ye...
www.biorxiv.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Have you noticed someone new here? 👇
Welcome @mpcontreras.bsky.social, our new junior group leader at the ZMBP!
#newPI #plantscience #MPMI
Welcome @mpcontreras.bsky.social, our new junior group leader at the ZMBP!
#newPI #plantscience #MPMI
Thanks Sebastian @pfeilmeier.bsky.social for coming to the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social for a #TRR356 seminar. We have all enjoyed discussing with you about #MPMI, Xanthomonas, hydathodes and more!
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Have you noticed someone new here? 👇
Welcome @mpcontreras.bsky.social, our new junior group leader at the ZMBP!
#newPI #plantscience #MPMI
Welcome @mpcontreras.bsky.social, our new junior group leader at the ZMBP!
#newPI #plantscience #MPMI
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Dear @dfg.de & @erc.europa.eu Why don't you do the same? What's stopping us from adopting this model to all tax-payer funded research in Europe? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Dear @dfg.de & @erc.europa.eu Why don't you do the same? What's stopping us from adopting this model to all tax-payer funded research in Europe? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th
Please spread the word!
More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th
Please spread the word!
More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
September 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th
Please spread the word!
More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th
Please spread the word!
More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
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Another Preprint Pizza Party has come and passed!
Students, postdocs and RAs from TSL and @johninnescentre.bsky.social gathered to discuss and review recent @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social articles 📝
Pizza kept the spirits high during this challenging task 🍕
#PreprintCommentClub #PreprintPizzaParty
Students, postdocs and RAs from TSL and @johninnescentre.bsky.social gathered to discuss and review recent @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social articles 📝
Pizza kept the spirits high during this challenging task 🍕
#PreprintCommentClub #PreprintPizzaParty
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Another Preprint Pizza Party has come and passed!
Students, postdocs and RAs from TSL and @johninnescentre.bsky.social gathered to discuss and review recent @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social articles 📝
Pizza kept the spirits high during this challenging task 🍕
#PreprintCommentClub #PreprintPizzaParty
Students, postdocs and RAs from TSL and @johninnescentre.bsky.social gathered to discuss and review recent @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social articles 📝
Pizza kept the spirits high during this challenging task 🍕
#PreprintCommentClub #PreprintPizzaParty
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BIK1-RIN4 complex links plant immunity and pathogen virulence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673898v1
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
BIK1-RIN4 complex links plant immunity and pathogen virulence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673898v1
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Amazing #CelebratingAlumni news this week (Thread)
(1/3) Clemence Marchal @ClemMarchal received an @ERC_Research Starting Grant -- CooPAIRation "Optimised plant immune receptor pairs" erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
(1/3) Clemence Marchal @ClemMarchal received an @ERC_Research Starting Grant -- CooPAIRation "Optimised plant immune receptor pairs" erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...
erc.europa.eu
September 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Amazing #CelebratingAlumni news this week (Thread)
(1/3) Clemence Marchal @ClemMarchal received an @ERC_Research Starting Grant -- CooPAIRation "Optimised plant immune receptor pairs" erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
(1/3) Clemence Marchal @ClemMarchal received an @ERC_Research Starting Grant -- CooPAIRation "Optimised plant immune receptor pairs" erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Dr. Joel Frohlich vom fMEG-Zentrum der Medizinischen Fakultät und Dr. Clémence Marchal vom @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social haben jeweils einen Starting Grant des @erc.europa.eu eingeworben! Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 Mehr Infos: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #ERCStartingGrants #Molekularbiologie
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dr. Joel Frohlich vom fMEG-Zentrum der Medizinischen Fakultät und Dr. Clémence Marchal vom @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social haben jeweils einen Starting Grant des @erc.europa.eu eingeworben! Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 Mehr Infos: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #ERCStartingGrants #Molekularbiologie
Can't believe my
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social chapter is coming to an end! Feels like only yesterday I was starting my predoc with @kamounlab.bsky.social 🥲 Learned so much from several generations of TSL scientists, made some discoveries and a lot of friends! Time flies when you're having fun...
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social chapter is coming to an end! Feels like only yesterday I was starting my predoc with @kamounlab.bsky.social 🥲 Learned so much from several generations of TSL scientists, made some discoveries and a lot of friends! Time flies when you're having fun...
It’s essentialy a week of festivities to bid San Mau @mpcontreras.bsky.social farewell after 7+ incredible amazing years! Work hard, play hard…
September 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Can't believe my
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social chapter is coming to an end! Feels like only yesterday I was starting my predoc with @kamounlab.bsky.social 🥲 Learned so much from several generations of TSL scientists, made some discoveries and a lot of friends! Time flies when you're having fun...
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social chapter is coming to an end! Feels like only yesterday I was starting my predoc with @kamounlab.bsky.social 🥲 Learned so much from several generations of TSL scientists, made some discoveries and a lot of friends! Time flies when you're having fun...
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We just published: Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free)
Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward.
medium.com/p/why-you-sh...
Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward.
medium.com/p/why-you-sh...
Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free)
Through GetGenome, scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing — removing barriers, improving quality control…
medium.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We just published: Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free)
Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward.
medium.com/p/why-you-sh...
Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward.
medium.com/p/why-you-sh...
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I just published: Data vs hypothesis driven research: the false dichotomy
This post is adapted from a talk I gave @plantae_org Find out more 👇
medium.com/p/data-vs-hy...
This post is adapted from a talk I gave @plantae_org Find out more 👇
medium.com/p/data-vs-hy...
Data vs hypothesis driven research: the false dichotomy
This post is adapted from a talk I gave at the Plantae Presents webinar More Money, More Data: Data-Driven versus Hypothesis-Driven…
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August 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I just published: Data vs hypothesis driven research: the false dichotomy
This post is adapted from a talk I gave @plantae_org Find out more 👇
medium.com/p/data-vs-hy...
This post is adapted from a talk I gave @plantae_org Find out more 👇
medium.com/p/data-vs-hy...
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I'm excited to announce our new biorxiv preprint, wherein we investigate the evolution of the weirdest genetic locus I've ever seen! Behold the tgr genes of the social amoeba, which mediate self/non-self discrimination during facultative multicellularity 🐅 🧵 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hypermutable hotspot enables the rapid evolution of self/non-self recognition genes in Dictyostelium
Cells require highly polymorphic receptors to perform accurate self/non-self recognition. In the amoeba Dicytostelium discoideum, polymorphic TgrB1 & TgrC1 proteins are used to bind sister cells and e...
www.biorxiv.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I'm excited to announce our new biorxiv preprint, wherein we investigate the evolution of the weirdest genetic locus I've ever seen! Behold the tgr genes of the social amoeba, which mediate self/non-self discrimination during facultative multicellularity 🐅 🧵 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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1/3 New preprint led by Shanshan Wang, in collaboration with the Timmermans lab.
Several groups have presented sc/snRNA-seq analyses of Arabidopsis leaves after bacterial infection before. Is there anything left to discover? Turns out: Yes.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Several groups have presented sc/snRNA-seq analyses of Arabidopsis leaves after bacterial infection before. Is there anything left to discover? Turns out: Yes.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
1/3 New preprint led by Shanshan Wang, in collaboration with the Timmermans lab.
Several groups have presented sc/snRNA-seq analyses of Arabidopsis leaves after bacterial infection before. Is there anything left to discover? Turns out: Yes.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Several groups have presented sc/snRNA-seq analyses of Arabidopsis leaves after bacterial infection before. Is there anything left to discover? Turns out: Yes.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
Protocol for capturing the RNA-binding proteome from plants using orthogonal organic phase separation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667348v1
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
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Happy to share that our Helixer deeplearning-based annotation of 230 superasterid genomes is now online on
@datadryad.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Check out how we used 69 of them to study the molecular evolution of a plant immune receptor network here! 👇
@datadryad.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Check out how we used 69 of them to study the molecular evolution of a plant immune receptor network here! 👇
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Happy to share that our Helixer deeplearning-based annotation of 230 superasterid genomes is now online on
@datadryad.bsky.social
💻🌱
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Check out how we used 69 of them to study the molecular evolution of a plant immune receptor network here! 👇
@datadryad.bsky.social
💻🌱
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Check out how we used 69 of them to study the molecular evolution of a plant immune receptor network here! 👇
Reposted by Mauricio Contreras
A conserved small RNA-generating gene cluster undergoes sequence diversification and contributes to plant immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.20.665670v1
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A conserved small RNA-generating gene cluster undergoes sequence diversification and contributes to plant immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.20.665670v1
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I just published: Stop displaying journal names on your slides
A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge.
medium.com/p/stop-displ...
A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge.
medium.com/p/stop-displ...
Stop displaying journal names on your slides
A mentoring event at a scientific Congress called for better support of early-career scientists — but what followed sent mixed signals…
medium.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I just published: Stop displaying journal names on your slides
A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge.
medium.com/p/stop-displ...
A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge.
medium.com/p/stop-displ...
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Anyone at #2025ISMPMI who didn't like my confocal microscopy, here's your chance to come and teach me how to do it better. I think you'll like the amazing team and kit.
VACANCY - We’re seeking an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join our Bioimaging Platform, to help train users on light microscopes, collaborate on imaging projects and provide technical support.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/op...
Closing date - 11 August 2025
Contract - Full time, indefinite
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/op...
Closing date - 11 August 2025
Contract - Full time, indefinite
Optical Microscopy Support Specialist | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join the Bioimaging Platform at the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk
July 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anyone at #2025ISMPMI who didn't like my confocal microscopy, here's your chance to come and teach me how to do it better. I think you'll like the amazing team and kit.