Rebecca McDougal
@rmcdougal.bsky.social
Forest Pathologist @ Scion (NZ Forest Reseach Institute)
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Very happy to see this nice piece of work online, led by superstar postdoc Mariana Tarallo. A great collaboration between the teams at @bioprotection.bsky.social/Massey University and the James Hutton Institute!
PaRXLR40, a broad cell death suppressor of the kauri dieback pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida, targets a plant ARM/BTB domain-containing protein https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686655v1
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Very happy to see this nice piece of work online, led by superstar postdoc Mariana Tarallo. A great collaboration between the teams at @bioprotection.bsky.social/Massey University and the James Hutton Institute!
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#OurFridaySeminar: Scott Heslop presents his Master's thesis on "Role of effectors in the Kauri Dieback pathosystem", that was supervised by Rosie Bradshaw, @carlmesarich.bsky.social & @rmcdougal.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#OurFridaySeminar: Scott Heslop presents his Master's thesis on "Role of effectors in the Kauri Dieback pathosystem", that was supervised by Rosie Bradshaw, @carlmesarich.bsky.social & @rmcdougal.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Bioeconomy Science Institute - formed by the merging of AgResearch, @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social, Plant & Food Research and Scion.
We’re here to grow a resilient, sustainable bioeconomy — through innovation, collaboration and science that delivers real-world impact. 🌱
We’re here to grow a resilient, sustainable bioeconomy — through innovation, collaboration and science that delivers real-world impact. 🌱
July 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Welcome to the Bioeconomy Science Institute - formed by the merging of AgResearch, @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social, Plant & Food Research and Scion.
We’re here to grow a resilient, sustainable bioeconomy — through innovation, collaboration and science that delivers real-world impact. 🌱
We’re here to grow a resilient, sustainable bioeconomy — through innovation, collaboration and science that delivers real-world impact. 🌱
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Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
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Lots of different types of microbes live on plant surfaces. How do these microbes cope with challenging circumstances?
We are looking for a PhD candidate to find out more about this.
Vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
#vacancy #wageningen
We are looking for a PhD candidate to find out more about this.
Vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
#vacancy #wageningen
May 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Lots of different types of microbes live on plant surfaces. How do these microbes cope with challenging circumstances?
We are looking for a PhD candidate to find out more about this.
Vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
#vacancy #wageningen
We are looking for a PhD candidate to find out more about this.
Vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
#vacancy #wageningen
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Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon]
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon]
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
Expert responses to NZ Budget 2025. I really appreciate those experts taking that time to share thoughts on how science looks in NZ right now. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
Budget 2025: Science system funding - Expert Reaction
Amid this year's science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator.
Science, Innovation and Technology M...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
May 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Expert responses to NZ Budget 2025. I really appreciate those experts taking that time to share thoughts on how science looks in NZ right now. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
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Today marks the beginning of OpenRxiv, which replaces bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's largest preprint platform for life and medical science
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today marks the beginning of OpenRxiv, which replaces bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's largest preprint platform for life and medical science
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
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With the exception of the emergent #DownyMildews, #Phytophthora is a fundamentally monophyletic genus exhibiting strong biological cohesion.
Our community consensus position on conserving the genus #Phytophthora: Preserving the Biologically Coherent Generic Concept of Phytophthora, ‘Plant Destroyer’ | Phytopathology® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Preserving the Biologically Coherent Generic Concept of Phytophthora, ‘Plant Destroyer’ | Phytopathology®
Phytophthora is a long-established, well known and globally important genus of plant pathogens. Phylogenetic evidence has shown that the biologically distinct, obligate biotrophic downy mildews evolve...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With the exception of the emergent #DownyMildews, #Phytophthora is a fundamentally monophyletic genus exhibiting strong biological cohesion.