Bob Mason
@robertoskar.bsky.social
PhD student in the Spoel lab studying plant immune priming at Edinburgh University. Half Yorkshire 🫖 Half Nordic 🇮🇸
A new desk!
Last month I submitted my PhD thesis, ending 5 amazing years working with @spoel-lab.bsky.social in plant immunity.
This week I start my first postdoc with @drannisr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to delving into the details of maize leaf patterning!
Last month I submitted my PhD thesis, ending 5 amazing years working with @spoel-lab.bsky.social in plant immunity.
This week I start my first postdoc with @drannisr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to delving into the details of maize leaf patterning!
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A new desk!
Last month I submitted my PhD thesis, ending 5 amazing years working with @spoel-lab.bsky.social in plant immunity.
This week I start my first postdoc with @drannisr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to delving into the details of maize leaf patterning!
Last month I submitted my PhD thesis, ending 5 amazing years working with @spoel-lab.bsky.social in plant immunity.
This week I start my first postdoc with @drannisr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to delving into the details of maize leaf patterning!
Earlier this year I had the amazing opportunity to run a workshop at Edinburgh Science Festival about plant stress with scientists from @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
If you want to learn more about workshop design and delivery I wrote a blog post about my experience!
biology.ed.ac.uk/molecular-pl...
If you want to learn more about workshop design and delivery I wrote a blog post about my experience!
biology.ed.ac.uk/molecular-pl...
Blog - What I learned from organising a public engagement workshop, and interview with Bob Mason | Molecular Plant Sciences | Biology
Are you interested in organising interactive science workshops? This month we talked to Bob Mason, a PhD student in the Spoel Lab, to find out what he learnt from organising a sold-out workshop at the...
biology.ed.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Earlier this year I had the amazing opportunity to run a workshop at Edinburgh Science Festival about plant stress with scientists from @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
If you want to learn more about workshop design and delivery I wrote a blog post about my experience!
biology.ed.ac.uk/molecular-pl...
If you want to learn more about workshop design and delivery I wrote a blog post about my experience!
biology.ed.ac.uk/molecular-pl...
Reposted by Bob Mason
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals potentiate salicylic acid-mediated plant immunity via WRKY38/62 transcription factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649115v1
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.