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Advancing Plant Health (APH) is a Strategic Research Programme
@johninnescentre.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, funded by BBSRC
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PRESS RELEASE – Dr Hassan Salem to lead independent research group on plant-insect interactions

Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Dr Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social will be joining us in early 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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📣NEWS: We are delighted to share that Dr Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social will join us as a new group leader next year.

“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social

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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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NEWS - Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize

Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize | John Innes Centre
Dr Myriam Charpentier has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions…
www.jic.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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NEWS - Radical approach to improve plant immunity secures funding for Programmable Plants initiative

@philcarella.bsky.social’s group has been awarded ARIA funding for an ambitious research programme which seeks to protect major crops from disease.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/radical...
July 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Fantastic to be establishing a MARPLE diagnostics hub in Bhutan this week with the National Plant Protection Centre! 🧬🌱

A big thank you to the amazing team @cimmyt.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Come join us for a Royal Society of Biology Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship this summer!

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mySociety: Me and the RSB
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April 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Studentship opportunity! Come join us to work on plant-insect interactions at @johninnescentre.bsky.social (supported by @rsb.org.uk). More details here: ryanebrock.github.io/opportunities/
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Very happy to share the published version of our work on natural Marchantia-Pseudomonas interactions.

Out now in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants
Robinson et al. identify pathogenic Pseudomonas viridiflava in wild Marchantia polymorpha liverworts and interrogate the mechanisms enabling virulence in non-flowering and flowering plants. Their resu...
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April 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Did you catch Dr @samtmugford.bsky.social on BBC Farming Today? 🚜📻

Check it out below ⬇️
March 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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*Please apply through TSL website. We will begin reviewing applications on March 24, 2025.
🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Thank you so much to everyone who has come to visit us at Norwich Science Festival! 🌟🧪

Whether you’re fascinated by plant science already, or just another curious mind (young or old!), we’re enjoying meeting every single one of you at @theforumnorwich.bsky.social.

Come and see us today!
February 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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#Spotted: The JIC Pea testing out some of the fun activities we have at Norwich Science Festival! 👀🫛

🌾 Explore our varieties of wheat and discovery where they come from
🔬 Have a go at examining plant specimens under our microscopes
🐌 Watch a live slug feeding trial!

@theforumnorwich.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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We had such a great time chatting food, plants, flowers and pesky pathogens on Saturday in the Forum!
Norwich Science Festival is always a blast for TSL :D
Come visit us at the Forum for the Norwich Science Festival!

You may find your plant pathogen valentine today 🫶🏼 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @hsuanpai.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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February 2025 newsletter getgenome.net/network
February 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Watch it now on @GetGenome YouTube Channel -

Professor Derek Lundberg

"Genomics in a plant-associated Sphingomonas culture collection to determine genes useful in agricultural inoculants"

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GetGenome Seminar - Professor Derek Lundberg
YouTube video by GetGenome
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February 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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New Publication: The wheat NLR pair RXL/Pm5e confers resistance to powdery mildew (2025) |
@jonathandgjones.bsky.social
www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
February 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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New Publication: Preventing inappropriate signals pre- and post-ligand perception by a toggle switch mechanism of ERECTA (2025) |
@frankmenke.bsky.social TSL Proteomics
www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
February 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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New Publication: Complexity of the lichen symbiosis revealed by metagenome and transcriptome analysis of Xanthoria parietina (2025) |
@metalichen.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
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February 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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New Publication: Mechanisms of regulated cell death during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (2025)
@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
Mechanisms of regulated cell death during plant infection by the rice…
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February 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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delighted to be able to share an updated website for our project to bring Precision Bred disease resistant potatoes to public use in the UK biopotatoes.tsl.ac.uk
BioPotatoes
biopotatoes.tsl.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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@jonathandgjones.bsky.social at the Norfolk Farming Conference sharing plans to bring to market late blight- and virus- resistant potato varieties using technologies permitted under the Precision Breeding Act. Check out biopotatoes.tsl.ac.uk to learn more
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM