Honour McCann
@honour.bsky.social
Max Planck Research Group Leader // Plant pathogen emergence and evolution // http://instagram.com/honourmccann // Opinions my own etc
Presenting Dr. Daria Evseeva! Daria defended her thesis at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social last week and earned her doctorate - with distinction! She worked on a historic outbreak of Ralstonia in Martinique, the origins of the banana outbreak in Indonesia, and the evolution of intermicrobial antagonism.
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Presenting Dr. Daria Evseeva! Daria defended her thesis at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social last week and earned her doctorate - with distinction! She worked on a historic outbreak of Ralstonia in Martinique, the origins of the banana outbreak in Indonesia, and the evolution of intermicrobial antagonism.
There’s a leak - and a conceptual artist - at the Max Planck 👌
September 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
There’s a leak - and a conceptual artist - at the Max Planck 👌
Cocktail clarification in progress
June 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cocktail clarification in progress
Black Forest Lab Retreat! Great hikes, exploding kittens* and milk-washed cocktails. *The card game
June 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Black Forest Lab Retreat! Great hikes, exploding kittens* and milk-washed cocktails. *The card game
This is what a multi-floor meeting looks like at the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social. Love a good science lobby 😁
May 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is what a multi-floor meeting looks like at the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social. Love a good science lobby 😁
The classic Tübingen photo 😄 @olayarendueles.bsky.social visited the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and told us about the impact of extracellular polysaccharide on phage and plasmid-mediated HGT 👌
April 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The classic Tübingen photo 😄 @olayarendueles.bsky.social visited the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and told us about the impact of extracellular polysaccharide on phage and plasmid-mediated HGT 👌
Thanks for the awesome talk and fun visit @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social !
March 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thanks for the awesome talk and fun visit @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social !
@estukenbrock.bsky.social on tour at the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social 😎 Thanks for the visit and great talk!
March 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@estukenbrock.bsky.social on tour at the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social 😎 Thanks for the visit and great talk!
Using genomics to explore the ecology and evolution of plant-associated microbial populations and communities? 🌿
Submit an abstract by March 11 and join us in Cologne this July for #ISMPMI2025! We serve cool science + cold German beer 🍻 Join the party: buff.ly/uqEfN6O
Submit an abstract by March 11 and join us in Cologne this July for #ISMPMI2025! We serve cool science + cold German beer 🍻 Join the party: buff.ly/uqEfN6O
March 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Using genomics to explore the ecology and evolution of plant-associated microbial populations and communities? 🌿
Submit an abstract by March 11 and join us in Cologne this July for #ISMPMI2025! We serve cool science + cold German beer 🍻 Join the party: buff.ly/uqEfN6O
Submit an abstract by March 11 and join us in Cologne this July for #ISMPMI2025! We serve cool science + cold German beer 🍻 Join the party: buff.ly/uqEfN6O
Infected plant // Infectious laughs 😁
February 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Infected plant // Infectious laughs 😁
Visiting collaborators and attending PhD proposal and comprehensive exams at UGM this week 🇮🇩
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Visiting collaborators and attending PhD proposal and comprehensive exams at UGM this week 🇮🇩
I was in Indonesia yesterday for a Phd proposal exam at UGM 😊🇮🇩 Well done Pudak!
November 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I was in Indonesia yesterday for a Phd proposal exam at UGM 😊🇮🇩 Well done Pudak!
Thanks everyone for a great 2024 UCSB QBio Summer Research Course on Mobile Elements in Microbial Evolution!
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Thanks everyone for a great 2024 UCSB QBio Summer Research Course on Mobile Elements in Microbial Evolution!
None of this would be possible without Boris Shraiman's leadership and contributions, as well as the support provided by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. You're doing a good thing here, thank you!
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
None of this would be possible without Boris Shraiman's leadership and contributions, as well as the support provided by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. You're doing a good thing here, thank you!
.. thanks also to the many staff members at the
UCSB KITP who help with all the logistics involved in gathering a group of QBio and program members together and contributing to an excellent experience.
UCSB KITP who help with all the logistics involved in gathering a group of QBio and program members together and contributing to an excellent experience.
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. thanks also to the many staff members at the
UCSB KITP who help with all the logistics involved in gathering a group of QBio and program members together and contributing to an excellent experience.
UCSB KITP who help with all the logistics involved in gathering a group of QBio and program members together and contributing to an excellent experience.
Shoutout to Eileen Hamilton, Megan Rodriguez and Serena Chen, who stocked the lab with every tube, plate and shaker requested.. along with piles of Nanopore kits!
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Shoutout to Eileen Hamilton, Megan Rodriguez and Serena Chen, who stocked the lab with every tube, plate and shaker requested.. along with piles of Nanopore kits!
.. Benedek Facskó and Lucie Jiraska having a laugh with Luke Hillary during wetlab projects. TAs are the allstars.
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. Benedek Facskó and Lucie Jiraska having a laugh with Luke Hillary during wetlab projects. TAs are the allstars.
.. Dallas Mould, Noah Houpt..
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. Dallas Mould, Noah Houpt..
Big shoutouts to the team of brilliant dedicated TAs for helping to set up the projects, train QBio members and ensure the wetlab and drylab experiments run smoothly! Ludo Calabrese, Marco Molari, Jaime Lopez, Daria Evseeva, Elena Colombi, Luke Hillary shown here.. +
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Big shoutouts to the team of brilliant dedicated TAs for helping to set up the projects, train QBio members and ensure the wetlab and drylab experiments run smoothly! Ludo Calabrese, Marco Molari, Jaime Lopez, Daria Evseeva, Elena Colombi, Luke Hillary shown here.. +
Ludo won for QBio 🏆
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Ludo won for QBio 🏆
.. and competed with Program members for the First Annual KITP-QBio Ping Pong Cup. We had refs.
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. and competed with Program members for the First Annual KITP-QBio Ping Pong Cup. We had refs.
.. meat carefully grilled by Boris and Richard..
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. meat carefully grilled by Boris and Richard..
.. enjoyed food carefully seasoned by Ben..
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. enjoyed food carefully seasoned by Ben..
.. talked science at the Residence, where chalkboards are never far..
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. talked science at the Residence, where chalkboards are never far..
.. joined cocktail hours with Program members..
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
.. joined cocktail hours with Program members..