Nick Talbot
@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
Interested in plant pathology, fungal development, cell biology. I study a disease called rice blast and work at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Views my own.
Hemsby Beach Norfolk today.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hemsby Beach Norfolk today.
The Norwich Guildhall Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) - probably planted in the 1860’s near the 15th Century Guildhall by Norwich Market one of my favourite trees in the city - highlighted in Paul Wood’s Treehunting book.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Norwich Guildhall Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) - probably planted in the 1860’s near the 15th Century Guildhall by Norwich Market one of my favourite trees in the city - highlighted in Paul Wood’s Treehunting book.
Norfolk Broads this morning
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Norfolk Broads this morning
Lichen hunting this afternoon at @IPMBSinica in Taipei
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Lichen hunting this afternoon at @IPMBSinica in Taipei
Lichens enjoying the fresh air and humidity in Taiwan!
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Lichens enjoying the fresh air and humidity in Taiwan!
Taipei today for a visit to @IPMBSinica to hear about all the great science here.
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Taipei today for a visit to @IPMBSinica to hear about all the great science here.
Crisp autumn morning in Norfolk. I am interested to see how this Winter oil seed rape develops, as it’s been sown with a companion crop of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) to suppress cabbage stem flea beetle.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Crisp autumn morning in Norfolk. I am interested to see how this Winter oil seed rape develops, as it’s been sown with a companion crop of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) to suppress cabbage stem flea beetle.
The hunter returns. Orion appearing as well as Jupiter and the Gemini twins.
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The hunter returns. Orion appearing as well as Jupiter and the Gemini twins.
Always fun to spend time at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna. I think he’d like the science here
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Always fun to spend time at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna. I think he’d like the science here
In the 15th Century Dragon Hall in Norwich at a book festival event. Spectacular medieval building
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the 15th Century Dragon Hall in Norwich at a book festival event. Spectacular medieval building
Great to welcome Vivianne Vleeshouwers using evoMPMI to find novel sources of resistance to potato pathogens from wild Solanum relatives- to control early and late blight by NLR and PRR-based resistances.
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great to welcome Vivianne Vleeshouwers using evoMPMI to find novel sources of resistance to potato pathogens from wild Solanum relatives- to control early and late blight by NLR and PRR-based resistances.
Beautiful Tübingen on my visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology hosted by Yen-Ping Hsueh
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Beautiful Tübingen on my visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology hosted by Yen-Ping Hsueh
Kansas prairie today
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Kansas prairie today
Great to be in Kansas State for a celebration of Barbara Valent’s career- what an impacts she’s had on rice blast research
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great to be in Kansas State for a celebration of Barbara Valent’s career- what an impacts she’s had on rice blast research
Above the clouds of Texas- on my way to Kansas City
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Above the clouds of Texas- on my way to Kansas City
Cell cycle checkpoints are critical to plant infection by rice blast - great to see @osesmir.bsky.social building a research programme in Pamplona to address this #IFBC25 #CelebratingAlumni
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cell cycle checkpoints are critical to plant infection by rice blast - great to see @osesmir.bsky.social building a research programme in Pamplona to address this #IFBC25 #CelebratingAlumni
Nice to see Theophrastus taking centre stage over Galen and Hippocrates - need to show some funders this to remind them how important plants are! Cool being in Greece with the old gods #IFBC25
September 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Nice to see Theophrastus taking centre stage over Galen and Hippocrates - need to show some funders this to remind them how important plants are! Cool being in Greece with the old gods #IFBC25
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
Merton College Chapel on rather an important day
September 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Merton College Chapel on rather an important day
The stone keep of Norwich Castle dating from about 1094-1121. Still looking impressive! And another good habitat….
September 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The stone keep of Norwich Castle dating from about 1094-1121. Still looking impressive! And another good habitat….
Gravestone of John Kett in Wymondham, probably a descendent in the family of the famous Kett’s Rebellion against Henry VIII - now a great habitat for lichens.
September 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Gravestone of John Kett in Wymondham, probably a descendent in the family of the famous Kett’s Rebellion against Henry VIII - now a great habitat for lichens.