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!

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...

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.