So proud to see this story finally out!🎉 We added new data since our previous preprint—transgenic barley plants with an engineered immune receptor that fights off two fungal pathogens at once. Short 🧵 and link to the original preprint thread on X👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Final version of our NRG1 MS is out! We uncover a surprising mechanism: the helper NLR NRG1 targets organellar membranes to trigger immunity Great collaborations with @KamounLab, @JiorgosKourelis, @jonathandgjones, @AdamWu9527, and the @Phil_Carella labs! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We are devastated to announce that our colleague and friend Professor Philippa Borrill died over the Easter weekend following a rare immune system disorder (HLH). She was a fantastic scientist, collaborator and mentor, and a close friend to many: www.jic.ac.uk/news/profess...

There is a week left to apply for two available positions in my lab @ipbhalle.bsky.social - PhD: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/12-phd-posit... - Postdoc: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/13-postdocto... Earliest start date: 01/05/2026. We are interested in plant immune receptor biochemistry and evolution. Please share!

📣 Our latest story just dropped on bioRxiv:: A structurally unique effector shared between Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum is involved in cotton defoliation and virulence on other hosts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵

My lab at the JIC is recruiting 3 PDRA: 🔹 Bioinformatics / AI 🔹 Molecular Biology / Genetics 🔹 Proteomics Programme funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 📅 Closing date: 27 February Apply via JIC website: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/ Please share with outstanding candidates. 🙏

Interested in plant calcium signaling? This meeting is for you: Connect, share your work and build collaborations at EMBO workshop Plant calcium signaling: 20 – 24 September 2026 | Primosten, Croatia meetings.embo.org/event/26-cal... #PhD#Postdoc#EMBO#CalciumSignalling

Happy to share our latest paper: The symbiosome space needs to be continuously cleared from demethylated pectins to keep rhizobia happy. Former PostDoc Chao Su took this story with him when moving back to China and finished it off. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience; @uni-freiburg.de

Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍

EVENT - 4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 🗓️ 12 December 2025 ⏰ From 9:30 am 📍 @theforumnorwich.bsky.social, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF For more info: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge... 💻 Register by 14 NOVEMBER 2025: forms.office.com/e/7xLvVHtbC6 @philcarella.bsky.social

NEWS - Innovative Neurodiversity e-learning now available The John Innes Centre has launched a new Neurodiversity e-learning resource available to all, following a successful year-long BBSRC-funded Understanding, Valuing and Celebrating Neurodiversity project: www.jic.ac.uk/news/innovat...

We developed machine learning models to infer circadian phase from single plant samples, using it to explore variation in circadian timing. Great collab with @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social @ajwhall.bsky.social @hannahcr6.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chronobiology

New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social! We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

VACANCY - We’re seeking an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join our Bioimaging Platform, to help train users on light microscopes, collaborate on imaging projects and provide technical support. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/op... Closing date - 11 August 2025 Contract - Full time, indefinite

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... 🗓️ Closes 25 August Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in... 🗓️ Closes 5 September