Beautiful study by @thevirusmc.bsky.social and @plantophagy.bsky.social. Definitely worth a read 👇 Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Welcome to MSc student [email protected] to the #Proteomics team [email protected]

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

We want to wish Sir David Attenborough Hon FRSB a very happy 100th birthday today! A champion of biology and the natural world, we reflect on Sir David's contributions to the field and how he has supported the RSB over the years. Read the full story: www.rsb.org.uk/david-attenb...

What an amazing game of football. End to end, with so much individual quality. @kvaratskhelia_m and @Diaz_Luiz goals out of this world #PSGBAY

While King Charles III visits the White House, King Wilhelm Alexander of The Netherlands 🇳🇱 is on speed skates with his family to celebate his birthday on the 27th of April in Dokkum #KingsDay #Koningsdag #DutchTraditions

#GGFungi2026 Call for Projects is now closed. Thank you for your interest: 76 Applications from 18 countries!

A phosphorelay circuit drives extracellular alkalinization in receptor kinase-mediated immune and cell-wall damage signaling: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Thank you very much @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social for an inspiring talk at the Botanical Garden, Zurich last Friday. There is still so much to learn about plant immune responses at the single cell level! @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #IPMB #FridayForum

New preprint out! 🚀 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We mapped how septins organise infection in the rice blast fungus—and found they are far more dynamic than previously thought. Thread 👇 #FungalPathogenesis #CellBiology #septins

PPRM2026 Registration is now OPEN! www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind... You can book hotel rooms at the venue here 👇

AI-tools to study fungal effector function introduced by ⁦‪@ahbucknell.bsky.social‬⁩ #Fungal26 #FungalAI @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Phosphoproteomic analysis of TOR signalling during appressorium development of Magnaporthe ⁦‪@mattwengler.bsky.social ‬⁩ #fungal26

Want to hear about gene regulation driving pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus? Come to my talk this afternoon at the Cell Wall Synthesis and Remodelling session at 16:40! Or my poster tonight! 🍄 #Fungal26

Kicking off #Magnafest26 is Juan Carlos de la Concepcion showing cryo-electron tomography of appressoria in blast #fungal26

Yvonne Scamarcia from Robbie Loewith's lab describing TOR function in Magnaporthe - a key likely regulator of appressorium morphogenesis via TORC1 and turgor control via TORC2 #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Magnagenes- an open science resource for the Magnaporthe research community with many new functions is being developed ⁦ @thesainsburylab.bsky.social ⁩ by Neha Sahu ⁩ #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Goodbye #Magnafest26, and hello #Fungal26! A big thanks to @osesmir.bsky.social and @frankmenke.bsky.social for organising this year’s meeting, as well as all the presenters! Looking forward to seeing the research in the greater fungal research community at FGC!

A potential signal for effector sorting via Uba4 translational control by @WilsonLab #magnafest26 #fungal26

Rachel Taylor describes role of the NDR kinase Cot1 in polarised growth and pathogenesis of blast #Magnafest26 #fungal26

Lenny Bonadei from Robbie Loewith's lab with a new high efficiency CRISPR-Cas9 system for editing in Magnaporthe enabling in-locus tagging and highly efficient mutagenesis. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Here is our very own 'PhosphoJave' Bautista introducing his family of phosphorylated fungal effectors and their potential regulation #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Euan Cawston on investigating the role of Mst7 and identifying potential scaffolds of the Pmk1 MAPK pathway #Magnafest26 #Fungal26 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Fabio Dos Santos Barbosa on dissecting the Sln1 turgor-sensor pathway and its role in appressorium function. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Aidan McVey on epigenetic regulation of Starships in blast. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Florencia Casanova describing functional genomics of lineage-specific effector genes in wheat blast #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay. In the current political climate it is even more important we stand still and remember victims of #fascism and #intolerance. #NeverAgain

Few more days until the abstract submission deadline for Fungal2026 (4th of December). David Canovas and I are chairing the concurrent session 'Sensing and signalling'. ECR scientists working on fungal sensing and signalling are encouraged to submit their abstracts. genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/

Very greatfull to work with this brilliant and diverse bunch that make up the #proteomics team @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. #Awayday. 🇨🇦🇫🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇵🇭🇬🇭🇨🇳🇨🇿🇩🇪🇳🇱

Spooky season has arrived! 👻 We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️

My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available → authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...

Engineering auxin degradation into root-associated bacteria promotes plant growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.25.684584v1

By the @cellsensing.bsky.social and Zipfel labs: The plant receptor kinase HSL3 senses a cyclic, disulfide-bond stabilized peptide phytocytokine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Voting by post in the #Dutch Parliamentary #elections. In these difficult times exercising democratic duty is more important than ever. Voting for a inclusive and fair government that tackles the #climatecrisis and emphasizes #education.

Excited to visit @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social this Friday. Looking forward to connecting with everyone there!

Out in @science.org this week: A new FRET sensor for salicylic acid gives insight into spatial dynamics of pathogen infection www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (1/2) #PlantScience

FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱 -Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences. Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions. apply.interfolio.com/175001

Looking back at some of the inspiring lectures from #PPRM2025 in Edinburgh—such a privilege to learn from so many outstanding researchers. Grateful for this community and the ideas it sparks. @keikoutorii.bsky.social @gittacoaker.bsky.social @marischuster.bsky.social

Our @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab Friday seminar today is hosted by Hyeonmin @Hynmn_Jeong / Susana Coelho on the curious world of brown algae 👀

We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social. “I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.” buff.ly/VvoR27Q

That’s a wrap for #PPRM2025. Great science, wonderful community and amazing location. Glad it all went smoothly and big thanks to @jackrhodes.bsky.social and @draegermarkus.bsky.social for helping organize the meeting.

🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards. www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠

Train journey from Norwich to Edinburgh for #PPRM2025. Looking forward to be immersed in everything plant peptide receptor signaling!

Congratulations to @izzysaurlab.bsky.social, @pfeilmeier.bsky.social, @clemmar.bsky.social and @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social on their prestigious ERC Starting Grants! 🤩 #CelebratingAlumni #TSLalumni

Only a few more days left until the start of #PPRM2025. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers and the final program is now online. Check it out here: api.kdmeventsportal.co.uk/static/downl...

TSL's great fun day out

Netanyahu’s actions in Gaza are “Unconscionable and unthinkable”

Jewish actor Many Patinkin blasts Israel's "unconscionable" war on Gaza youtu.be/87300T8MFTg?si… via @YouTube

Reading @harukimurakami.bsky.social by the pool, temporarily swapping running with swimming. Initially bought the novel for a running friend, but glad I bought a second copy. Reading this, I’m looking forward to running again soon. #HolidayVibes