Join us Dec 8 for "Catching the Scent." Discover how Ralstonia bacteria transition from soil to plant xylem and the surprising role of a newly identified sensor-regulator protein. FREE for members. Only $49 for nonmembers. https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p #plantpathology #plantscience

Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Dan from my lab presented his work on Pseudomonas phage that has an intriguing role in virulence. #planthealth2025 #proudPI

Daniel Maddock (@michhulin.bsky.social’s group) investigates prophage carrying a key effector protein that enables Pseudomonas bacteria to infect cherry trees. Deleting the whole prophage reduces virulence of the bacterium on the plant (leaf and woody tissue) 🍒 #PlantHealth2025

We’re in Hawaii! Looking forward to APS #planthealth2025. Come see Dan’s talk on Pseudomonas phages in the tree disease section on Monday! 🌺

I had the pleasure of mentoring REU student Lauren for a project this summer on P. syringae! Thanks for being part of the lab and the lovely parting gift @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Getting #ISMPMI2025 FOMO, but glad to see updates on @bsky.app 🦋. Looking forward to my first APS this year instead!

1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?

New from the Carter Lab! Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus. Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A packed day of #plantpathology with a team break for Spartan Swirl ice cream at the MSU dairy store! @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

One of the favourite parts of my job is sampling season! 🌸🧫🧬 A fun lab activity in the sunshine #microsky #plantsky @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Our first undergraduate Brooke that joined the lab presented at @michiganstateu.bsky.social UUARF today! She cloned a transcription factor and has started to characterise its effects in Pseudomonas syringae 🌱🧫 #microsky #plantscience

The lab had a great time at @msuscifest.bsky.social today presenting Pseudomonas plant pathogens, including ice nucleation and fluorescent bacteria! 🧫🍀 @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Had a blast visiting University of Utah! Thanks for the invitation Effie Symeonidi 🤩

Tree inoculation time! 🌳🌸 #plantscience

Lab ready to go with FFA Open House, excited to share our research with high schoolers interested in agricultural science 🧬 🌱 @michiganstateu.bsky.social

It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

Snowy end to 2024! 🎆❄️

It was wonderful to have @vadillodieguez.bsky.social join my lab for a few months! Proud of all you have achieved - which was a huge amount in just 3 months! 🤩 Thanks for @bspp.bsky.social funding 🌱🧬 #womaninstem

📄 New Publication: Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants K Robinson, L Buric, K Grenz, @khongsamchia.bsky.social Phil Carella @JohnInnesCentre Wenbo Ma @michhulin.bsky.social www.tsl.ac.uk/publications... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check out this awesome work led by @philcarella.bsky.social group identifying pseudomonas pathogens of liverworts 🤩#plantscience

Home-made magnetic stand seems to be doing the job 🧲🧬#newPI

First snow! ❄️☃️

Gave one of the last lectures in my MPMI 🌱 class today, specifically on applications of molecular plant pathology. It was fun to nerd out about how far technologies have come in the last few years 🤩🧬. Such an exciting time to be working/studying!

We have a fully funded 4-year PhD studenship available that builds on parts of this pre-print: biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/dis... 🗓️ Deadline 25 Nov 2024 Please do get in touch if you're interested!

Sunday feelings 🐶😴

#NewPI achievement of the day was getting my strain import permit approved! Exciting times for our bacteriology lab ahead 🧫🦠🧬

Can confirm 😎

Yay for googly eyes googly-ing in the lab!

It's a thing for sure

Important activity of the day is adding googly eyes 👀 to our thermomixer #science #lab #newPI

Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏 🦠🧪🧫🧬

I initiated a plant pathology/plant microbe starter pack, feel free to self-nominate 🥀 go.bsky.app/LbYaW8k

Excited for the labs first bacterial inoculations this week! #plantscience

The labs first Arabidopsis are growing 🌱💚🧬

The labs first protein gel! Excited to start (and teach) protein work again 🤓

Today is my first day as an Assistant Professor @ Michigan State University! Looking forward to starting my program on plant pathogenic bacteria ecology and evolution 🌱🧫 #newPI #womaninstem

Festive protein structure is our new Christmas decoration 🎄, a lovely gift from my previous lab 🥰

Yesterday was my last day at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social! Had a wonderful 3 years in the Ma lab 💚. Looking forward to the next adventure at Michigan State University #newPI #womaninSTEM