I'll be posting a Patreon post later today, but while I was writing it, I realised that I needed to produce an additional diagram because.... not many people seem to know how #Ginkgo actually grows!!! Anyway, here's that diagram: Ginkgo long shoot development. #paleobotany #botany #plants #trees

My small contribution to the popularization of evolutionary biology during the #ESEB2025 week, thanks to this article on the evolution of rose breeding in The Conversation France. If you read French, here it is: theconversation.com/comment-le-c... If not, our Genetics paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Norwich 10K 2025

“For each one of you that dies, two shall take its place.” Cut away dried-out roses - and their lateral shoots emerged with new buds 😳

How can we better understand the plant immune system? In my new @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social piece, I propose “immune cell states” as a framework for uniting molecular and cellular perspectives. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

🪼 How did the animal body plan evolve? This ‘fundamental’ study in Clytia sheds light on how Wnt3 coordinates both gene expression and planar cell polarity during axis formation, offering key insights into the origins of morphogenesis. buff.ly/lLJ33VF #DevBio

There’s a famous chart from the Conservation Research Institute, which demonstrates this. GAZE UPON THESE ROOTS, YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR.

#2025ISMPMI Cologne 13-17 July Thanks everyone for visiting my stand! Our coordinating poster combo was fun :)

Cosy dinner with Nobori lab members last night #2025ISMPMI @siyusong.bsky.social @hsuanpai.bsky.social

Thrilled to share our latest preprint! This work started during my PhD and was finished together with @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social. We found a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector that bridges a host TOL protein to activated NLRs to suppress immunity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/15

Hot off the printer! Our lab will be introducing PHYTOMap to the MPMI community. Interested in spatially mapping both microbiomes and plant gene expression? Come see our posters at #2025ISMPMI P-315 by @siyusong.bsky.social P-441 by @hsuanpai.bsky.social

2/ We used a poster about scale along with a giant tomato plant & aphid all designed by @hsuanpai.bsky.social to immerse kids into the world of plants and plant-pathogen interactions 🌿🦠 After meeting our giant aphid 🪲 they got to hunt the mini real-life versions on the tomato plant 🍅

1/ Last week we had the pleasure to share our passion for plant biology at the #RoyalNorfolkShow 🌾🌽 Huge thanks to the STEMM Village & our TSL volunteers! Jennie, Kim @shaniakeh.bsky.social @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social @hsuanpai.bsky.social Phon, Shona @siyusong.bsky.social @adelineharant.bsky.social

Showcasing the awesomeness of flower genetics at The Royal Norfolk Show along with artist @hsuanpai.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Yet another awesome artwork by our own @hsuanpai.bsky.social! (PC: Ben Tremblay) #ICAR2025

Help received for posrer prepration 🙏

This cool new group leader wearing my fungarium t-shirt!

Amazing talk this morning #efpp2025 by @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social on spatial multiomics in plant pathogen interaction!

The Annual Roger Freedman Lecture honours the vision, guidance and leadership of Roger in establishing @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and supporting it throughout its history. The medal accompanying the lecture is designed by a very talented member of TSL, our very own @hsuanpai.bsky.social

It feels like summer when the roses start to bloom.

Written “I’M A FLIRT” on her name tag 😂😂 … 100%!

The medal designed by our own @hsuanpai.bsky.social 🏅🏅🏅

Excited to share my new Tansley Review @newphyt.bsky.social on emerging single-cell and spatial omics technologies, many of which are just beginning to be applied in plant biology! Big opportunities lie ahead for the field. [1/n]  nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The website for abstract submission and registration for #PPRM2025 is now online. We have a great lineup of speakers and we look forward to meeting you in #Edinburgh. pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk/registration

On an unexpected visit in May. #HomeTownTaiwan

Boat day! #GOOSE #Norwich

Single-cell multi-omics tell the secrets of plant immunity

Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 @Edinburgh!

Great evening at Shiki ☺️

Gardening cat is the best type of cat (AH, 2025). #HeJustWantsTheTreats

Three different moments in the life of a treehopper (Campylenchia hastata). They look totally different after each of their five molts! #treehoppers #membracids #insects

I think I’m opening a garden cafe …😂😂 but heyho! Loving it! I’m the luckiest person with all my friends around ♡

Drosera pallida - Pale Rainbow A scrambling sundew which flowers between July and October. These beautiful carnivorous plants are endemic to Western Australia #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #sundews #inaturalist #drosera

Always a treasure hunt at the old book shop! #BlicklingEstate #Norfolk

Dug out the broken tulip from silica sand today 👀🫙

For #NationalPetDay, we wanted to give a big shout out to two paw-some animal friends who make #LifeAtJIC that little bit more special 🌟🐾 Rex is our resident JIC #science #cat, but if you’re more of a #dog lover, our colleagues also enjoy regular visitors from Pets As Therapy, such as Snoopy here!

Nature’s viny vampire..🧛 Discover what drives #parasiticplant Cuscuta campestris to insert its organs into host plants: Read EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... Read the original article here: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🎉 Excited to share that our work is now published in PLOS Genetics @plos.org! The helper NLR NRC3 evolved to evade inhibition by the cyst nematode effector SS15 over 19 million years ago. Check out the peer-reviewed version of our preprint: 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Before the weekend

Activation of plant immunity through conversion of a helper NLR homodimer into a resistosome. Farewell Seva @M__Selvaraj and thank you for your many contributions! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

April 2nd is Autism Acceptance Day. Did you know the % of people with autistic traits is higher among scientists than in other workplaces. behavioral-innovations.com/blog/20-famo...

Lettuce preprint celebration today… complementary makes a good team 😌

Expanding & contracting can co-exist 🤯 #SaachiGallery

I’m fine falling into the lake #UEA

Sundews

Childhood happiness thanks @mpcontreras.bsky.social

This position may be filled at any time. If you're interested but haven't applied yet, we encourage you to submit your application this week!

Three weeks 🌸 #NorwichResearchPark

Seaside Saturday #Felixstowe

Spring at the NRP