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Taiwan x Norwich, The Sainsbury Laboratory. Illustration works
https://paiinthelab.blog/
My seedlings drawing is featuring the December issue of Plant Cell Environ cover! I remember making this drawing during our holidays in Croatia 😆 What a justification for more holidays 😆😆
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The Sainsbury Laboratory
8 days ago
Looking for a good read?
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social
is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK. “It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
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Living Maps: Uncovering the Spatial Biology of Plants
Tatsuya Nobori brings high-resolution multiomic approaches to plant biology to map how plants interact with microbes on a cellular level in 3D.
https://www.the-scientist.com/living-maps-uncovering-the-spatial-biology-of-plants-73690
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The end of October
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Nature Plants
2 months ago
In case anyone wants to make a cool t-shirt, a high-definition PDF is available here:
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NPlants_cover_AUG25_print.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1704NQ2xDePMIH5fW2lVCyZTPMrX0dXhS/view?usp=sharing
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Sjors Scheres
29 days ago
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/ab52d2c2-0688-48e7-a7d1-77ae54a6aa4b
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The Sainsbury Laboratory
29 days ago
Fantastic hosting the @GoogleDeepMind team at TSL with
@kamounlab.bsky.social
🌱 From AI in plant health to building scientific capacity, our missions clearly resonate! Tools like AlphaFold can accelerate scientific breakthroughs in our field -holding real promise for global food security 🌍
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Phil Carella
about 1 month ago
New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
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Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...
https://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/understanding-host-compatibility-in-the-marchantia-phytophthora-system-carella_j26dtp/
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Christine Faulkner
about 1 month ago
We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!) How do cells communicate when it's hot? Don't know? Me either! Come work with us
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
and figure it out
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
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How do cells communicate when it’s hot? (FAULKNER_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.
https://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how-do-cells-communicate-when-its-hot-faulkner_j26dtp/
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Nick Desnoyer
about 1 month ago
For more on petunia transposon patterns check out this paper or go follow
@atinygreencell.bsky.social
who designs petunia in his home lab!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The best part of preparing a digram is testing the colour scheme!
about 1 month ago
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Warming up for more E. coli drawings 😆🙏
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about 1 month ago
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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿
3 months ago
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
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Thibault (Tibo) Leroy
3 months ago
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...
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Norwich 10K 2025
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“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 😳
3 months ago
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Tatsuya Nobori
3 months ago
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...
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eLife
4 months ago
🪼 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
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Kingfisher & Wombat
4 months ago
There’s a famous chart from the Conservation Research Institute, which demonstrates this. GAZE UPON THESE ROOTS, YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR.
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#2025ISMPMI
Cologne 13-17 July Thanks everyone for visiting my stand! Our coordinating poster combo was fun :)
4 months ago
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Tatsuya Nobori
4 months ago
Cosy dinner with Nobori lab members last night
#2025ISMPMI
@siyusong.bsky.social
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Mauricio Contreras
4 months ago
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...
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Tatsuya Nobori
4 months ago
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
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The Sainsbury Laboratory
5 months ago
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 🍅
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The Sainsbury Laboratory
5 months ago
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
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Nick Desnoyer
5 months ago
Showcasing the awesomeness of flower genetics at The Royal Norfolk Show along with artist
@hsuanpai.bsky.social
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Tatsuya Nobori
5 months ago
Yet another awesome artwork by our own
@hsuanpai.bsky.social
! (PC: Ben Tremblay)
#ICAR2025
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Help received for posrer prepration 🙏
5 months ago
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This cool new group leader wearing my fungarium t-shirt!
5 months ago
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Thorsten Langner
5 months ago
Amazing talk this morning
#efpp2025
by
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social
on spatial multiomics in plant pathogen interaction!
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Nick Talbot
6 months ago
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
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It feels like summer when the roses start to bloom.
6 months ago
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Written “I’M A FLIRT” on her name tag 😂😂 … 100%!
6 months ago
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Tatsuya Nobori
6 months ago
The medal designed by our own
@hsuanpai.bsky.social
🏅🏅🏅
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Tatsuya Nobori
6 months ago
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/...
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Exploring the untapped potential of single‐cell and spatial omics in plant biology
Advances in single-cell and spatial omics technologies have revolutionised biology by revealing the diverse molecular states of individual cells and their spatial organization within tissues. The fie...
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70220
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PPRM2025 Edinburgh
6 months ago
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
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On an unexpected visit in May.
#HomeTownTaiwan
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6 months ago
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Boat day!
#GOOSE
#Norwich
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Molecular Cell
8 months ago
Single-cell multi-omics tell the secrets of plant immunity
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Single-cell multi-omics tell the secrets of plant immunity
In a recent article in Nature, Nobori et al. unveil spatiotemporal dynamics of immune states of plant cells during pathogen infection. Cells in contact with the pathogen act as primary immune responders (PRIMER) and propagate immune responses to mount…
http://dlvr.it/TJMw9v
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Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 @Edinburgh!
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7 months ago
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Great evening at Shiki ☺️
7 months ago
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Gardening cat is the best type of cat (AH, 2025).
#HeJustWantsTheTreats
7 months ago
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Judith A.H. Smit
7 months ago
Three different moments in the life of a treehopper (Campylenchia hastata). They look totally different after each of their five molts!
#treehoppers
#membracids
#insects
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I think I’m opening a garden cafe …😂😂 but heyho! Loving it! I’m the luckiest person with all my friends around ♡
7 months ago
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WA Orchids
7 months ago
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
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Always a treasure hunt at the old book shop!
#BlicklingEstate
#Norfolk
7 months ago
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Dug out the broken tulip from silica sand today 👀🫙
7 months ago
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John Innes Centre
7 months ago
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!
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Plant & Cell Physiology
7 months ago
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
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Nature’s viny vampire: Discovering what drives parasitic Cuscuta campestris
Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078193
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Yu Sugihara
7 months ago
🎉 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...
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Before the weekend
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