So happy to have @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social with us for the day!

Delighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship! doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

I talk a lot about Rust for building high-perf (& even non-perf critical) software, & scientific software in particular. I often discuss what's interesting to me, but wanted to offer the chance to those interested for me to answer their questions about Rust in science. Fire away with questions!🧬🖥️

You designed binders for your favourite protein and wish there was a way to experimentally screen them within 24h w/ only a set of pipettes and a plate reader? Check out our Cell-Free 2-Hybrid approach (CF2H) Full post: tinyurl.com/48cz5nb6 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

#2025ISMPMI Agnus Bucknell of the Talbot lab gives an exciting presentation to engineer fungal effectors recognizing immune sensors based on Pik1. Great and clear talk.

#2025ISMPMI Want to know about transcriptional regulation driving pathogenicity in the blast fungus? Come to my poster (P-156) session today! From 13:30 to 15:15 🌾

@angusb.bsky.social wants to engineer plant resistance proteins (NLRs) from scratch. Can we create protein domains to integrate into NLRs to catch pathogen effectors? New tech makes this possible now. Chose Magnaporthe and Fusarium effectors as targets - many steps later, it worked! #2025ISMPMI

@mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social presents on the ToxB fungal effector. Pacbio long-read sequencing ~doubles detection of transposons compared to short-read. Helpful for finding where the multiple copies of ToxB -flanked by TEs- are throughout the genome. Sometimes in tandem copies! #2025ISMPMI

Excited to attend my 1st ISMPMI conference, and present our work on a paired wheat CNL/MLKL receptor mechanism! 🌾 Come chat to me at my poster on Tuesday, P-050! 📜 If you miss my poster session, I will be talking in: Crop resistance genetics and genomics on Wednesday - 16:25-16:35!

Big thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster today at #2025ISMPMI! For those that missed it, you can check it out on Zenodo! zenodo.org/records/1588...

Looking forward to #2025ISMPMI next week! I'll be presenting during the Engineering Plant-Microbe Traits session on Thursday, 17th. I'll be sharing some exciting collaborative work which will also be showcased by me at P-427 (Session 1, 14th) and Yuxuan Xi at P-193 (Session 2, 16th)! Come say hi!

Happy to have been featured in the Robigalia newsletter, led by @myrtlerustmartino.bsky.social. I would highly recommend checking out the newsletter for weekly plant pathology news and jobs/scholarships! robigalia.beehiiv.com/p/robigalia-...

We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Opportunities to do some great science with a great supervisor! Having worked in Megan’s lab for my Master’s research I can personally attest to how great of a PI she is!

If you're from the UK and are looking for a PhD, don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Amazing lab and amazing project!

Come join us at the Centre Programmable Biological Matter 👇

Last few days to apply for a PhD studentship in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...

Our work on a Phytophthora WY effector that hijacks a host is now out in MPMI! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

Another MIBTP PhD opportunity, in collaboration with @djgibbs.bsky.social. It turns out ferns are really hard to drown! How do they sense and survive low oxygen and what can this tell us about the evolution of O2 sensing mechanisms in plants? warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... I'm holding my breath...

#Plantscience We have an exciting new NERC CENTA PhD opportunity at Brum, aiming to understand why oaks take so long to flower, how climate change could affect this and how we might speed oak up! CENTA.ac.uk/studentship Project 2024-B38. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested. 🙂

Great time at the TSL student/postdoc pumpkin carving social today! 🎃 📸 by Matt Wengler

Come and join us @benitez_lab as a PhD candidate! exciting new research in beta 1,3 glucans, intercellular communication and plant development. Deadline for Expression of Interest is early January! Detail here www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Absolute marathon getting to Bristol yesterday. Went straight from TSL at 4:00 pm and got into Bristol at 00:30 am!

For some reason Asda didn’t do a Magnaporthe throw, but tried to match it to the PhD theme as much as possible!

Very excited for day 2 of my PhD at TSL. @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social and the group have been very welcoming, looking forward to some good research over the next few years!

👋 UK plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre, Norwich (east side of England).This 15m talk introduces the Norwich Research Park, JIC, and the range of things I do as a plant scientist. Please share if of interest to your networks and to help me build mine. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vh96...

What an incredible network of tree pathologists! #PPath2023 #plantpathology #planthealth @RobWJackson