Soobin Shin
@soobinshin.bsky.social
Postdoc in Aileen group at TSL Interested in fungi, plant, and insect
Our review is now online! Led by @soobinshin.bsky.social, we dig into the secondary metabolites shaping insect-fungus symbioses, from mutualists to parasites, and how they drive host specificity, behaviour & immunity 🐛🪲🍄🍄🟫 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4w agoNew Publication: Secondary metabolism in fungal-insect interactions (2026) www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
Latest preprint from our group. We found the Bip1 transcription factor is phosphorylated in a Pmk1-dependent manner & with Mst12 co-regulates appressorium-specific functions, as well as acting on genes associated with invasive growth. @camilla-moli.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A Pmk1-Regulated Mst12-Bip1 Network Coordinates Appressorium Function, Effector Deployment, and Invasive Growth by Magnaporthe oryzae
To cause rice blast disease, the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae develops a specialised infection cell called an appressorium, which generates enormous turgor to breach the rice leaf cuticle. Al...
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Excited to share this pre-print from my PhD work! We explore a Pmk1-Mst12-Bip1 network required for appressorium-mediated infection by the blast fungus 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thread 👇
A Pmk1-Regulated Mst12-Bip1 Network Coordinates Appressorium Function, Effector Deployment, and Invasive Growth by Magnaporthe oryzae
To cause rice blast disease, the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae develops a specialised infection cell called an appressorium, which generates enormous turgor to breach the rice leaf cuticle. Al...
biorxiv.org
Boyoung Kim from the lab of Chang-Sik Oh on the effectors of the cucurbit pathogen Paracidovorax citrulli—both AVRs and immune suppressors 🦠🥒🍉 Wonderful to see our Korean colleagues joining us at #BSPP26 @bspp.bsky.social See you in Jeju! #PPATH2026 #RoadToJeju #MPMI2026
The second chapter of my PhD thesis is out in @NatureComms 🎉!! we found that a "Yellow" protein, the same gene family known for pigmentation in many insects, has been repurposed to protect a beetle's bacterial symbiont. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yellow protein co-opted to sustain obligate symbiosis in leaf beetles - Nature Communications
Insects have evolved diverse strategies to protect their genome-reduced symbionts during vertical transmission. Here, authors show that tortoise beetles have co-opted a Yellow protein to form spheres ...
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Thank you Tatsuya for giving me the opportunity to join this exciting project and for sharing so many valuable insights into method development and spatial techniques. And thank you to everyone who I met throughout the predoc for all the lovely memories :)
Tatsuya Nobori@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 4w agoFarewell to @karenuchida.bsky.social ! As a pre-doc in our lab, she made a huge contribution to our spatial microbiome project, as well as to outreach and teaching. Next month, she’ll start her PhD at ETH Zurich with Julia Vorholt. Wishing you all the best, Karen!
New Publication: Secondary metabolism in fungal-insect interactions (2026) www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
Secondary metabolism in fungal-insect interactions
Natural products are central to the ecology and evolution of many insect-microbe symbioses, where they underpin parasitism, host manipulation, and cooperative interactions. In this review, we examine…
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VACANCY - Funded by @European Research Council (ERC), we have three exciting opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers to join the newly appointed Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social Group. These roles span: Developmental biology - https://okt.to/nq50wC 🧵
So glad to finally see this out in its peer-reviewed form! rdcu.be/fxLmF And don't miss the News&Views by Christos N. Velanis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The dual trxG/PcG protein ULTRAPETALA1 modulates H3K27me3 and directly enhances POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 activity for fine-tuned reproductive transitions
Nature Plants - This study reports a bivalent factor, ULTRAPETALA1, that can counteract as well as promote PRC2 activity at hundreds of developmental genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. The pro-PRC2...
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Happy to finally see this out in a peer-reviewed form 🧬🌱 Congrats to everyone who contributed! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The dual trxG/PcG protein ULTRAPETALA1 modulates H3K27me3 and directly enhances POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 activity for fine-tuned reproductive transitions - Nature Plants
This study reports a bivalent factor, ULTRAPETALA1, that can counteract as well as promote PRC2 activity at hundreds of developmental genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. The pro-PRC2 activity of ULTRAPETAL...
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Wonderful talk!! Thank you for the great set of NLRs 😀 @yejinjennieahn.bsky.social #TSL #TSL_summer_conference
What an exciting day at the Microbial Genomics ECR Symposium! Julia Boogh, @gaiagaliberti.bsky.social and @soobinshin.bsky.social gave talks, and Beatriz Isabel won a Poster Prize 🏆 Thank you @GetGenome, @micronorwich and @Novogene_Europe for organising this amazing symposium 🌱 📷 Novogene Europe
🧬 Another fantastic session at the #MicrobialGenomics ECR Symposium! Great to catch up with our partners Sam Rowe (CMI) and James Canham (@GetGenome): 🦠 Eleanor Hayles 🌾 Soobin Shin 🌊 Ndeye Bineta DIA 🧬 Kanza Zerhouni Abdou Fantastic science collaboration! #Genomics #NGS #Microbiology #Novogene
🧬 #MicrobialGenomics ECR Symposium is officially underway! This morning's fantastic talks: 🧬 Selvi Ergin 🦠 Joshua Horton 🍄 Julia Boogh 🎤 Prof Jonathan Todd @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that @berasymbionts.bsky.social's group is fully operational at TSL, with their beetles now happy in the insectary! Aileen's research program focuses on the three-way molecular dialogue between fungi, insects and plants 🍄🟫🪲🌱 Full video here: buff.ly/PEk4PAJ
That was the fundamental research question addressed by our new Group Leader @hassansalem.bsky.social, @inespons.bsky.social and other colleagues at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social, using tortoise beetles as a research model: www.jic.ac.uk/news/symbiot... Image credit: Dr. Inès Pons #InsectWeek
Symbiotic partner-swapping or long-term fidelity? The secrets of partnership success between beetles and bacteria | John Innes Centre
Some insects and microbes develop symbiotic partnerships, which become so interdependent that they can no longer survive without each other. But how specific are these heritable symbioses? That was th...
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@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social and I reviewed what we know about our favourite cereal killer and compared it to human-infecting relatives. Check it out! 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pathogenicity and virulence of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
The blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of the most serious disease of cultivated rice and an emerging threat to wheat production. Controlling blast diseases is therefore critical t...
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A new preprint is OUT! 🚨 Thrilled to finally share our work on how decoy diversification underpins the regulation of an NLR-mediated autoimmunity. Check out the full story on @bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/6)
What an amazing #Fungal26✨ Feeling very inspired– thank you to everyone who shared science and ideas! Thank you to the organisers for my poster award, @gensocuk.bsky.social for sponsoring my attendance and huge thank you @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social for these past years! I will miss the Talbot Lab.
That’s a wrap on our Mechanics of Symbiosis meeting in Heidelberg 🎉 Had an amazing time organizing this with @berasymbionts.bsky.social, @floravincent.bsky.social & Tom Richards. Safe trip home everyone! #EESSymbiosis @events.embl.org
EMBL Events@events.embl.org · 6mo agoWelcome to Day 1 of #EESSymbiosis! ✨ 🔬🧫 From host cells to insects and marine unicellular eukaryotes, today’s discussions showcased innovative methods in symbiosis research. We’re excited to take you along on this journey as we explore the fascinating complexities of symbiotic function.
Day 3 at #EESymbiosis! ✨ Today, we explored how symbionts can be harnessed for benefit, and immunity and pathogenesis in symbiosis. Lots of interesting talks and plenty of ideas to take away.
Next, @soobinshin.bsky.social on a TF in Fusarium that plays a role in the plant host penetration and is linked to ribosome biogenesis #EESSymbiosis
Super stoked about the EMBL cellular mechanics of symbiosis conference. I loved the first time this conference was held 3 years ago, and this is going to be just as good. Let's see if I manage to stock to live skeeting this time! #EESSymbiosis @events.embl.org
After over 6 wonderful years with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social, it’s time to head upstairs and join the @berasymbionts.bsky.social group for a fun new postdoc! 🪲 Huge thank you to Nick and everyone in the lab for all the support, this isn’t a goodbye, just a new TSL second-floor chapter 🥳
Nick Talbot@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast day in the group for Camilla Molinari who will join @berasymbionts.bsky.social soon, after she presents her great work at #Fungal26.
Looking forward to welcoming @camilla-moli.bsky.social to the lab!! Here’s to the wonderful science ahead @thesainsburylab.bsky.social ! 🍄🦠🔬🪲
Camilla Molinari@camilla-moli.bsky.social · 6mo agoAfter over 6 wonderful years with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social, it’s time to head upstairs and join the @berasymbionts.bsky.social group for a fun new postdoc! 🪲 Huge thank you to Nick and everyone in the lab for all the support, this isn’t a goodbye, just a new TSL second-floor chapter 🥳
Huge thanks to Ruth Ley, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt & Andreas Brune for being part of Marleny’s committee. And the Mutualisms Lab for a masterful hat & celebration! Marleny is off to an exciting postdoc w/ Philipp Engel in Lausanne 🇨🇭
Congratulations to @marlenygarcial.bsky.social for defending her PhD today 👩🎓 She is an outstanding researcher, labmate and friend who makes every project, discussion, and coffee break better. It’s been a privilege to work with you. I can't wait to see all the amazing science you'll do next! ✨🪲🐝
Our group’s inaugural PhD 🎉🍾 Toasting the successful & excellent defense of Dr. Garcia-Lozano 🎈 Congratulations, @marlenygarcial.bsky.social!!
Excited to collaborate with @hassansalem.bsky.social and @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social on this new Postdoc opportunity! If you're interested in the developmental biology of symbiosis, apply and join us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social 🪲🦠🔬
Hassan Salem@hassansalem.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin @berasymbionts.bsky.social , @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and us for a postdoc on the remarkable developmental biology of symbiosis! Applications are due March 25th 🪲🦠 @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social