Sophien Kamoun
@kamounlab.bsky.social
Biologist @ The Sainsbury Lab; passionate about plant pathogens & evolution; open science advocate; loves travel, food and sports; nomad and hunter-gatherer. Web http://kamounlab.net | Medium https://medium.com/@kamounlab | GetGenome http://getgenome.net
Lab Meeting FAQ kamounlab.dreamhosters.com/KamounLab-Me...
Lab Meeting FAQ — Kamoun Lab
How the weekly lab meeting works in the Kamoun Lab: the open-mic format, what to present, how often, and how we give and take feedback. Steal it for your own lab.
kamounlab.dreamhosters.com
Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · yesterdayI just published: The lab meeting, explained Open mic, one slide, and why Joe chairs instead of me. And do check the FAQ. kamounlab.medium.com/the-lab-meet...
I’m glad to see that the new government believes in the potential of the UK. There has been a confidence problem after Brexit and political instability and incompetence apple.news/A-mLLzb6hTZe...
Treasury seeks to kick-start economy with £9bn-a-year borrowing bonanza — The Times and The Sunday Times
Ministers hope to exploit a change in the fiscal rules to spend billions more a year on housing, infrastructure and British start-ups
apple.news
I just published: The lab meeting, explained Open mic, one slide, and why Joe chairs instead of me. And do check the FAQ. kamounlab.medium.com/the-lab-meet...
The lab meeting, explained
Open mic, one slide, and why Joe chairs instead of me.
kamounlab.medium.com
#MemoryLane #2019 Commentary by @KamounLab on the structure and activation mechanism of NLR type plant immune receptor ZAR1 solved by teams of scientists led by Jijie Chai, Jian-Min Zhou and Hong-Wei Wang youtu.be/WCv7ekhtsQ0?...
KamounLab ZAR1 Video 2019
YouTube video by KamounLab
youtu.be
Great to have Aki & Mina back in Norwich, with talented students and postdocs from partner labs in Japan. We enjoyed great talks and follow-up discussions this morning.
Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 3d agoFrom #TSLSummer2015 @TheSainsburyLab to leading a delegation of Early Career Scientists from Japan 🇯🇵 Welcome back Aki @HiroakiAdachi3 and thank you for your dedication to mentorship 🙏
We have been busy this July! The latest GetGenome newsletter is full of exciting highlights, and lots of amazing resources, available to everyone. You can access all the links and all our previous monthly newsletters here getgenome.net/network A huge thank you to everyone 🙏
From #TSLSummer2015 @TheSainsburyLab to leading a delegation of Early Career Scientists from Japan 🇯🇵 Welcome back Aki @HiroakiAdachi3 and thank you for your dedication to mentorship 🙏
Love it when science, particularly evolutionary biology, makes it into mainstream media💥 “Have you ever heard of punctuated equilibrium?” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctua...
Terribly sad read 😢 Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor
Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism
theguardian.com
Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Baby Please Don't Go - Live At Checkerboard Lounge youtu.be/z3Or7huOK7o?...
Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Baby Please Don't Go - Live At Checkerboard Lounge
YouTube video by The Rolling Stones
youtu.be
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
theguardian.com
I asked ChatGPT which countries might have an interest in destabilizing Spain. Its answer? Russia. Seriously? Not a country whose leaders have repeatedly made hostile statements about Spain and whose relations with Madrid have sharply deteriorated—but Russia.
✨ Hello, August. A new month, a fresh start, and a gentle reminder to slow down and enjoy the little things. Soak up the sunshine, appreciate life’s simple moments, and make space for what brings you joy. Here’s to making the most of every August moment. 🌸☀️ #HelloAugust #AugustVibes #SummerMoments
Farewell to the #TSLSummer2026 participants. Always amazing to host and interact with such passionate and enthusiastic early-career scientists. Best wishes for the next steps of your careers 🥂
Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 2w agoA Hub for Plant-Microbe Interactions-- TSL Summer Conference #TSLSummer2024 #TSLSummer2026 #MemoryLane #NowHappening medium.com/@kamounlab/a...
Gave a short talk today at #TSLSummer2026, sharing my PhD work from @as-in-hohenheim.bsky.social @unihohenheim.bsky.social Thanks for the thoughtful questions and inspiring discussions. It’s been a fantastic week meeting fellow plant scientists and learning from so many great talks. 🌿
Our @TheSainsburyLab summer conference speaker today is Jane Parker on TIR-NLR immunity—A good reminder of how quickly science moves. It’s always interesting to see how models evolve as new data accumulate. #NLRbiology
“…all the children killed in war and conflicts” @britishlibrary methink ALL should be in bold and capital letters.
Our keynote speaker today @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #TSLSummer2026 is Yvonne Pinto—DG of The International Rice Research Institute, Philippines 🇵🇭 🌾 🍚 @justirri.bsky.social
Super cool initiative by @getgenome.bsky.social ! 🧬 Lots of useful resources, including free plasmid sequencing for researchers in over 100 countries.
Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe just published: Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free) Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward. medium.com/p/why-you-sh...
Great catching up in Madrid! 😊 Lots of new ideas and mentoring wisdom. Such a cool time to be in biology! 🔬 #CelebratingMentors
Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · last wk.An unforgettable day in Madrid 🇪🇸 with Roger @rcastellsg.bsky.social who now leads a vibrant lab on protein design @cniostopcancer.bsky.social A shared passion and curiosity for everything science… #Symmetry #CelebratingAlumni
Preprint Review @TheSainsburyLab FTW I said it and I say it again: high-profile papers that don't get preprinted are suspicious. BAD ACTORS DON’T PREPRINT. www.tsl.ac.uk/science-comm...
An unforgettable day in Madrid 🇪🇸 with Roger @rcastellsg.bsky.social who now leads a vibrant lab on protein design @cniostopcancer.bsky.social A shared passion and curiosity for everything science… #Symmetry #CelebratingAlumni
Great talk on oil bodies and herbivory in Marchantia by Loreto Espinosa-Cores in Selena Gimenez-Ibanez @CSIC Selena used to be in John Rathjen’s lab @TheSainsburyLab #CelebratingAlumni www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An honour to listen @kamounlab.bsky.social to learn how to use AI guided tools to adance plant immune systems understanding at the International Agrienvironment Symposium #IAS2026 in Salamanca
Wonderful warm welcome to Salamanca 🇪🇸 Gracias Javier Sánchez-Martín @javicheztin and Isabel Vicente Muñoz. Looking forward to a great day of science and culture.
