Very happy to have been part of the @kamounlab.bsky.social My time there as a predoc was a life changing experience 🙏🏽

Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 6d ago

This Is What 20 Years of Science Looks Like | Kamoun Lab Tribute Twenty years. More than a hundred people. One long-running obsession: how plants and their pathogens fight it out. #KamounLab #PlantPathology #PlantScience #OpenScience #TSL #Norwich #LabLife youtu.be/ZJtN6OBqA6Y?...

This Is What 20 Years of Science Looks Like | Kamoun Lab Tribute Twenty years. More than a hundred people. One long-running obsession: how plants and their pathogens fight it out. #KamounLab #PlantPathology #PlantScience #OpenScience #TSL #Norwich #LabLife youtu.be/ZJtN6OBqA6Y?...

This Is What 20 Years of Science Looks Like | Kamoun Lab Tribute

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🌱New preprint 🎉 I am happy to share this last work of my PhD research! We uncover a novel role of cysteine protease RD19 in immunity. RD19 regulates RBOHD-generated ROS and is required for induced resistance responses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... More details in the thread below! 🧵

Arabidopsis cysteine protease RD19 limits RBOHD-generated ROS production in pattern triggered immunity

Plants perceive pathogenic threats through receptors localized at the plasma membrane and inside cells to initiate pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI), respectively....

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5 years ago, @hacquardst.bsky.social and I became very interested in 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎, an emerging fungal pathogen that colonizes the roots of many plants 🌱 🍅 🌾 🆕📝 Final result of a huge team effort to uncover the bases of its multi-host compatibility👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Carbohydrate-active enzymes from a core root mycobiota member enable infection of multiple plant hosts - Nature Microbiology

Host-induced fungal CAZymes act as disease determinants and drive multihost compatibility.

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An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis

An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis

Angiosperm seed formation requires the coordinated development of the products of double fertilization—the embryo and the endosperm. The endosperm mediates efficient nutrient transfer from surrounding...

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Still time to apply !

COST Action PlantWallK@plantwallk.org · 3mo ago

📢 Two postdoc positions available in @mc-caillaud.bsky.social's group (RDP lab, ENS de Lyon), part of an ERC Consolidator. Project: how plant cells orient their division, combining cell biology, molecular genetics, and mechanical modelling. 📅 Deadline: 1 Oct 26 | Start: Nov 26 onwards Details 🧵👇

I made a presentation to other faculty about recent progress in general AI, to facilitate the discussion around the impact for research and teaching in biology. It could be that the slides are useful for others trying to do that same. Feel free to re-use. docs.google.com/presentation...

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Recent AI developments and what they mean for us Quick primer on general AI models* State-of-the-art in AI agent capabilities AI agents in biology (examples) Discussion - what does this mean for our r...

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Very excited to present our work at the MechanoBioTalks next week! Thank you very much @green-te.bsky.social the opportunity and for bringing ECRs together.

Cecilia Borassi@ceciborassi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sign up for the upcoming MechanoBioTalk by Neftaly Cruz Mireles (University of Zurich): "Defining protein phosphorylation networks at the plant–pathogen interface"- 16th September 2PM CET. Find the registration link and more information in our website: green-te.nl/activities/ @green-te.bsky.social

Sign up for the upcoming MechanoBioTalk by Neftaly Cruz Mireles (University of Zurich): "Defining protein phosphorylation networks at the plant–pathogen interface"- 16th September 2PM CET. Find the registration link and more information in our website: green-te.nl/activities/ @green-te.bsky.social

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Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]

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I'm excited to share that my newly funded #ERCStG FRONTERA is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers at @ipbhalle.bsky.social 🌱🔬 If you are passionate about plant immunity, proteolysis, membrane proteins, or proteomics, I'd love to hear from you. 🧵 Please RT/share!

Excited to launch our ERC project ImmuneCellState 🚀 We’ll investigate how individual plant cells respond to pathogens and explore new dimensions of plant immunity research by integrating single-cell/spatial omics, deep learning and genome editing. @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last mo.

📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Congrats @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social !!! Looking forward to see all the cool things your lab will discover!

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last mo.

📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Thrilled to have the opportunity to investigate the role of membrane protein proteolysis in plant immunity through the ERC Starting Grant FRONTERA! A heartfelt thank you to my mentors, friends, and family whose support, encouragement, and guidance made this possible. #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last mo.

📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Super excited of obtaining a ERCstg to support our project MORPHEUS 🎉🎉 Receiving this grant is a pivotal moment for my lab at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as will allow to extend the scope of our research in cellular reprogramming using ribosome dormancy as entry point 😴🌱❄️🔬 @erc.europa.eu

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last mo.

📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Two great talks from @thesainsburylab.bsky.social among the hot topics at #fungalGRC2026 - @gaiagaliberti.bsky.social and our alumnus @neftalycm.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

The team from @thesainsburylab.bsky.social (and Zurich) at #FungalGRC2026 at Squam Lake in New Hampshire

With a bit of delay, but my latest work on engineering a sensor for plant proteolysis was published online in The Plant Cell (1/5).

Our latest work on immune receptor engineering for enhanced pathogen recognition is out in @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... #NLRs #Effectors #Exo70

Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance

Engineering the barley NLR RGH2 enhances recognition of blast pathogen effectors from rice and wheat, leading to improved disease resistance.

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Two great talks from @thesainsburylab.bsky.social among the hot topics at #fungalGRC2024 - @gaiagaliberti.bsky.social and our alumnus @neftalycm.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Switzerland and the UK making the most of their participation in the EU research funding initiatives with Switzerland tied with Germany for the largest number of grants in life science.

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 4mo ago

The results of the Advanced Grants 2025 are here! Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉 Curious to know more ? 👉 buff.ly/uiU9x5K #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch

No talk summaries at the Fungal GRS/C, but the GRS attendees do have a mascot we’ve adopted: Behold, the Lobfather! #FungalGRC

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.

🎉 📰 Very happy to share the journal publication of our manuscript "Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation"! #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org @teamthomma.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation

Fungal effectors may have evolved from ancient antimicrobials, shaping plant microbiota and immunity during infection.

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Thanks, Nef! It was an honour to visit the University of Zurich as a postdoc-invited speaker. Great to catch up with so many people. The Botanical Garden was amazing!

Neftaly Cruz Mireles@neftalycm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thank you very much @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social for an inspiring talk at the Botanical Garden, Zurich last Friday. There is still so much to learn about plant immune responses at the single cell level! @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #IPMB #FridayForum

Thank you very much @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social for an inspiring talk at the Botanical Garden, Zurich last Friday. There is still so much to learn about plant immune responses at the single cell level! @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #IPMB #FridayForum

Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fungal Cell and Molecular Biology Gordon Conference #GRC26 Oral presentations will be selected from abstracts. Limited places available. GRS 👉🏽 shorturl.at/vRdwY GRC 👉🏽 shorturl.at/pjhg0

Magnagenes- an open science resource for the Magnaporthe research community with many new functions is being developed ⁦ @thesainsburylab.bsky.social ⁩ by Neha Sahu ⁩ #Magnafest26 #Fungal26

I’ll be talking today at the #Fungal26 concurrent session: AI in Fungal Research. I’ll be presenting on protein design in M. oryzae at 15:20 in the Fred Farr Forum. I’ll also be presenting my poster (#651A) tonight - come say hi!

On my way to #Fungal26! I'll be speaking at #MagnaFest presenting work on regulation of Pmk1, a key component of fungal pathogenesis. If you wanna chat I'll be at poster 652A from 7pm on the 18th. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Euan Cawston on investigating the role of Mst7 and identifying potential scaffolds of the Pmk1 MAPK pathway #Magnafest26 #Fungal26 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social