Our group's latest preprint shows TurboID can be adapted for studying extracellular elicitor-receptor interactions in plants. Hopefully useful for the apoplastic MPMI community www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by former PhD @abdelrahmanqutb.bsky.social

A TurboID-based proximity labelling method for detecting extracellular protein interactions in plants

The apoplast is a primary location for interactions between plants and invasive pathogens and is the site where many pathogen-secreted effectors are perceived by cell surface immune receptors to activ...

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I recently had a fantastic opportunity to present my work with Dr @graemekettles.bsky.social and Dr @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social at the International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights (ISCLB 2026) in the beautiful town of Banff, Canada 🇨🇦

A mammoth work from the lab of @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social! Well done @alejandra1909.bsky.social and the team!

James McDonald@jamesemcdonald.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🧵 1/ New preprint alert! From the FUTURE OAK project, led by the super talented @alejandra1909.bsky.social Large-scale culturing of the tree microbiome enables targeted disease suppression Here's what we found... 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Today, there’s a nationwide protest in the Philippines. Despite billions spent on flood control, floods worsen each year. Why? Corruption—ghost projects and shoddy infrastructure. All for the profit of the corrupt networks of officials and contractors. newsinfo.inquirer.net/2112650/tens...

Tens of thousands join anti-corruption protests in Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Emotions ran high as tens of thousands of people staged protests in various parts of Metro Manila on Sunday, Sept. 21. The demonstrations were held on the anniversary of

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Congratulations @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social!!

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich@usyseth.bsky.social · last yr.

We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱

Newly published study by Prof Lindsay Hall @halllab.bsky.social and Prof Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social finding that antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus bacteria are common in premature babies www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/wi...

Exciting news! This paper is now out in the world! Thank you once again to all co-authors, especially to @wvschaik.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social!

Willem van Schaik@wvschaik.bsky.social · last yr.

I am delighted that our manuscript 'Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut' is now published. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Big thank you to all co-authors, particularly @lisalamberte.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social

Excited to have my first post on this app be this one! It's been a long time coming. Thank you massively to everyone involved, especially @wvschaik.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social for just being great bosses and for helping me push this forward.

Willem van Schaik@wvschaik.bsky.social · 2y ago

New preprint from the group just landed ‘Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut’ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... /1