Submitting my PhD students Sophia’s first paper - yay! 🥳 #proudPI

Join us Dec 8 for "Catching the Scent." Discover how Ralstonia bacteria transition from soil to plant xylem and the surprising role of a newly identified sensor-regulator protein. FREE for members. Only $49 for nonmembers. https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p #plantpathology #plantscience

Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

From genes to epidemics: Genomic insights into bacterial plant pathogen emergence

Bacterial phytopathogens are major causal agents of newly emerging plant diseases. The roles of both agricultural practices and the alteration of bact…

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Dan from my lab presented his work on Pseudomonas phage that has an intriguing role in virulence. #planthealth2025 #proudPI

Daniel Maddock (@michhulin.bsky.social’s group) investigates prophage carrying a key effector protein that enables Pseudomonas bacteria to infect cherry trees. Deleting the whole prophage reduces virulence of the bacterium on the plant (leaf and woody tissue) 🍒 #PlantHealth2025

We’re in Hawaii! Looking forward to APS #planthealth2025. Come see Dan’s talk on Pseudomonas phages in the tree disease section on Monday! 🌺

I had the pleasure of mentoring REU student Lauren for a project this summer on P. syringae! Thanks for being part of the lab and the lovely parting gift @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Getting #ISMPMI2025 FOMO, but glad to see updates on @bsky.app 🦋. Looking forward to my first APS this year instead!

1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?

New from the Carter Lab! Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus. Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A packed day of #plantpathology with a team break for Spartan Swirl ice cream at the MSU dairy store! @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

One of the favourite parts of my job is sampling season! 🌸🧫🧬 A fun lab activity in the sunshine #microsky #plantsky @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Our first undergraduate Brooke that joined the lab presented at @michiganstateu.bsky.social UUARF today! She cloned a transcription factor and has started to characterise its effects in Pseudomonas syringae 🌱🧫 #microsky #plantscience

The lab had a great time at @msuscifest.bsky.social today presenting Pseudomonas plant pathogens, including ice nucleation and fluorescent bacteria! 🧫🍀 @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Had a blast visiting University of Utah! Thanks for the invitation Effie Symeonidi 🤩

Tree inoculation time! 🌳🌸 #plantscience

Lab ready to go with FFA Open House, excited to share our research with high schoolers interested in agricultural science 🧬 🌱 @michiganstateu.bsky.social

It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!

Michelle Hulin@michhulin.bsky.social · 2y ago

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

Snowy end to 2024! 🎆❄️

It was wonderful to have @vadillodieguez.bsky.social join my lab for a few months! Proud of all you have achieved - which was a huge amount in just 3 months! 🤩 Thanks for @bspp.bsky.social funding 🌱🧬 #womaninstem

📄 New Publication: Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants K Robinson, L Buric, K Grenz, @khongsamchia.bsky.social Phil Carella @JohnInnesCentre Wenbo Ma @michhulin.bsky.social www.tsl.ac.uk/publications... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Plant pathogenic Pseudomonas species naturally antagonize a diverse range of flowering plants. While emerging research demonstrates that isolates belonging to the P. syringae species complex colonize ...

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Check out this awesome work led by @philcarella.bsky.social group identifying pseudomonas pathogens of liverworts 🤩#plantscience

Phil Carella@philcarella.bsky.social · 2y ago

New Preprint! We identified Pseudomonas in wild liverworts and explored what makes them virulent. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Home-made magnetic stand seems to be doing the job 🧲🧬#newPI

First snow! ❄️☃️

Gave one of the last lectures in my MPMI 🌱 class today, specifically on applications of molecular plant pathology. It was fun to nerd out about how far technologies have come in the last few years 🤩🧬. Such an exciting time to be working/studying!

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We have a fully funded 4-year PhD studenship available that builds on parts of this pre-print: biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/dis... 🗓️ Deadline 25 Nov 2024 Please do get in touch if you're interested!

Andy Truman@andytruman4.bsky.social · 2y ago

New pre-print from the group 🥳 We use targeted genome mining to show that the plant pathogen Rhodococcus fascians makes the antibiotic lydiamycin. The BGC information then informed the discovery of multiple key features relating to the molecule 1/4 #biosynthesis www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Sunday feelings 🐶😴

#NewPI achievement of the day was getting my strain import permit approved! Exciting times for our bacteriology lab ahead 🧫🦠🧬

Can confirm 😎