ECRs in plant–microbe interactions: Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions. (We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)

The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...

Congratulations to @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social on this fantastic appointment! 👏

British Society of Plant Pathology@bspp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Saskia Hogenhout as the new BSPP President, whose pioneering research on plant-microbe-insect interactions is transforming our understanding of pathogen transmission and plant health. More about her work @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.jic.ac.uk/people/saski...

New preprint on pop #genomics of #spittlebug—the main insect vector of Xylella, the bacterium that has ravaged olive groves in southern Italy 🇮🇹 🫒 Take-home: problematic insect vector may be less widespread than initially thought—important implications for disease control 💥 👇

Roberto Biello@rsbiello.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We have a new preprint! In this study, we use #genomic data to uncover population structure and adaptive potential in the meadow #spittlebug, the main European #vector of #Xylella fastidiosa.

There’ll be several opportunities to join the group, starting w/ a PhD studentship via the BBSRC-NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior: biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...

Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles (SALEM_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Many animals rely on beneficial microbes for nutrition, defence, or reproduction. In this project, the student will explore an exciting new dimension of these relationships:

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

Guillaume de Nourriche! #Norwich 🇬🇧

🎉Thrilled to share our latest work, now published in @newphyt.bsky.social! 🧑‍🔬 @matteogravino.bsky.social, @samtmugford.bsky.social, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al., @johninnescentre.bsky.social #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity 📄 Read the full paper👇 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/8QSRJ9...

Our paper is now online in Science Advances! Congrats @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social and all coauthors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

science.org

Aphid Saliva fans, happy news, this amazing story is now out in Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... congrats @qunliu07.bsky.social @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al @johninnescentre.bsky.social 24h after a triumphant presentation at #ismpmi2025

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

science.org

Qun Liu@qunliu07.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're happy to present a pre-print from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social), describing how a family of proteases in aphid oral secretions suppress plant immunity.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

science.org

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Effector Innovation in Genome-Reduced Phytoplasmas and Other Host-Dependent Mollicutes

Obligate host-associated bacteria with reduced genomes, such as phytoplasmas, face strong evolutionary constraints, including metabolic dependence on hosts, limited horizontal gene transfer (HGT), and...

biorxiv.org

I just published: Postcard from Sardinia: a fragile migrant In an age of growing tension between north and south, one ordinary orange butterfly flutters freely across continents, unbothered by border checkpoints. This is the story of the painted lady. kamounlab.medium.com/postcard-fro...

Postcard from Sardinia: a fragile migrant

In an age of growing tension between north and south, one ordinary orange butterfly flutters freely across continents, unbothered by border…

kamounlab.medium.com

Follow authors on Bluesky: @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social @tom-mathers.bsky.social @samtmugford.bsky.social @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social @fionabugsnbees.bsky.social @tcheaven.bsky.social

Me on the radio this morning talking about UK preparedness for #xylella, froghoppers and the BRIGIT project in the @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Farming Today - 18/03/25 - Hare coursing, xylella and soil microplastics - BBC Sounds

Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

bbc.co.uk

Congrats Dr @reubenpjames.bsky.social! latest PhD from @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social

I'm super excited to spend some time in Tracey Chapman's lab (UEA) learning all aspects of insect handling and infection. I'll then be working with @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social (JIC) on a bioinf project characterising bacterial symbionts in one of her really cool insect collections.

@tom-mathers.bsky.social @samtmugford.bsky.social @fionabugsnbees.bsky.social @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social

Our preprint is now live! We have sequenced the genomes of three psyllid species. These insects pests transmit devastating plant diseases like 'zebra chip' in potatoes and 'carrot yellows' in carrots. 🥕 #MolecularEntomology #MPMI #PlantPathology #psyllids #liberibacter

bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Chromosome-level Assemblies of Three Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Vectors: Dyspersa apicalis, Dyspersa pallida, and Trioza urticae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.03.626329v1

Anyway, it's quite an accomplishment for this Dutch microbiologist to live rent-free in the head of "the greatest microbiologist of all times" (or however he thinks of himself). He now even writes papers about me!

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Our latest contribution to understanding plant pathogenic fungi better led by UQ. Intragenomic variants of a putative effector drive early-stage infection in a broad host-range rust fungus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Intragenomic variants of a putative effector drive early-stage infection in a broad host-range rust fungus

Rust fungi are pathogens that impact plants of environmental, agricultural, cultural, and economic importance. Their mechanisms of pathogenicity are not well-understood but are likely governed by effe...

biorxiv.org

GetGenome Newsletter November 2024 getgenome.net/network

Excited to co-organize the session 'Resolving heterogeneity in plants with imaging and omics' with @ignaciorubiosomoza.bsky.social at ICAR2025! Looking forward to having a wide range of speakers from abstracts. Stay tuned for more details! 📅 June 16-20 Ghent 🇧🇪 web.cvent.com/event/448810...

My first post here! We’re looking for an enthusiastic plant developmentalist to join our team as a postdoc working on how this wonderful plant builds sexually deceptive flowers. Link here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49334/

Mutations in da1, eod1, and erecta

The @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social lab are knocking it out of the park this week, another preprint about the mechanisms of an aphid effector protein

Qun Liu@qunliu07.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're happy to present a pre-print from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social), describing how a family of proteases in aphid oral secretions suppress plant immunity.

Thanks to everyone involved in this work @qunliu07.bsky.social, Anna Neefjes, Roksolana Kobylinska, @samtmugford.bsky.social, @mmarzo.bsky.social, James Canham (@thesainsburylab.bsky.social), @marischuster.bsky.social, Renier van der Hoorn, Yazhou Chen, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social

We're happy to present a pre-print from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social), describing how a family of proteases in aphid oral secretions suppress plant immunity.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 2y ago

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defence proteins to processing bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624400v1

I'm currently a postdoc with @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social but will be starting as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Arizona State University next year with @kstsosie.bsky.social

We’re delighted to share our latest preprint from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social) on the molecular mechanisms on plant-aphid interactions. Here we show how the aphid Mp10 effector protein acts as a local anaesthetic to suppress the plant perception of aphid attack

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 2y ago

The conserved aphid saliva chemosensory protein effector Mp10 targets plant AMSH deubiquitinases at cellular membranes to suppress pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.622802v1