Glycan recognition by a plant sentinel immune receptor biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I hope it’s a fun demonstration of the diverse modules made available by our amazing Synbio team 🤩

First day of the Contreras lab at ZMBP! Exciting times ahead 🤯 #NewPI

EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common Symbiosis Pathway biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Nice Collaboration with Pierre-Marc Delaux, Jean-Michel Ann et al. The story of EPP1 continues!!!

Great to be in Kansas State for a celebration of Barbara Valent’s career- what an impacts she’s had on rice blast research

A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_plants

New pre-print from our group showing remarkable synchrony of proliferative growth & regulated cell death during plant infection-each conidial cell has different developmental fate-by the rice blast fungus EseolaAlice Xia Yan @osesmir Lauren Ryder Dan MacLean Martin Egan

This year Dr. Wenbo Ma is opening our Annual Science Meeting, one of the highlights of our scientific year! Find out more about what the Ma lab specialises in: tsl.ac.uk/our-work/scien… John Innes Centre

Omar Yaghi--Palestinian Nobel Laureate 🇵🇸😍

Huge congratulations to PhD students Lena Knorr, from Dr. Wenbo Ma's group, and AmirAli Toghani, from the Sophien Kamoun, for their 2025 ASM poster awards! 🎉🌱

Save the Date: #PPATH2026, Norwich, 8–10 September 2026 British Society for Plant Pathology

📋 Join us on Friday 17th for a fascinating seminar with the researcher Neftaly de Jesús Cruz Mireles (Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich) Don't miss it! 🕓 9:30 AM 📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium More information here! ⬇️

Excited to visit IHSM La Mayora this Friday. Looking forward to meeting everyone there!

Today we had the pleasure of having Neftaly Cruz Mireles Neftaly Cruz Mireles (Zurich Univ.) as part of #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series. Neftaly shared with us his latest results on rice blast disease, which threatens Valencia’s rice fields. Thanks Neftaly!

An elevated environmental temperature impairs accumulation of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_plants

The German company that built the forklift used in the Louvre robbery uses a photo of the heist to advertise itself: “When things need to be done quickly.” 😂😂😂

It's that time of the year again. Here's a sneak preview. Watch out for the post showing every expertly carved pumpkin and vote for your favourite

Spooky season has arrived! 👻 We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at The Sainsbury Laboratory—vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️

🏆NEWS: Delighted to spot two of our group leaders on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate for Academia & Government The list aims to recognise the most influential researchers on a global scale, representing those in the top 1% by citations for their field. #HighlyCited2025

Fungal effector-mediated PTI suppression from the apoplast! rdcu.be/ePW9F