Kostya Kanyuka (@kanyukakostya) 's Twitter Profile
Kostya Kanyuka

@kanyukakostya

Molecular plant pathologist @niabgroup: plant-pathogen interactions; disease resistance; functional genomics/genetics; effectors; wheat. Loves mushroom hunting.

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Niab (@niabgroup) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Vacancy: Plant Pathologist Join #Niab's plant pathology team and work at the front line of cereal pathology trials in the UK ➡️ow.ly/Qsho50V7EjC

#Vacancy: Plant Pathologist
Join #Niab's plant pathology team and work at the front line of cereal pathology trials in the UK ➡️ow.ly/Qsho50V7EjC
Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 (@allohexaploid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fab turnout for AHDB Cereals Recommended List oilseed rape disease scoring training. A morning indoors with show and tell before heading to the field to score symptoms 🥶🍃, with superstar Niab pathologists Sandra, Huw and Charlie 🥼🍄‍🟫⭐️

Fab turnout for <a href="/AHDB_Cereals/">AHDB Cereals</a> Recommended List oilseed rape disease scoring training. A morning indoors with show and tell before heading to the field to score symptoms 🥶🍃, with superstar Niab pathologists Sandra, Huw and Charlie 🥼🍄‍🟫⭐️
Wheat Initiative (@wheatinitiative) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is tomorrow!!! Our #Wheat Pathogens EWG has a #webinar up! 20th of MAR: “Understanding mechanisms of crop pathogen emergence using large genome panels ” by Daniel Croll Have a look here! 👇👇👇 buff.ly/7VGjods KC 👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 Reem Aboukhaddour

This is tomorrow!!!
Our #Wheat Pathogens EWG has a #webinar up!
20th of MAR: “Understanding mechanisms of crop pathogen emergence using large genome panels ” by Daniel Croll
Have a look here!
👇👇👇
buff.ly/7VGjods 
<a href="/karchuntan/">KC 👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺</a>
<a href="/ReemWheat/">Reem Aboukhaddour</a>
Niab (@niabgroup) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Niab’s viticulture and oenology research leader Belinda Kemp PhD has been appointed to the role of Vice-President of the Microbiology Expert Group in the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) OIV. Full story➡️ow.ly/IGI250Vng31

Niab’s viticulture and oenology research leader <a href="/BKPinot/">Belinda Kemp PhD</a> has been appointed to the role of Vice-President of the Microbiology Expert Group in the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)
<a href="/OIV_int/">OIV</a>. Full story➡️ow.ly/IGI250Vng31
Niab (@niabgroup) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A few shots of some #Niab trials in Devon. They're from a variety of projects but many are looking at Septoria resistance within new and novel breeding lines eased by the lack of yellow rust pressure in south west England.

A few shots of some #Niab trials in Devon. They're from a variety of projects but many are looking at Septoria resistance within new and novel breeding lines eased by the lack of yellow rust pressure in south west England.
Kostya Kanyuka (@kanyukakostya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌾 Honoured to have played a small part in this impressive 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 study, led by an outstanding international team. Grateful to the lead authors for including us — and especially pleased to see my postdoc Jibril Lubega’s contribution recognised. 🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Mahmut Tör (@mahmuttor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We've shared our latest preprint on bioRxiv: Advancing RNAi-Based Strategies Against Downy Mildews: Insights Into dsRNA Uptake and Gene Silencing. We welcome your constructive feedback to refine our work. Read it here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #PlantPathology #DownyMildews

Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 (@allohexaploid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Colin Peters was away so I got a 20 second cameo on Morning Ireland this morning to talk about flea beetle and the fall/resurrection of OSR 🫣. ~Naturally~ they mentioned I was from Cork 🔴⚪️. Niab rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 (@allohexaploid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Come and do your #PhD with a fab team of supervisors Niab Department of Plant Sciences, and work with people who want to find genuine solutions to real world problems like #ergot. We would love to hear from you ☺️🌾🍄‍🟫🚜

AHDB Cereals (@ahdb_cereals) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UKCPVS needs wheat leaf samples with unusual levels of rust❗ The call for samples is more pertinent, following observations of yellow rust on many winter wheat varieties classified as resistant to the disease at the young plant stage. Read more ➡ ow.ly/97Eu50VM7LN

Dr. Wenbo Ma (@wenboeffector) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Deeply honored and humbled by this recognition. Thrilled to be part of The Sainsbury Laboratory! None of this would be possible without the unwavering support from my colleagues, friends, family, and above all, every past and present member of my group! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🙏🙏🙏The Royal Society IS-MPMI

Reem Aboukhaddour (@reemwheat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The International Symposium on Cereal Leaf blights #ISCLB2026 is happening May 2026 in Banff, Canada. Our official website is now live isclb.com Explore key info and stay tuned for more updates! Sask Wheat Alberta Grains SeCan Wheat Initiative AAFC Canada

The International Symposium on Cereal Leaf blights #ISCLB2026 is happening May 2026 in Banff, Canada. Our official website is now live isclb.com Explore key info and stay tuned for more updates! <a href="/SaskWheat/">Sask Wheat</a> <a href="/AlbertaGrains/">Alberta Grains</a> <a href="/SeCan/">SeCan</a> <a href="/WheatInitiative/">Wheat Initiative</a> <a href="/AAFC_Canada/">AAFC Canada</a>
Kostya Kanyuka (@kanyukakostya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A very nice and informative day out in the field ARVALIS near Saint-Quentin with our Aerobiomics-AMR project partners and French #wheat breeders.

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (@globalrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happening now at #ICRPMC2025 Charlotte Nellist Charlotte Nellist of Niab reports the 1st confirmed breakdown of Yr15 resistance in the UK. New pathotypes of yellow rust are overcoming this key gene in widely grown wheat varieties and raising major concerns for resistance durability

Happening now at #ICRPMC2025

Charlotte Nellist <a href="/nellic_/">Charlotte Nellist</a> of <a href="/niabgroup/">Niab</a> reports the 1st confirmed breakdown of Yr15 resistance in the UK. New pathotypes of yellow rust are overcoming this key gene in widely grown wheat varieties and raising major concerns for resistance durability
Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 (@allohexaploid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm not used to seeing snakes, after St Patrick drove them out of my homeland 100s of years ago🇮🇪 ☘️🐍, so was buzzing to see this fine specimen on the Niab trial ground. Big #Biodiversity tick box 🌲🌿🌻✅

Tolga Bozkurt (@tolga_bzkrt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Plz RT. We are looking for a postdoc to join our collborative project on AI-guided bioengineering of plant immune receptors Tolga Bozkurt and Jiorgos Kourelis labs: jobs.ac.uk/job/DNV032/res…

Niab (@niabgroup) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Plum and cherry growers could soon start matching the supply of water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to a tree’s demand with the start of a new, three-year long, industry consortium research project led by Niab ➡️ow.ly/tJEI50WtkMi

Plum and cherry growers could soon start matching the supply of water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to a tree’s demand with the start of a new, three-year long, industry consortium research project led by Niab ➡️ow.ly/tJEI50WtkMi
Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 (@allohexaploid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We still have a PhD position open to work on a great project, developing strategies for ergot control on-farm. It's open to Home applicants only unfortunately, registered @Cambridge Uni, fully funded for 4 years and working with a FAB team of supervisors😊niab.com/phds-at-niab

We still have a PhD position open to work on a great project, developing strategies for ergot control on-farm. It's open to Home applicants only unfortunately, registered @Cambridge Uni, fully funded for 4 years and working with a FAB team of supervisors😊niab.com/phds-at-niab