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Thank you Selva M. Selvaraj for all your contributions and for kicking off cryo-EM The Sainsbury Laboratory so many years after Aaron Klug opened the lab. Selva dedicated his seminar to Karen Davies who sadly passed away last month.

📣NEWS: TSL Executive Director Prof. Nick Talbot Nick Talbot has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognising his contributions to plant pathology, open science & global collaboration! tsl.ac.uk/news/nick-talb…

It's finally out! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to Jonathan D G Jones for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread to follow The Sainsbury Laboratory Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

🎉 We’re hiring! Two ERC-funded #PostdocJobs on insect–phytopathogen mutualisms are available in my lab. Explore the chemical and molecular evolution of symbioses! 🧪Chemical ecology: tinyurl.com/chem-ecol-symb 🦠Phytopathology & mutualisms: tinyurl.com/symb-plantpath

Huge congratulations to Camilla Molinari on successfully defending her PhD thesis. Thanks go out to the examiners Sebastian Eves-van den Akker and Philip Carella. Nick Talbot

Great to host Michelle Momany this week @thesainsburylab to discuss septin biology and present her work on clinical anti-fungal resistance and how it is being affected by agricultural use of fungicides.

Congratulations to my great colleague @wenboeffector on her election to The Royal Society - a well deserved honour in recognition to her contributions to our understanding of effector function and plant immunity. The Sainsbury Laboratory

The Magnaporthe oryzae effector Pwl2 alters HIPP43 localization to suppress host immunity (Vincent M Were , Xia Yan , Andrew J Foster , Jan Sklenar , Thorsten Langner , Amber Gentle , et. al.) doi.org/10.1093/plcell… Were Vincent ASPB #PlantSci

Our review on mechanobiology of fungal invasive growth with Lauren Ryder and Joris Sprakel in the Current Biology Special issue #Fungi cell.com/current-biolog…

New special issue from Current Biology: the incredible Fungal Kingdom! From microscopic yeasts to the massive "humongous fungus" explore fungi’s roles in evolution, ecology, and discovery. Dive in: hubs.ly/Q03rdl9J0

Congratulations Dr Berlaine Quime who successfully defended her PhD today! Halpin Scholar #9 PhD#44 ⁦The Sainsbury Laboratory⁩ ⁦Berlaine Quime⁩

Many transcription factor families have evolutionarily conserved binding motifs in plants academic.oup.com/plphys/article…

Join us for another day at the #RoyalNorfolkShow to talk about what we do at The Sainsbury Laboratory !

Okay, now this is wild - You can expose a desert lichen Clavascidium lacinulatum to UVC radiation for 3 months, at same dose that kills Deinococcus radiodurans, the most radiation-resistant bacteria, in 60 sec - and it survives! Lichens rock! liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/as…

In my new lab, we’ll continue exploring plant–fungus interactions and modelling climate‑change scenarios. We’re currently recruiting for PhD and postdocs — please stay tuned for updates!

Single-cell analyses of pathogen-free ETI reveals that, while most ETI components are ubiquitously expressed, certain immune regulators are spatially restricted (e.g. CBP60g & SARD1 TFs in pavement cells, or NHP genes in companion cells). Excellent work! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you're working on plant peptide and receptor signalling, don't miss this year's Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting (PPRM) in Edinburgh! 🐦 Early bird registration closes today 📝 Abstract submission deadline: 11th July pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk

Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues at #2025ISMPMI next week! Find me at P-267 >>> Session 1, Monday, 14th. In the meantime, you can check out my poster on Zenodo :) #openscience zenodo.org/records/158379…

Looking forward to #2025ISMPMI soon! I'll be presenting during the Engineering Plant-Microbe Traits session on Thursday, 17th. I'll be sharing exciting collaborative work which will also be showcased by me at P-427 (Session 1, 14th) and Yuxuan Xi at P-193 (Session 2, 16th)!

Wang lab shows that in response to echinocandins C. albicans thickens its wall while C.auris stiffens the wall via upregulating B1,6 glucan and strengthening B1,6 - Mannan interactions. nature.com/articles/s4146… ECMM YoungECMM ISHAM The Young ISHAM MRC Centre for Medical Mycology