Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that this matters for bee choice! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Eid Mubarak 🌙 Wishing everybody celebrating a happy and blessed Eid! #Eid2025 #EidMubarak

Liverpool #Microbio25

The Netanyahu government has killed 50,000 people in Gaza & wounded 112,000. Two weeks ago, they broke the ceasefire and have since killed 322 children & wounded 600. The US must end its complicity. Tomorrow, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in arm sales to Netanyahu.

I'm thrilled to share that our study is now published in Cell: Extensive N4 cytosine methylation is essential for Marchantia sperm function. cell.com/cell/fulltext/… This paper confirms our 4mC discovery in Marchantia sperm and takes it much further. A thread: 0/13

We will be speaking 😀

A true “lab” story in full bloom: Jonathan D. G. Jones, Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture 2025, and Caroline Dean, Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture 2020, are more than just partners in life — they’re also partners in discovery. Jonathan’s pioneering work revealed how plants

Excited to share our new review on organ symmetry establishment during gynoecium development, just published today! We dive into the latest insights shaping this dynamic field. P.S. This is also my first first-author publication—a big milestone Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

A three year postdoctoral position is available in my group, investigating plant centromere structure, function and evolution Department of Plant Sciences jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51488/

New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab John Innes Centre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…

A Royal Society funded PhD Studentship is available in our group to study meiotic recombination in plants: tinyurl.com/mt8cmw3d Eligible international students can also apply for JIC Scholarships to cover fee differences (e.g. tinyurl.com/4evzdc3r). Deadline: 21.07.25

Great PhD opportunity in our group to study meiotic recombination in plants! Funded by the Royal Society + support for international students too. Deadline 21 July – come join us! 🌱🧬 🔬

VACANCY: Horticultural Technician (50% part-time) in the Nobori Lab Tatsuya Nobori Manage the cultivation of the model plant Arabidopsis and support plant immunity research at the single-cell and spatial resolution Apply online, deadline 27/07 tsl.ac.uk/working-at-tsl… #PlantSciJobs

Our paper is now online in Science Advances! Congrats Saskia Hogenhout John Innes Centre and all coauthors! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Postdoc position currently available in our group studying meiosis in arabidopsis and wheat: jic.ac.uk/vacancies/post…

New group leader opportunity John Innes Centre - We're looking for interests in (not limited to) growth and development, environmental/organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, cell biology, biochemical, and modelling approaches jic.ac.uk/vacancies/grou…

He posted 45 minutes ago and now he’s dead. Kinetic strike. Most likely keyed off his cell phone signal, which the IDF tracks. To the “journalists” in the West who toe the line with the NYT editorial board. Any words for your colleague?

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned if this doesn’t end, “Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him

"…Journalists…doctors…children…everyone fights for their lives…it is the fall of universal principles…" Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza reflects global powers letting PM Netanyahu act with impunity.