Our work on a Phytophthora WY effector that hijacks a host is now out in MPMI! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-0…

Come and help lead our efforts in Structural Biology across diverse, exciting and impactful research programs at John Innes Centre and with our partners.

AvrSr27 is a zinc-bound effector with a modular structure important for immune recognition biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

Today we’re celebrating and showcasing everything Advancing Plant Health (APH) ISP The Sainsbury Laboratory 🌱 Find out more about our APH ISP (Institute Strategic Programme) here: jic.ac.uk/research-impac… Mark Banfield Rachel Wells

Bioengineering a plant NLR immune receptor with a robust binding interface towards a conserved fungal pathogen effector biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

The blast effector Pwl2 is a virulence factor that modifies the cellular localisation of host protein HIPP43 to suppress immunity. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A really exciting opportunity to be part of something special at John Innes Centre and with Norwich Research Park partners. Come and lead our Structural Biology Facility and contribute to a wide variety of projects across discovery science and applied research. Check it out here 👇

Post-doc opportunity in my lab John Innes Centre! We’re hiring someone with computer science / computational biology expertise to study circadian and seasonal regulation in plants under natural conditions @bbsrc #plantsci #chronobiology jic.ac.uk/vacancies/post…

I am looking for a postdoc to work on understanding mechanisms of gene expression in the chloroplast 🧬🌿. An opportunity for someone interested in doing cryo-EM ❄️🔬and biochemistry 👇

How photosynthetic genes are transcribed 🧬🌿 I’m really pleased to share the first work from my group at John Innes Centre published today in Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Out now! H. H. Flor Distinguished Reviews, a new series honoring the legacy of Harold H. Flor, presents articles written by leading scientists who have significantly changed our thinking in an area of MPMI. Read the latest review in our new issue!

Pls RT! We have a funded #PhD position for UK students available Durham BioSciences. If you're interested in protein design and the idea of making molecular machines get in touch and join us at the new Centre for Programmable Biological Matter Durham University! shorturl.at/TF0Gg

Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Loved watching (on catch-up) Gojira performing at the Olympics opening ceremony 🤘

I'm absolutely delighted to see this online 😍! Check out the peer-reviewed version of our preprint on the structure of resting state autoinhibited NRC2. Turns out, some helper NLRs can form autoinhibited resting state homodimers 🤯 1/8 🧵👇

We are looking for a new Director to lead the John Innes Centre through some exciting times ahead for the Institute and beyond. Further details here: saxbam.com/appointment/jo…

Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

Thrilled to share our latest paper on engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of barley NLR for improved blast resistance. Thanks to everyone involved! Helen Brabham Josh Anson Lam JC De la Concepción Matthew Moscou Mark Banfield and Inmaculada Hernandez-Pinzon 🎉