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The Sainsbury Laboratory
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An independent research institute renowned for world-leading fundamental discoveries in molecular plant-microbe interactions to reduce crop losses
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 22h
Congrats and well done!
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 1d
Huge congratulations to PhD students @lenaknorr.bsky.social, from the Ma group, and @amiralito.bsky.social, from the @kamounlab.bsky.social, for their 2025 ASM poster awards! 🎉🌱
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Alex McClelland @alexjmcclelland.bsky.social · 1d
1/13 Thankfully, both you and your plants have a lot of sophisticated ways to fight off invading pathogens.
In our new preprint, we describe a new way in which animals and plants share a common strategy to ward off harmful bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen
Plants secrete a variety of proteases as a defense response during infection by microbial pathogens. However, the relationship between their catalytic activities and antimicrobial functions remains la...
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Alex McClelland @alexjmcclelland.bsky.social · 1d
13/13 Thank you to my PhD supervisor, Wenbo, who always inspires scientists to climb new heights and to @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for being a wonderful place to do science.
Please read our preprint where we go into a lot more detail!
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 1d
Huge congratulations to PhD students @lenaknorr.bsky.social, from the Ma group, and @amiralito.bsky.social, from the @kamounlab.bsky.social, for their 2025 ASM poster awards! 🎉🌱
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 1d
We're so proud of @dianagdlc.bsky.social and @mpcontreras.bsky.social, joint winners of the 2024 John Innes Foundation prize for Excellence in Scientific Research 🎉
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d
BLOG - A look back at our 2024 Annual Science Meeting awards

This week is our JIC/TSL Annual Science Meeting, a yearly conference for staff and students. Each year, awards are given to those who go above and beyond - we've taken a look back at last year’s winners 🏆

www.jic.ac.uk/blog/a-look-...
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Vangeli Geshkovski @vgeshkovski.bsky.social · 1d
Great talk! (not biased at all) 😉
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 1d
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social's talk concludes another day full of exciting research at our annual science meeting 🌱🧬

Find out more about the Nobori lab: www.tsl.ac.uk/our-work/sci...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 1d
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social's talk concludes another day full of exciting research at our annual science meeting 🌱🧬

Find out more about the Nobori lab: www.tsl.ac.uk/our-work/sci...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 2d
📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme

This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences at The Sainsbury Laboratory, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social

🗓️ Apply before 13 Nov '25 ➡️ okt.to/qjy60T
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 2d
Applications are now open for the 2026 John Innes Foundation Rotation #PhD programme - bringing together three world-class institutes with expertise in #plant, #microbial, and #datascience at the Earlham Institute, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social.

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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme
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Hsuan Pai 白暄 @hsuanpai.bsky.social · 2d
The best part of preparing a digram is testing the colour scheme!
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 3d
Wonderful talk on natural Host-Induced Gene Silencing (nHIGS) - from fundamental mechanisms to exciting applications!
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 3d
This morning Wenbo Ma, senior group leader at TSL, gave the first talk at our Annual Science Meeting, one of the highlights of our scientific year!

Find out more about the Ma lab: tsl.ac.uk/our-work/sci...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 3d
This morning Wenbo Ma, senior group leader at TSL, gave the first talk at our Annual Science Meeting, one of the highlights of our scientific year!

Find out more about the Ma lab: tsl.ac.uk/our-work/sci...

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 3d
New posters up @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 4d
New pre-print from our group showing remarkable synchrony of proliferative growth and regulated cell death during plant infection- each conidial cell has a different fate - by the rice blast fungus. Led by Alice Eseola with @osesmir.bsky.social Lauren Ryder @danmaclean.bsky.social and Martin Egan
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bioRxiv Molecular Biology @biorxiv-molbio.bsky.social · 4d
Synchronous spatio-temporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680644v1
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 3d
I love traveling and bringing home souvenirs from my travels to remind me of places I've visited.
If aliens came across the universe to visit Earth, what do you think they would take home to remember our wonderful planet?
I know what I think they'd take home!
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
“If we didn’t have plants, we’d still be fish!” 🐠🌍

Our keynote @plantteaching.bsky.social about the importance of plants, from photosynthesis to evolution and development... through aliens! 🌱🛸

@johninnescentre.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social

#NBIAST2025
Mary Williams speaking on the stage. The slide projected behind her contains a satellite photo of half of the Earth, with a cartoon alien spaceship on the top left, and the title reads “What would aliens take home from earth?”
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
“If we didn’t have plants, we’d still be fish!” 🐠🌍

Our keynote @plantteaching.bsky.social about the importance of plants, from photosynthesis to evolution and development... through aliens! 🌱🛸

@johninnescentre.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social

#NBIAST2025
Mary Williams speaking on the stage. The slide projected behind her contains a satellite photo of half of the Earth, with a cartoon alien spaceship on the top left, and the title reads “What would aliens take home from earth?”
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 4d
What would aliens take home from Earth? Asks Mary Williams @PlantTeaching

Hint: 🌱 🪴 🌱 🪴
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 4d
Great to see the return of the #Norwich Bioscience Institutes Accessible Science Talks today! #NBIAST2025 🦠🧬🌱
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
The NBI Accessible Science Talk event is officially on!

@cristobaluauy.bsky.social,
@johninnescentre.bsky.social director, introduced the #NBIAST2025

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 4d
Today is the day! 🌟🥼🧪

We’re thrilled to be kicking off the NBI Accessible Science Talks, in collaboration with @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Thank you in advance to everyone for joining us - whether in-person or online!

#NBIAST2025
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
The NBI Accessible Science Talk event is officially on!

@cristobaluauy.bsky.social,
@johninnescentre.bsky.social director, introduced the #NBIAST2025

@earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 4d
#nbiast2025 We are getting started! It's great to see how well these institutes support equity and inclusion 🏳️‍🌈.
The chair of the LGBTQ + group in front of her stand. The Race, Ethnicity, Equality and Diversity stand and the host.
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
@plantteaching.bsky.social's writing workshop was amazing!

Several people from TSL, @vgeshkovski.bsky.social, @turchil.bsky.social, @hsuanpai.bsky.social and @siyusong.bsky.social attended.

Looking forward to her talk tomorrow at the #NBIAST2025!
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 4d
I'm Norwich to give a talk tomorrow, but came a day early to give a writing workshop. Wonderful to catch up with Cathie Martin, who hired me in 2009 when she was EIC of @theplantcell.bsky.social. Thanks to @ciara-obrien.bsky.social for being a great host & other @plantaeofficial.bsky.social fellows.
Top left = Mary and Cathie catch up over coffee and talk about books. Top right = Mary and Ciara take a photo opp in front of Cathie's world-renowned collection of Plant Cell covers. Middle = a fantastic, thoughtful, engaged group of ECRs who shared thoughts on writing and AI. Bottom, current, former, and maybe future Plantea Fellows after we shared our "origin stories" over lunch.
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 4d
It's tomorrow! ⚠️

You can still register to follow the NBI Accessible Science Talks online 👉 jic.link/NBIAST2025

Follow the hashtag for live updates: #NBIAST2025
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 29d
EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges:

Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025!

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025
Register here ➡️ jic.link/NBIAST2025
Full programme: jic.link/NBIAST2025-P...

#NBIAST2025
Text on blue graphic with line drawings of a bacteria cell, dna helix and lab glassware. Accessible science with the Norwich Bioscience Institutes. Tuesday 7 October.
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 5d
Today, we welcomed Dr Ru Zhang as a visiting researcher in our lab! Ru is an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University and an expert in plant–fungal interactions. She will be working with us for the next year on plant immune cell states.
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 5d
Gearing up for the NBI Accessible Science Talks tomorrow! 🧬🥽

Remember to use #NBIAST2025 and follow the hashtag for news throughout the event 😎
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d
Are you attending our NBI Accessible Science Talks tomorrow? 🥼🧪

Whether you’re attending in person - or a member of the public, school, college or a student attending online - remember to use the hashtag #NBIAST2025 to share your time at the event! 💻
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