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Sophien Kamoun

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Biologist @ The Sainsbury Lab; passionate about plant pathogens & evolution; open science advocate; loves travel, food and sports; nomad and hunter-gatherer. Web http://kamounlab.net | Medium https://medium.com/@kamounlab | GetGenome http://getgenome.net

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 25d

I just published: Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic

Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum.

#AcademicChatter

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Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic

Leading a lab means marching like a village chief while quietly watching for budget meteors and attacks by Reviewer #3. Here is a playbook…

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you Penny. Very kind of you 🙏

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 4h

Saskia and I thank you all for your warm words and condolences. May Ans rest in peace.

Saskia en ik danken jullie hartelijk voor alle warme woorden en medeleven. Moge Ans rusten in vrede.

Saskia et moi vous remercions pour vos mots chaleureux et vos condoléances. Que Ans repose en paix.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 1d

Reading “Could humans and AI become a new evolutionary individual.”

First, confused timelines.

Also, plenty of evidence that in modern societies, humans who succeed socially and economically tend to reproduce less, not more.

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 2d

Omar Yaghi--Palestinian Nobel Laureate 🇵🇸😍 @nytimes.com

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for developing metal-organic frameworks.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded for Development of New Molecular Architecture

The prize was awarded on Wednesday to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 3d

Planet Fungi: A Photographers Foray - what is it? youtu.be/x92CvxZErhg?...

Planet Fungi: A Photographers Foray - what is it?

YouTube video by Planet Fungi

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 3d

What would aliens take home from Earth? Asks Mary Williams @PlantTeaching

Hint: 🌱 🪴 🌱 🪴

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 5d

We lost Saskia’s mother yesterday. She passed away peacefully after a long illness. The service will take place this Friday.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 6d

Sad day 😞

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 7d

Srsly? If the same words were aimed at some other group, do we really think the conclusion would’ve been the same? #FreeSpeechForSome apple.news/AjBD__BgRSia...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 8d

So happy to have @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social with us for the day!

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 8d

Our @TheSainsburyLab postdoc invited speaker is Megan McDonald @McdonaldMeganc — jumping genes and pathogenic schemes.

Prof. Megan will be joining @ETH_en in 2026!!!! 🎉 🥳 👏🏼 #planthealth #plantpath ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

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GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social · 10d

🌍 Early Career Researcher from an Arab or African country? Fellowships available for 3–12 months at Nanjing Agricultural University. Apply by Oct 15 — don’t miss out!

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GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social · 10d

GetGenome Newsletter -- September 2025 getgenome.net/network

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t know about you, but I think it goes very well with the carpet. Amazing art by ⁦‪@NickDesnoyer‬⁩ #OpenFlower

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 13d

“Europe’s research base is poorly tied to industry,” says @TheEconomist apple.news/AzoT5J6kISce...

The AI talent war is becoming fiercer — The Economist

How other countries hope to challenge America

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 14d

1763 Turin 🇮🇹 : the Church said hot chocolate didn’t break fasting during Lent. Add coffee + cream and voilà, bicerin was born and the Caffè is right in front of the church… ☕🍫✝️

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 15d

Grazie Torino 🙏 🇵🇸

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 16d

Catching up with the Helixer Team @usadellab — over 1,000 plant genomes annotated and counting! 🌱📊

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 17d

It’s Esther van der Knaap @universityofga and the genetics of tomato flavor / volatiles 🍅 #SolRub2025

Learn more about Esther here —move out of your comfort zone kamounlab.medium.com/move-out-of-...

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Arjen ten Have @darwinianascent.bsky.social · 18d

Since evolution is gradual, irrespective of Gould's punctuated equilibrium, rank-free would describe taxonomy best. The problem is that classifications are valuable tools to order stuff. So we would need another system to describe things in an fashion that we can dig. Progress!

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you! Great day for sol genomics!

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Aureliano Bombarely @bombarelya.bsky.social · 18d

@kamounlab.bsky.social opens the afternoon session at the #SOLRUB2025 with a great presentation about the plant-microbe co-evolution. It is essential to understand the evolutionary landscape to make sense of the molecular mechanism of plant resistance.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 18d

When did tomato and coffee split? I used to say 90 Myrs similar to human-mouse, but apparently I have to push this way back…

What is your number #SolRub2025

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 18d

Bombshell from Sandy @SandyKnapp : Solanaceae are way older than we thought at ~98 million years! 🌍🍆🌶️🍅
#SolRub2025

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 18d

Bombshell from Sandy @SandyKnapp : Solanaceae are way older than we thought at ~98 million years! 🌍🍆🌶️🍅
#SolRub2025

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