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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

From genes to epidemics: Genomic insights into bacterial plant pathogen emergence

Bacterial phytopathogens are major causal agents of newly emerging plant diseases. The roles of both agricultural practices and the alteration of bact…

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dan from my lab presented his work on Pseudomonas phage that has an intriguing role in virulence. #planthealth2025 #proudPI

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Aug 5

Daniel Maddock (@michhulin.bsky.social’s group) investigates prophage carrying a key effector protein that enables Pseudomonas bacteria to infect cherry trees.

Deleting the whole prophage reduces virulence of the bacterium on the plant (leaf and woody tissue) 🍒
#PlantHealth2025

A man giving a scientific presentation with a PowerPoint slide showing phage presence across bacteria genomes

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Aug 3

We’re in Hawaii! Looking forward to APS #planthealth2025. Come see Dan’s talk on Pseudomonas phages in the tree disease section on Monday! 🌺

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Aug 2

That’s exciting! We’re on our way too. Hopefully see you there

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Jul 25

I had the pleasure of mentoring REU student Lauren for a project this summer on P. syringae! Thanks for being part of the lab and the lovely parting gift @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Jul 14

Getting #ISMPMI2025 FOMO, but glad to see updates on @bsky.app 🦋. Looking forward to my first APS this year instead!

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Alex Guyon @alexguyon.bsky.social · Jun 24

1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Jun 17

New from the Carter Lab!

Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus.

Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Jun 6

A packed day of #plantpathology with a team break for Spartan Swirl ice cream at the MSU dairy store! @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Cherry leaves inoculated with pseudomonas

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Apr 25

One of the favourite parts of my job is sampling season! 🌸🧫🧬 A fun lab activity in the sunshine #microsky #plantsky @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our first undergraduate Brooke that joined the lab presented at @michiganstateu.bsky.social UUARF today! She cloned a transcription factor and has started to characterise its effects in Pseudomonas syringae 🌱🧫 #microsky #plantscience

Brooke and Dan her mentor next to her poster presentation

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Apr 5

The lab had a great time at @msuscifest.bsky.social today presenting Pseudomonas plant pathogens, including ice nucleation and fluorescent bacteria! 🧫🍀 @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Mar 21

Had a blast visiting University of Utah! Thanks for the invitation Effie Symeonidi 🤩

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Mar 12

Tree inoculation time! 🌳🌸 #plantscience

Lab members with cherry trees for inoculation

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Mar 5

Lab ready to go with FFA Open House, excited to share our research with high schoolers interested in agricultural science 🧬 🌱 @michiganstateu.bsky.social

Lab members hold plants, bacterial plates and pipette

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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!

Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Feb 25

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Feb 25

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Dec 31

Snowy end to 2024! 🎆❄️

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Dec 14

It was wonderful to have @vadillodieguez.bsky.social join my lab for a few months! Proud of all you have achieved - which was a huge amount in just 3 months! 🤩 Thanks for @bspp.bsky.social funding 🌱🧬 #womaninstem

Andrea, Dan and Michelle on her last day in Michigan

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · Dec 12

📄 New Publication: Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants
K Robinson, L Buric, K Grenz, @khongsamchia.bsky.social Phil Carella @JohnInnesCentre Wenbo Ma @michhulin.bsky.social

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Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Plant pathogenic Pseudomonas species naturally antagonize a diverse range of flowering plants. While emerging research demonstrates that isolates belonging to the P. syringae species complex colonize ...

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Dec 3

Check out this awesome work led by @philcarella.bsky.social group identifying pseudomonas pathogens of liverworts 🤩#plantscience

Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · Dec 3

New Preprint! We identified Pseudomonas in wild liverworts and explored what makes them virulent. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Nov 22

Home-made magnetic stand seems to be doing the job 🧲🧬#newPI

Tube rack with magnets for bead purifying

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Nov 21

First snow! ❄️☃️

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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Nov 20

Gave one of the last lectures in my MPMI 🌱 class today, specifically on applications of molecular plant pathology. It was fun to nerd out about how far technologies have come in the last few years 🤩🧬. Such an exciting time to be working/studying!

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