Tolga Bozkurt
@tolgaboz.bsky.social
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Scientist @Imperial College, host-pathogen interactions, plant immunity, cell biology, autophagy, proteolysis, immune receptors. bozkurtlab.co.uk Co-founder @ResurrectBio.bsky.social
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Our latest work on how chloroplasts contribute to immunity: Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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Huge congratulations to Nick Eilmann, our undergrad intern and tutee, for winning two BSPP awards — the Undergraduate Exam Award 2025 and the Undergraduate Project Prize 2025!
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Just planted in @jcellsci.bsky.social 🌳 😍

An A. thaliana mutant lacking all nine #ATG8 isoforms provides genetic evidence for functional specialization of #ATG8 in plants

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dgaboriau.bsky.social
Congratulations to all involved 🎉

Delighted to have helped a bit with some FLIM-FRET, and amazed at how much chloroplasts do.
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'I feel privileged to do science every day – it is wonderful to be able to follow a passion and be paid for it! It is flexible and absorbing. I would recommend it to everyone.'

In Profile: Caroline Dean

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Our latest work on how chloroplasts contribute to immunity: Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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Many thanks to Dr. Dmitry Lapin for writing a highlight of our collaborative study and sharing it on his lab’s website.

Learn more about coordinated Ca²⁺ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity here:

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Contents Coordinated Ca2+ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity Coordinated Ca2+ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity Written by Dmitry Lapin, J…
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Big cheers to Edward on his last day with us . Thanks for being an awesome BSPP summer intern — we’ll miss having you around! #BSPP #PlantScience
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tatsuyanobori.bsky.social
Loved Naomi Nakayama’s talk-truly original research! #PlantBio2025
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instascience.bsky.social
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.

-Credits: NASA
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audeber.bsky.social
🦠🧍‍♀️From bacterial to human immunity.

We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social

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philcarella.bsky.social
I’m very grateful and excited to start our ARIA-funded project on redesigning plant immunity!
johninnescentre.bsky.social
NEWS - Radical approach to improve plant immunity secures funding for Programmable Plants initiative

@philcarella.bsky.social’s group has been awarded ARIA funding for an ambitious research programme which seeks to protect major crops from disease.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/radical...
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yusugihara.bsky.social
Thank you to AmirAli Toghani @amiralito.bsky.social, Raoul Frijters, Tolga Bozkurt @tolgaboz.bsky.social, Ryohei Terauchi, and Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social for the wonderful supports!
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frankmenke.bsky.social
Poster at #ISMPMI2025 from collaborations with @sainburylab.bsky.social #Proteomics group: P011 ( @isabelmonte.bsky.social ), P073 ( @HeeKungAng group), P086 & P034 (Zipfel group) P101 ( @tolgaboz.bsky.social ) and P130 ( @jonathandgjones.bsky.social and XiaoLin)
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morgancarterphd.bsky.social
Unsurprisingly beautiful microscope images from @tolgaboz.bsky.social, which you can browse in this preprint #2025ISMPMI

Tldr; NLRs can target different membrane interfaces, not just the plasma membrane.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A helper NLR targets organellar membranes to trigger immunity
A person giving a scientific talk at a pit lectern with conference logo. A fluorescent microscope image of plant cell is shown on a slide
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yuliding.bsky.social
It's been a really fun ride to put this Voices together, and huge thanks to all authors contributed: @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social John Bowman @michaelraissig.bsky.social @philippaborrill.bsky.social Sabeeha Merchant; Feng Qin; Enoch Lok Him Yuen; @tolgaboz.bsky.social; Fang Xie
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plantophagy.bsky.social
Nice paper though it fails to mention very relevant articles on plant #autophagy from @tolgaboz.bsky.social lab. Here's one of them: europepmc.org/article/MED/... #plantblindness
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