📝New Paper: Discovery of functional NLRs using expression level, high-throughput transformation, and large-scale phenotyping Helen Brabham @2Blades Matthew Moscou Peter van Esse Kamil Witek 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧 UMN Plant Pathology Full text ➡️ biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #plantsci #immunity #NLRbiology

Following our successful visit with IITA in Nigeria and Zambia earlier this year, we have signed an MOU to foster greater cooperation in pursuit of developing resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) in tropical soybean! You can read the entire announcement here:

Our corn is thriving! Now for the fun part: the 2Blades group in Minnesota are busy tagging plants and taking samples for genotyping!

For the past 15 years, 2Blades and The Sainsbury Laboratory have built a highly successful partnership that ensures that important, fundamental discoveries in plant-microbe science are translated into impact for agriculture.

2 fabulous 2Blades scientists sharing their knowledge!

Great talk today The Sainsbury Laboratory from Kamil Witek 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧 of 2Blades . From the scientific perspective, to the high throughput research, and the community engagement: amazing! Also the hands-on on protoplasts cell death assays lead by Lesley Milnes was quite cool.

"Prof. NemaChap highlights a critical learning moment: distinguishing club root from Root Knot Nematodes (RKN). Understanding these differences is essential for accurate diagnosis and effective management. #PlantPathology #Agriculture

We are hiring! The 2Blades group at The Sainsbury Laboratory is looking for a scientist to be part of a group developing programs based on genetic resistance in legumes and Solanaceous crops, with the aim of delivering value to commercial partners and smallholder farmers. Applicants

📣WE ARE HIRING: Scientist/Senior Scientist to join 2Blades at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK Interested in agriculture, biotechnology, and want to see research translated into the field? ⬇️ Apply before 27 August 2024 tsl.ac.uk/working-at-tsl…

.Beth Molloy's 1st paper now in PLOS Pathogens A predicted parasitic nematode effector set is: 1. Big, several hundred genes 2. Diverse, 391 families - some big, most very small 3. Tightly co-regulated 4. Approx. 50% conserved in last parasitic ancestor journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Earlier this week, the Dept. of Agriculture made history when they approved the cultivation of transgenic wheat in the United States. While several factors remain before commercialization, this is an important development for #sustainable #agriculture in our collective efforts to deploy new

It’s sad to say good-bye to Inma, who has been a valued member of 2Blades. Thanks, Inma, for your excellent work. Enjoy Sevilla!

Congratulations to 2Blades board member Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng on being selected as a Top Agri-food Pioneer! We look forward to celebrating the achievements of this entire cohort at the World Food Prize Foundation Borlaug Dialogue next month in Des Moines!

Check out this insightful interview with Habtamnesh Habtemariam, an incoming PhD student at University of KZN researching Asian soybean rust. From growing up on a coffee farm to encountering Asian soybean rust for the first time on a hike in Malawi, Habtamnesh shares what inspired her to

On this day 2 years ago: 2Blades President & Co-founder Diana Horvath and Group Leader Josiah Mutuku opened the doors to our new "office" in the Cargill Building at the University of Minnesota - St. Paul campus. Since then, we have provided hands-on experience for UMN