We are proud to announce the establishment of The Annual Roger Freedman Lecture. This lecture will be given by a distinguished international scientist and will emphasise the impact of discovery science on biotechnology and world agriculture. tsl.ac.uk/news/the-annua…

🧬🐄 NEW PREPRINT: Really happy to finally share the last big piece of work from my PhD! Spoiler: Cows are great and so are their viromes 🧵1/13 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The Annual Roger Freedman Lecture honours the vision, guidance and leadership of Roger in establishing The Sainsbury Laboratory and supporting it throughout its history. The medal accompanying the lecture is designed by a very talented member of TSL, our very own Hsuan Pai 白暄

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🚨 New paper alert! We’ve uncovered how Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism to thrive in the gut. rdcu.be/eoI4o Excited to share our findings in Nature Communications.nature.com #Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila

Grateful to ARIA for funding this project in my lab at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Earlham Institute and John Innes Centre. Exciting time ahead for synthetic genomics entering plant biology domain. manchester.ac.uk/about/news/fut…

RSPS2025 | Finalist: Dr. Tatsuya Nobori | Presentation: Jun 5 15:00-15:30 (GMT) | Decoding the molecular and cellular architecture of plant-microbe interactions | FREE to Watch the Live Streaming via YouTube (youtube.com/@molecularplan…) / WeChat (MolPlant Channel)

Special seminar today is by Holger Puchta. Here introduced by our very Dr. Yordan Dolaptchiev

Huge congratulations to Yordan Dolaptchiev for successfully defending his PhD thesis. The last PhD Jonathan D G Jones PhD student crowned king of the potato. Thanks to the examiners Holger Puchta and Cathie Martin

I wrote a “Behind the Paper” blog about our new Nature Communications study 📄 Original paper: rdcu.be/eoI4o 📝 Blog post: shorturl.at/5wwVE Check it out to learn what went on behind the scenes!

Our review on mechanobiology of fungal invasive growth with Lauren Ryder and Joris Sprakel in the Current Biology Special issue #Fungi cell.com/current-biolog…

Some personal reflections on the fungal species that matter to us! In the special issue of Current Biology on #Fungi cell.com/current-biolog…

🚨 New grants for healthcare professionals! We’re looking to fund projects that aim to make clinical trials more accessible, inclusive, and easier to understand, especially for under-served communities. Learn more and apply by 4th August 👇bloodcancer.org.uk/cip1

We are extremely excited to welcome Prof. Sophien Kamoun Sophien Kamoun as the keynote speaker for our next seminar Thursday July 3rd at 15.30. We will also hear from early career researchers Cristina Vuolo and Dr Tom Williams. Sign up! imperial.ac.uk/events/194053/…

🦠 🧬 How do bacteria accept resistance genes? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out! 廖可瑜 Ho Yu Liu reveals genes that impact plasmid acceptance during conjugation—🔑 to stop spread of #AMR July 3 | 📍Norwich 🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng #ECR Quadram Institute Mark Webber Centre for Microbial Interactions

🌵Can a cactus microbe boost crop growth in salty soil? Naima Sayahi found Serratia sp. that helps tomatoes thrive under salt stress—thanks to VOCs, IAA & more See her talk at #MNGPopUp 🗓️ July 3 📍Norwich + online Norwich Research Park 🎟️ linktr.ee/microbesng #ECR GetGenome

Join us for another day at the #RoyalNorfolkShow to talk about what we do at The Sainsbury Laboratory !

We’re ready! And we have a LIVE reporter today 😆 #RoyalNorfolkShow2025

Our lab is so lucky to have such incredibly creative and enthusiastic plant scientists. Huge thanks to our SciArtists Hsuan Pai 白暄 and Nick Desnoyer for helping us show how fascinating and beautiful plants truly are. 🌿🌸

🌱 Excited to announce the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting will take place in Edinburgh 8–10 Sept 2025 #PPRM2025 ⏳Early bird registration closes in 2 weeks! 🔗pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk/#countdown Thanks to Novogene Europe Biochemical Society SEB @sebiology.bsky.social GenScript EMBO Molecular Plant & Plant Communications Science Magazine