It’s been an inspiring week with the launch of our new research partnership with KCGEB followed by our Autumn Symposium with our Science Advisory Board, Trustee Directors and invited guests

Plz RT. We Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) Cambridge University are looking for a postdoc plant biologist with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon] jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/

Single plant NLR is able to recognize effectors from a wide range of adapted and non-adapted pathogens #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-plan…

Very nice to see Sophien Kamoun Tolga Bozkurt Philip Carella in Taiwan.

Fast & Furious 11 Chih-Hang Wu

NEW! A short update on plant immunity - Do autoactive helper NLRs of the NRC phylogenetic clade require the sensor NLR Prf to induce hypersensitive cell death? We think: No The NRC network is unidirectional and autoactive NRC helpers do not depend on sensors for their activities.

Had a little celebration today! The lettusquad AmirAli Toghani Daniel Lüdke Sophien Kamoun

We laughed, we cried, we said goodbye. Today we send off Barbara as she starts her PhD in Wageningen. It’s been a joy having her in our group as a Pre-Doc—she integrated beautifully at TSL and will be deeply missed. Go crush it, Barbara!

It’s Isabel Monte Isabel Monte ZMBP today The Sainsbury Laboratory “Evolution of Receptor Kinases in land plants: from immunity to development”

We are delighted to announce that TSL group leader, Professor Wenbo Ma Dr. Wenbo Ma, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. This honour celebrates her groundbreaking research in molecular plant pathology.

It’s on! Jonathan Jones Celebratory Symposium — Plant immunity; looking back to look forward

Curious about AvrRvi6, the apoplastic MAX effector from Venturia inaequalis? Come check out my poster P-162 during Session 2 at #2025ISMPMI! Let’s talk effectors, immunity, and apple scab 🍏🍄 zenodo.org/records/158437…

3D paper model of the Arabidopsis Micro-Rose for templating and prototyping my genetic design concepts 🌸🧬 Thank you Hsuan Pai 白暄 for this ✨

Lots to celebrate today — from preprints and papers to fellowships (and a few more I’m surely forgetting)! 🎉👏 Huge congrats to all. Great to see teamwork and dedication paying off! 🥂

Up and ready! Find me at P-267 today for some molecular evolution and NLR biology! 🥬💻 You can also find the poster and preprint below 👇🏻 #2025ISMPMI

#2025ISMPMI Tolga Bozkurt introduces the effector and immune processes occurring at Phytophthora haustoria. The helper NRC4 localises to haustoria and upon activation inserts itself into the extrahaustorial membrane forming punctuate foci. It seems activated NLRs beep annoyingly.

🚨New bioRxiv alert! We are thrilled to share our latest findings—building on our earlier work on suppressors of helper NLRs of NRC family—a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector captures resistosome assembly intermediates of tomato NRC3! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/10

Thrilled to share an aspect of my PhD project on the discovery and characterisation of a novel group of 'phosphorylated' effectors deployed by the rice blast fungus during infection. With Nick Talbot Frank Menke Neftaly Cruz Mireles The Sainsbury Laboratory #2025ISMPMI

#2025ISMPMI Excited to share insights from my postdoc work at The Sainsbury Laboratory on NLR diversity and evolution in Caryophyllales phylogenomics 🥗 Join me at poster no.65 😊🤩

Graduation day for two of The Sainsbury Laboratory #Proteomics team members. Congratulations Markus Draeger PhD and Michael Agbodo MSc. Double #ProudSupervisor