About the importance of writing and how to do it; nice, short article in Nature Biotechnology, and not just for graduate students. rdcu.be/ee4Vt

Super excited to share our newest paper, out in Current Protocols! A collab btwn FABI & Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, we put together protoplast extraction protocols for 5 different fungal genera! 🍄 With applications for genome editing & long read seq, we hope this will be super useful!

Calling all European researchers in China! Take the survey of the experiences, working conditions, and collaboration opportunities of European researchers based in China: buff.ly/UdhfvBo

Astrophysicist Observatoire Jocelyn Bell de Toulouse. had us CAPTIVATED with this story on Saturday! Equally fascinating and frustrating 🤯 #TommyTiernanShow | @tommedian

Fungal infections are 'taking over the world'. Can they be stopped? telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Nice day at the Institute of Microbiology of China Academy of Science (IMCAS), Beijing, discussing with students and delivering a lengthy seminar. I was impressed by the number of attendees for the online MYCOLOGY broadcast—13,000! 😳

A breakthrough in plant gene delivery!🌱 Our new study shows that R. rhizogenes strain A4 outperforms traditional agro strains in transient gene expression, especially in solanaceous crops like tomato and pepper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… 📄Published in Plant Biotechnology Journal

Hi everyone! I'm seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. If you hear of any opportunities or just want to catch up, please send me a message or comment. I'd love to reconnect. I'm looking for Ecologist, Botanist, Agronomist, Conservationist, and Horticulturist roles

Prof Nigel Halford from Rothamsted Research brings 30+ years of experience in plant genetics. Learn how his work could improve crop yield, quality, and food safety and hear his insights into the latest legislation. Join us on 16th April! 🍞🧬🍩 🔗us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

How bacteria subvert plant immunity | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

An online webinar: Advances in Plant-Microbe Interactions: Insights from Asia to the World on May 19. organized by Ren Ujimatsu, who won a 2024 Ben Barres Spotlight Award from eLife @elife.bsky.social Her recent pub cell.com/current-biolog… preprint biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Call for abstracts and sponsors The Xi'an Carbon Meeting, October 16-18, 2025 (xiancarbonmeeting.com) The meeting is organized by Xi'an Jiaotong University (en.xjtu.edu.cn) and the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment (europeanace.com)

Sequence-based prediction of intermolecular interactions driven by disordered regions | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The 10 Commandments of AI Prompting x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Meet Sophien Kamoun, one of our plenary speaker! Dr. Kamoun The Sainsbury Laboratory studies plant-pathogen coevolution and how it impacts mechanisms of virulence and immunity. Register for #CFN25 to hear Dr Kamoun speak in August.

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. ⁦MRC Centre for Medical Mycology⁩; ⁦ECMM⁩; ⁦ISHAM⁩ For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

Fungal cell walls: the rising importance of carbohydrate-active enzymes dlvr.it/TL8LhP

Are you interested in doing a masters in RNA biology in UK? We are accepting students for 2-years masters degree (1 year research, 1 year write up). Only 1 year tuition fees (£25k international, £5k home) fees include bench fees normally worth £4k. theakaylab.com