New PhD opportunity in my group The Sainsbury Laboratory - See below on how to apply biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/vanis…

Primary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_plants

Pan-genome analyses of 226 finger millet-infecting Magnaporthe oryzae strains from eastern Africa reveal two lineages that differ in ... biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_plants

Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses (Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Zachary Savage, Vojtěch Pražák, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plcell… Enoch Lok Him Yuen ASPB #PlantSci

JC De la Concepción from @GMImplants (a @JIC_Norwich alumnus) delivered his 2026 Early Career Research Award Lecture on NLR engineering and his ongoing cryo-ET work! #BiochemEvent

We had another great TSL Autumn Symposium, where scientists shared their 2025 achievements with our Scientific Advisory Board 🌱🧪 Thanks to everyone for a fantastic week of connecting, learning and celebrating! 🎉 Stay tuned for our TSL prize announcements 🔜

Looking for a good read? Tatsuya Nobori is featured on The Scientist, sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK. “It circles back to my initial interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem." buff.ly/ummzgDv

We are pleased to announce that Tatsuya Nobori has won the Young Investigator Award by the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026. buff.ly/pemelQu

🏆NEWS: Delighted to spot two of our group leaders on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate for Academia & Government The list aims to recognise the most influential researchers on a global scale, representing those in the top 1% by citations for their field. #HighlyCited2025

Our paper on the genome of Trebouxia photobiont from Xanthoria is now published in New Phytologist! Check below for a near-chromosome level assembly, secretome analysis, evidence of ancient HGT and transcriptomic comparison of the alga in symbiosis and in culture doi.org/10.1111/nph.70…

Our new discovery that bacteria utilize extracellular vesicles to deliver RNAs into fungi substantially broadens the paradigm of Cross-Kingdom RNA communication! Big congrats to ⁦Jonatan Niño Sanchez⁩, ⁦Huaitong Wu⁩ and all! Thanks for your hard work! cell.com/molecular-plan…

📣NEWS We are delighted to share that Dr Aileen Berasategui Aileen Berasategui will join us as a new group leader next year “Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says Nick Talbot buff.ly/kRs4ASU

Jana Sperschneider et al. reported a new, high-quality genome assembly of the flax rust fungus (Melampsora lini) resolved complex effector loci and confirmed 2 unusually large effector proteins, AvrM3 and AvrN. This challenges the standard idea that effectors must be small.

Tangerine: a Starship-like element in the genomes of Xanthoria lichen-forming fungi biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_genomic

Just a few days left to apply for a PhD in the Talbot group! ⏰ Deadline 2nd December 2025 👇👇

Thrilled to share that I recently got a position of an Assistant Professor/SciLifeLab Fellow at Stockholm University, where I will continue my work on #lichen symbiosis. The lab opens in April 2026, and if you are interested in joining please get in touch! #newPI

Reflections on the past, present, and future of quantitative plant disease epidemiology Larry Madden doi.org/10.1146/annure…

📣 Apply now for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 with the @johninnescentre and @earlhaminst! A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪 Deadline 16 January 2026 buff.ly/ascvE7g

Great new lichen lab starting with a fantastic new group leader! Exciting projects ahead. Great opportunity for grad students and postdocs to explore lichen symbiosis. 👇

Fantastic opportunity to explore the world of plants, microbes, insects, and their interactions while honing your professional skills. Join us!