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

Huge congratulations to Halpin Scholar Berlaine Quime for defending her PhD thesis. Thanks to the examiners Mike Deeks and Christine Faulkner. Nick Talbot

Almost flight-ready

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining ZMBP as a Junior Group Leader in October 2025! My lab will explore the functional and structural diversity of plant immune receptors. 1/2 #NewPI #PlantImmunity #NLRs #PlantScience #StructuralBiology

Come visit us at the Royal Norfolk Show! We are at the STEMM Marquee. We will be here today and tomorrow and would love to share the science we do at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🔬🧬🦠🥔

Dear #Proteomics community, my team at The Sainsbury Laboratory is looking to automate digestions and enrichment workflows using 'off the shelf' solutions (consumables and robotics) compatible with Proteomics workflows. Have you already implemented #automation, please reply

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health. Deadline 29th August for applicants who don’t need a visa. David Sainsbury 50% Fee Scholarships available for 22nd September 2025 entry. tsl.ac.uk/msc @BioUEA

Meet Laura Turchi! Laura Turchi (She/Her) We’re thrilled to welcome Laura as our new Communications Intern at TSL 🌿 With a PhD and postdoc in gene regulation & chromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis, Laura will be helping us share the incredible stories of our research community✨

VACANCY: Horticultural Technician (50% part-time) in the Nobori Lab Tatsuya Nobori Manage the cultivation of the model plant Arabidopsis and support plant immunity research at the single-cell and spatial resolution Apply online, deadline 27/07 tsl.ac.uk/working-at-tsl… #PlantSciJobs

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

Shout out to Nick Desnoyer for this master piece in FlowerEngineering! Big thanks to The Sainsbury Laboratory for shaping my journey-From starting as a master’s student and Pre-doc with Frank Menke whose support gave me the confidence to begin my PhD Penn. Grateful for each step

We bid farewell to Mauricio Contreras Mauricio Contreras, who contributed so much to The Sainsbury Laboratory — not only through his outstanding science but also by fostering an open, collaborative, and supportive culture among students and postdocs. We’ll miss him!

Excellent report from one of our MSc Global Plant Health students

We celebrated the successful defence of Angus Malmgren thesis yesterday after an online viva. Many congratulations! Sophien Kamoun

We congratulate our MSc Global Plant Health students on successfully completing the course. It's been a pleasure witnessing their progress over 12 months - a great investment from the David Sainsbury Scholarships

Our next cohort of MSc Global Plant Health students have just started. It'll be an exciting year ahead. We are grateful for the support from the David Sainsbury Scholarships.

The The Sainsbury Laboratory MSc Global Plant Health Cohort 2025/26 🌱 Excited for all that’s to come! Grateful to be part of this amazing group and looking forward to the journey ahead.

Huge congratulations to PhD students Lena Knorr, from Dr. Wenbo Ma's group, and AmirAli Toghani, from the Sophien Kamoun, for their 2025 ASM poster awards! 🎉🌱

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

It's that time of the year again. Here's a sneak preview. Watch out for the post showing every expertly carved pumpkin and vote for your favourite