Graeme Kettles
@graemekettles.bsky.social
Molecular plant pathologist at the University of Birmingham. Interested in fungi (especially Zymoseptoria), plant resistance, stomata and effectors. Looking for an empty beach that still has some shells to pick up.
Congrats to @zymohaider.bsky.social on passing his PhD viva with flying colours, very well deserved! Many thanks to Christine Foyer and @feechana.bsky.social for examining and Richard Oliver for a nice sideline in 6th edition Agrios. Well done Haider! @unibirmingham.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Congrats to @zymohaider.bsky.social on passing his PhD viva with flying colours, very well deserved! Many thanks to Christine Foyer and @feechana.bsky.social for examining and Richard Oliver for a nice sideline in 6th edition Agrios. Well done Haider! @unibirmingham.bsky.social
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A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
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November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
Reposted by Graeme Kettles
Glad to have participated in #PPATH2025 last week, sharing my work on proximity labeling in the apoplast as part of the ECPP talks, one last time before wrapping up my PhD 🎓🌱
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Glad to have participated in #PPATH2025 last week, sharing my work on proximity labeling in the apoplast as part of the ECPP talks, one last time before wrapping up my PhD 🎓🌱
Reposted by Graeme Kettles
Really happy this is out in preprint - Congratulations to @graemekettles.bsky.social @zymohaider.bsky.social, and everyone involved for their hard work completing this study! It examines a Z. tritici effector that is a molecular mimic of plant LRRs, and suppresses PTI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Molecular mimicry of plant cell-surface immune receptors by fungal secreted leucine-rich repeat proteins
Leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) are important plant immunity proteins. The wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici produces many virulence effectors during infection; however, m...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Really happy this is out in preprint - Congratulations to @graemekettles.bsky.social @zymohaider.bsky.social, and everyone involved for their hard work completing this study! It examines a Z. tritici effector that is a molecular mimic of plant LRRs, and suppresses PTI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Graeme Kettles
A female phylloxera and eggs inside her gall on a grape leaf. Inserting her mouthparts into mesophyll, she altered the developmental fate of pluripotent stem cells. Image credit Sarah Melissa Witiak.
Jack C. Schultz, et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
Jack C. Schultz, et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
July 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A female phylloxera and eggs inside her gall on a grape leaf. Inserting her mouthparts into mesophyll, she altered the developmental fate of pluripotent stem cells. Image credit Sarah Melissa Witiak.
Jack C. Schultz, et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
Jack C. Schultz, et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
I still marvel at gene synthesis. You come up with a nonsense protein that you want to express for whatever reason, copy paste it adding some bells and whistles, then a few weeks later it turns up in a plasmid ready for you to play with!
June 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I still marvel at gene synthesis. You come up with a nonsense protein that you want to express for whatever reason, copy paste it adding some bells and whistles, then a few weeks later it turns up in a plasmid ready for you to play with!