Nick Talbot
@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
Interested in plant pathology, fungal development, cell biology. I study a disease called rice blast and work at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Views my own.
Great talk today from Luis Larrondo on the remarkable circadian clock control exhibited by fungi and the exquisite light-sensing behaviour that possess, which can be evidenced by image capture using their hyphae as a canvas @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great talk today from Luis Larrondo on the remarkable circadian clock control exhibited by fungi and the exquisite light-sensing behaviour that possess, which can be evidenced by image capture using their hyphae as a canvas @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Thought-provoking seminar today from Andrew Millar - on open data, & the science/economics of Arrival - pivoting your science to address the most important threats to humanity. Hugely impressive, stimulating talk & discussion. @earlhaminst.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thought-provoking seminar today from Andrew Millar - on open data, & the science/economics of Arrival - pivoting your science to address the most important threats to humanity. Hugely impressive, stimulating talk & discussion. @earlhaminst.bsky.social
New paper led by @metalichen.bsky.social from our group presenting a chromosome-level assembly of the Trebouxia photobiont alga from the lichen Xanthoria parietina - a resource we hope will enable significant new insight into the symbiosis @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New paper led by @metalichen.bsky.social from our group presenting a chromosome-level assembly of the Trebouxia photobiont alga from the lichen Xanthoria parietina - a resource we hope will enable significant new insight into the symbiosis @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Hemsby Beach Norfolk today.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hemsby Beach Norfolk today.
The Norwich Guildhall Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) - probably planted in the 1860’s near the 15th Century Guildhall by Norwich Market one of my favourite trees in the city - highlighted in Paul Wood’s Treehunting book.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Norwich Guildhall Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) - probably planted in the 1860’s near the 15th Century Guildhall by Norwich Market one of my favourite trees in the city - highlighted in Paul Wood’s Treehunting book.
Norfolk Broads this morning
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Norfolk Broads this morning
Lichen hunting this afternoon at @IPMBSinica in Taipei
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Lichen hunting this afternoon at @IPMBSinica in Taipei
Lichens enjoying the fresh air and humidity in Taiwan!
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Lichens enjoying the fresh air and humidity in Taiwan!
Taipei today for a visit to @IPMBSinica to hear about all the great science here.
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Taipei today for a visit to @IPMBSinica to hear about all the great science here.
Crisp autumn morning in Norfolk. I am interested to see how this Winter oil seed rape develops, as it’s been sown with a companion crop of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) to suppress cabbage stem flea beetle.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Crisp autumn morning in Norfolk. I am interested to see how this Winter oil seed rape develops, as it’s been sown with a companion crop of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) to suppress cabbage stem flea beetle.
The hunter returns. Orion appearing as well as Jupiter and the Gemini twins.
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The hunter returns. Orion appearing as well as Jupiter and the Gemini twins.
Always fun to spend time at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna. I think he’d like the science here
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Always fun to spend time at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna. I think he’d like the science here
In the 15th Century Dragon Hall in Norwich at a book festival event. Spectacular medieval building
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the 15th Century Dragon Hall in Norwich at a book festival event. Spectacular medieval building
Great to welcome Vivianne Vleeshouwers using evoMPMI to find novel sources of resistance to potato pathogens from wild Solanum relatives- to control early and late blight by NLR and PRR-based resistances.
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great to welcome Vivianne Vleeshouwers using evoMPMI to find novel sources of resistance to potato pathogens from wild Solanum relatives- to control early and late blight by NLR and PRR-based resistances.
Beautiful Tübingen on my visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology hosted by Yen-Ping Hsueh
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Beautiful Tübingen on my visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology hosted by Yen-Ping Hsueh
Kansas prairie today
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Kansas prairie today
Great to be in Kansas State for a celebration of Barbara Valent’s career- what an impacts she’s had on rice blast research
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great to be in Kansas State for a celebration of Barbara Valent’s career- what an impacts she’s had on rice blast research
Above the clouds of Texas- on my way to Kansas City
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Above the clouds of Texas- on my way to Kansas City
Cell cycle checkpoints are critical to plant infection by rice blast - great to see @osesmir.bsky.social building a research programme in Pamplona to address this #IFBC25 #CelebratingAlumni
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cell cycle checkpoints are critical to plant infection by rice blast - great to see @osesmir.bsky.social building a research programme in Pamplona to address this #IFBC25 #CelebratingAlumni
Nice to see Theophrastus taking centre stage over Galen and Hippocrates - need to show some funders this to remind them how important plants are! Cool being in Greece with the old gods #IFBC25
September 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Nice to see Theophrastus taking centre stage over Galen and Hippocrates - need to show some funders this to remind them how important plants are! Cool being in Greece with the old gods #IFBC25
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
Merton College Chapel on rather an important day
September 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Merton College Chapel on rather an important day