The Sainsbury Laboratory
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social
An independent research institute renowned for world-leading fundamental discoveries in molecular plant-microbe interactions to reduce crop losses
1/ New results on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social uncover a previously unrecognised mechanism of peptide perception and receptor activation.
With @cellsensing.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social we show how small structural changes underlie ligand binding specificity in conserved receptors.
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With @cellsensing.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social we show how small structural changes underlie ligand binding specificity in conserved receptors.
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Disulfide bond sculpts a peptide fold that mediates phytocytokine recognition
Precise ligand recognition by closely related leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs) is essential for plants to coordinate immunity, development, and environmental adaptation. Here, we show…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
1/ New results on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social uncover a previously unrecognised mechanism of peptide perception and receptor activation.
With @cellsensing.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social we show how small structural changes underlie ligand binding specificity in conserved receptors.
buff.ly/tLIT7gX
With @cellsensing.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social we show how small structural changes underlie ligand binding specificity in conserved receptors.
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Incredible Friday Seminar today from Luis Larrondo- fungal circadian clocks, and can fungi see? @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #chronobiology
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Incredible Friday Seminar today from Luis Larrondo- fungal circadian clocks, and can fungi see? @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #chronobiology
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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
Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱
@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿
@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱
@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿
@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿
📣 Deadline TODAY!
More info below 👇
More info below 👇
📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme
This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences at The Sainsbury Laboratory, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply before 13 Nov '25 ➡️ okt.to/qjy60T
This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences at The Sainsbury Laboratory, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply before 13 Nov '25 ➡️ okt.to/qjy60T
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📣 Deadline TODAY!
More info below 👇
More info below 👇
🏆NEWS: Delighted to spot two of our group leaders on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list by @clarivateag.bsky.social.
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🏆NEWS: Delighted to spot two of our group leaders on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list by @clarivateag.bsky.social.
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
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
We are pleased to announce that @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social 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.
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The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are pleased to announce that @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social 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.
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The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
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Thank you, Laura Tran from The Scientist, for this profile! And special thanks to @joeecker.bsky.social and @thorstenlangner.bsky.social for their kind words. I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by such supportive mentors, colleagues, and lab members!
Looking for a good read?
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
Living Maps: Uncovering the Spatial Biology of Plants
Tatsuya Nobori brings high-resolution multiomic approaches to plant biology to map how plants interact with microbes on a cellular level in 3D.
www.the-scientist.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thank you, Laura Tran from The Scientist, for this profile! And special thanks to @joeecker.bsky.social and @thorstenlangner.bsky.social for their kind words. I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by such supportive mentors, colleagues, and lab members!
Looking for a good read?
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
Living Maps: Uncovering the Spatial Biology of Plants
Tatsuya Nobori brings high-resolution multiomic approaches to plant biology to map how plants interact with microbes on a cellular level in 3D.
www.the-scientist.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looking for a good read?
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social is featured on The Scientist sharing his scientific journey from Japan to the UK.
“It circles back to my initial ecological interest and how single-cell level interactions might have a ripple effect on the actual ecosystem."
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 🔜
Thanks to everyone for a fantastic week of connecting, learning and celebrating! 🎉
Stay tuned for our TSL prize announcements 🔜
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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 🔜
Thanks to everyone for a fantastic week of connecting, learning and celebrating! 🎉
Stay tuned for our TSL prize announcements 🔜
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Call for PPATH 2026 Session/Workshop Proposals!
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Call for PPATH 2026 Session/Workshop Proposals!
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
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Very greatfull to work with this brilliant and diverse bunch that make up the #proteomics team @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. #Awayday. 🇨🇦🇫🇴🏴🇬🇧🇵🇭🇬🇭🇨🇳🇨🇿🇩🇪🇳🇱
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Very greatfull to work with this brilliant and diverse bunch that make up the #proteomics team @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. #Awayday. 🇨🇦🇫🇴🏴🇬🇧🇵🇭🇬🇭🇨🇳🇨🇿🇩🇪🇳🇱
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Spooky season has arrived! 👻
We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️
We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Spooky season has arrived! 👻
We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️
We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️
1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK.
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK.
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
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Rather than a static database, we've built an AI plant scientist that could continuously learn new knowledge😃Hope it will help the plant science [email protected] @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social #AIscientist
We’ve built this virtual plant scientist PlantScience.ai to grow alongside human researchers🌿. It thinks like an expert, cites like a scholar, and never stops learning. Come and have a chat with it! @yiliangding.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PlantScience.ai
PlantScience.ai
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Rather than a static database, we've built an AI plant scientist that could continuously learn new knowledge😃Hope it will help the plant science [email protected] @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social #AIscientist
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Don’t miss my presentation @iGEM tomorrow at 14:00 main stage!
I will be throwing out bio-designer shirts to the back row 🧬🤘
I will be throwing out bio-designer shirts to the back row 🧬🤘
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Don’t miss my presentation @iGEM tomorrow at 14:00 main stage!
I will be throwing out bio-designer shirts to the back row 🧬🤘
I will be throwing out bio-designer shirts to the back row 🧬🤘
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Now speaking at #Tbio2025
Nabil Amor @nabilamor rediscovered the Arabian Leopard using field genomics @theBentoLab
Read the article! bento.bio/story/decodi...
Nabil Amor @nabilamor rediscovered the Arabian Leopard using field genomics @theBentoLab
Read the article! bento.bio/story/decodi...
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Now speaking at #Tbio2025
Nabil Amor @nabilamor rediscovered the Arabian Leopard using field genomics @theBentoLab
Read the article! bento.bio/story/decodi...
Nabil Amor @nabilamor rediscovered the Arabian Leopard using field genomics @theBentoLab
Read the article! bento.bio/story/decodi...
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With the students of the Bioinformatics Master's degree at ISBST - Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet
Well done Alif @AlifChebbi for inviting then to #TBio25 Tunisian Bioinformatics conference 25 💪
Well done Alif @AlifChebbi for inviting then to #TBio25 Tunisian Bioinformatics conference 25 💪
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
With the students of the Bioinformatics Master's degree at ISBST - Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet
Well done Alif @AlifChebbi for inviting then to #TBio25 Tunisian Bioinformatics conference 25 💪
Well done Alif @AlifChebbi for inviting then to #TBio25 Tunisian Bioinformatics conference 25 💪
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GetGenome October 2025 newsletter highlighting a few of GetGenome’s recent activities.
Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here - getgenome.net/network
Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here - getgenome.net/network
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
GetGenome October 2025 newsletter highlighting a few of GetGenome’s recent activities.
Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here - getgenome.net/network
Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here - getgenome.net/network
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1 in 5 people in the UK are estimated to be deficient in #vitaminD during winter and spring 📉
Our ViTaL-D Study aims to understand whether tomatoes biofortified through gene-editing tomatoes to be high in vitamin D leads to higher levels of active vitamin D in the blood 🍅
➡️ buff.ly/SIsELo6
Our ViTaL-D Study aims to understand whether tomatoes biofortified through gene-editing tomatoes to be high in vitamin D leads to higher levels of active vitamin D in the blood 🍅
➡️ buff.ly/SIsELo6
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1 in 5 people in the UK are estimated to be deficient in #vitaminD during winter and spring 📉
Our ViTaL-D Study aims to understand whether tomatoes biofortified through gene-editing tomatoes to be high in vitamin D leads to higher levels of active vitamin D in the blood 🍅
➡️ buff.ly/SIsELo6
Our ViTaL-D Study aims to understand whether tomatoes biofortified through gene-editing tomatoes to be high in vitamin D leads to higher levels of active vitamin D in the blood 🍅
➡️ buff.ly/SIsELo6
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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.
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Amazing seminar as always!
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Amazing seminar as always!
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One of my Arabidopsis micro-roses next to its wild type sister ✨
Now just to make it rainbow 🧬...
Now just to make it rainbow 🧬...
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
One of my Arabidopsis micro-roses next to its wild type sister ✨
Now just to make it rainbow 🧬...
Now just to make it rainbow 🧬...
VACANCY: Senior Lab Support Technician.
Support the development of a new plant immunity platform within TSL Ventures that explores RNAi-based disease resistance.
Apply online, deadline 29 Oct 2025.
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#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs
Support the development of a new plant immunity platform within TSL Ventures that explores RNAi-based disease resistance.
Apply online, deadline 29 Oct 2025.
buff.ly/IhskRvq
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
VACANCY: Senior Lab Support Technician.
Support the development of a new plant immunity platform within TSL Ventures that explores RNAi-based disease resistance.
Apply online, deadline 29 Oct 2025.
buff.ly/IhskRvq
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs
Support the development of a new plant immunity platform within TSL Ventures that explores RNAi-based disease resistance.
Apply online, deadline 29 Oct 2025.
buff.ly/IhskRvq
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs