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@thesainsburylab.bsky.social📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme
This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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🗓️ Apply before 12 Nov '26
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialThe Sainsbury Laboratory welcomed Dr. Tom Adams, CEO and co-founder of Pairwise, to deliver its inaugural Roger Freedman Award Lecture at the Norwich Research Park.
This prestigious award lecture highlights both discovery science and real-world impact in plant research.
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialSOP: How to make a proper Cornish cream tea—by Lauren Ryder
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialVACANCY: TSL Laboratory Support Assistant, Norwich
Join our friendly and professional Laboratory Support Team!
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🧪 Play a key role in keeping our labs running safely and efficiently
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialVACANCY: Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician
TSL is searching for a dynamic, motivated individual to work in an exciting bioinformatics/computational biology/data science focussed team.
Apply before 2 Nov 2026
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@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialStarting now: The inaugural TSL Roger Freedman Award Lecture – Tom Adams CEO and Co-Founder of Pairwise
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social@ahbucknell.com @adnroide.bsky.social @gene-boy.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialTSL's research & Ventures proudly represented at at the Norwich Research Park Poster Showcase Event. Molecular insights into plant-microbe interactions hold major biotech potential - in agriculture AND therapeutics. Thanks to AIP for the opportunity to spark valuable discussions with industry ✨️
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialVACANCY: TSL Laboratory Support Assistant, Norwich
Join our friendly and professional Laboratory Support Team!
Apply before 29 October 2026 buff.ly/SyvaOhB
🌱 Start your science career at a top plant science research institute
🧪 Play a key role in keeping our labs running safely and efficiently
@kamounlab.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialI just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in
What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs.
@freddietheodoulou.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.social@jonathandgjones.bsky.social asks: Science can keep up with pathogen evolution, but can regulation keep up with the science? #PrecisionBreeding #UKPB26
@johninnescentre.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialThank you to fellow session contributors from British Sugar, Cibus, BOFIN, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, @rothamsted.ac.uk and Tropic for sharing their knowledge, views and science 🧪
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialWe are delighted to announce the inaugural Roger Freedman Award Lecture, which will take place on Friday 2nd October 2026. The lecture will be open to all members of the NRP, as well as special guests of the lab. This year’s recipient is Dr Tom Adams, CEO of Pairwise.
@berasymbionts.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialOur review is now online! Led by @soobinshin.bsky.social, we dig into the secondary metabolites shaping insect-fungus symbioses, from mutualists to parasites, and how they drive host specificity, behaviour & immunity 🐛🪲🍄🍄🟫 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
@frankmenke.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialGreat talk by @draegermarkus.bsky.social from @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #Proteomics team talking at the PPRM2026 meeting on an NLR guarding a MKKK involved in receptor-mediated signalling. #ProudTeamleader
@ismpmi.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialAttention plant-microbe enthusiasts! Only 11 more days to get your submissions in for the concurrent session ideas for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 13-22). Please apply by 25 Sept 2026! Read more here: ismpmi.org/announcement...
@kamounlab.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialWe just published: Fold on Tight — 10 lessons on AI structure prediction
Andy Posbe @adnroide.bsky.social turned our ten lessons on AI structure prediction into a thread. Here it is, one lesson at a time.
@camilla-moli.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialExcited to share this pre-print from my PhD work! We explore a Pmk1-Mst12-Bip1 network required for appressorium-mediated infection by the blast fungus 🌾
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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@getgenome.bsky.socialReposted by @thesainsburylab.bsky.socialDay 1 “AI in Genomics workshop” 🇹🇳 🌍 With thanks to @Googleorg @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
@thesainsburylab.bsky.socialTSL Executive Director, Prof Nick Talbot, gave the #BSPP26 RKS Wood Prize Lecture at the #PPATH2026 conference
Nick was awarded the RKS Wood Prize earlier this year by the British Society of Plant Pathology for his exceptional contributions to the field
Read about the award: buff.ly/lxKok0u
