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Frank Menke

@frankmenke.bsky.social
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Team leader Proteomics at Sainsbury Laboratory and honorary associate Professor at University of East Anglia . Tweeting and retweeting my own views.

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Xü Wang @urchinwang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Very happy to receive the Best Talk Prize at #PPRM2026! Thanks so much to the organizers and everyone who made the meeting such a great experience. Excited to keep pushing the project forward within the GreenRobust framework! @greenrobust.de @as-in-hohenheim.bsky.social
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great 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
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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice PPRM2026 ( Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting) closes in Freising. Organised by @julien-gronnier.bsky.social , @isabelmonte.bsky.social and @kpkinase.bsky.social
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@receptora.bsky.social from the Parys group shares aspects of their recently published analysis on SymRK-like receptors #PPRM2026
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#PPRM2026 starts now! Thanks to @julien-gronnier.bsky.social et al for organizing! I look forward to 3 days with this lovely community!
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No membrane receptors or peptides but lots of interesting insights into NLR biology from @draegermarkus.bsky.social from @frankmenke.bsky.social lab #PPRM2026
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🎥 NEW INTERVIEW: Meet Nicholas Gawuga, predoctoral intern in the Proteomics team with @frankmenke.bsky.social Watch to learn about what he does in the lab and his passions outside the lab! 🔬🥼 #predoc #scientistlife #TSLminiinterviews
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Vangeli Geshkovski @vgeshkovski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy to finally see this out in a peer-reviewed form 🧬🌱 Congrats to everyone who contributed! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The dual trxG/PcG protein ULTRAPETALA1 modulates H3K27me3 and directly enhances POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 activity for fine-tuned reproductive transitions - Nature Plants
This study reports a bivalent factor, ULTRAPETALA1, that can counteract as well as promote PRC2 activity at hundreds of developmental genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. The pro-PRC2 activity of ULTRAPETAL...
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It took some time, but we are thrilled to present the first major outcome of our @erc.europa.eu ERC DIRNDL AdG project: Evgeniya Pukhovaya @epukh.bsky.social and others in our team describe the discovery of a mechanism for polar protein targeting in plants (1/13) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Systematic proteomics identifies a conserved mechanism for polar targeting of plant cortical proteins
Multicellular development is tightly coupled to the polarization of individual cells, which partitions polar proteins along the cell cortex and can control asymmetric cell division, anisotropic growth...
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Spoel Lab @spoel-lab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#PlantProteostasis is maintained by #ubiquitin E3 ligases, especially during #PlantImmunity. We discovered that HECT-type ligases unexpectedly amplify their regulatory reach over the proteome by governing the stabilities of both E3 ligases and their substrates, thereby regulating immune activation.
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...
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Investigating host penetration by the rice blast fungus (MENKE_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership
MENKE_S26DTP3
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...
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Investigating host penetration by the rice blast fungus (MENKE_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops www.science.org/content/arti...
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With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops
Final political hurdle overcome, easing regulation of certain modified plants
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#Venus is over the #Moon!
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
COMMON MONKEY FLOWER (MIMULUS GUTTATUS) growing happily next the the pond in the courtyard at norwich research park @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Beautiful study by @thevirusmc.bsky.social and @plantophagy.bsky.social. Definitely worth a read 👇 Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection
RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Welcome to MSc student DanielHaruna@bsky.social to the #Proteomics team TheSainsburyLaboratory@bsky.social
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 08/05/2026
We want to wish Sir David Attenborough Hon FRSB a very happy 100th birthday today! A champion of biology and the natural world, we reflect on Sir David's contributions to the field and how he has supported the RSB over the years. Read the full story: www.rsb.org.uk/david-attenb...
Sir David Attenborough sits in a chair on a stage looking at Alice RobertsSir David Attenborough holds a flower shaped award above his head with a smile on his face
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
What an amazing game of football. End to end, with so much individual quality. @kvaratskhelia_m and @Diaz_Luiz goals out of this world #PSGBAY
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
While King Charles III visits the White House, King Wilhelm Alexander of The Netherlands 🇳🇱 is on speed skates with his family to celebate his birthday on the 27th of April in Dokkum #KingsDay #Koningsdag #DutchTraditions
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GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#GGFungi2026 Call for Projects is now closed. Thank you for your interest: 76 Applications from 18 countries!
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A phosphorelay circuit drives extracellular alkalinization in receptor kinase-mediated immune and cell-wall damage signaling: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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A phosphorelay circuit drives extracellular alkalinization in receptor kinase-mediated immune and cell-wall damage signaling
Extracellular alkalinization is a hallmark of plant receptor activation, yet its mechanistic basis and signaling function remain unclear. Zhai et al. uncover a conserved phosphorelay circuit that regu...
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Neftaly Cruz Mireles @neftalycm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thank you very much @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social for an inspiring talk at the Botanical Garden, Zurich last Friday. There is still so much to learn about plant immune responses at the single cell level! @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #IPMB #FridayForum
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Iris Eisermann @iriseisermann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New preprint out! 🚀 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We mapped how septins organise infection in the rice blast fungus—and found they are far more dynamic than previously thought. Thread 👇 #FungalPathogenesis #CellBiology #septins
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Julien Gronnier @julien-gronnier.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
PPRM2026 Registration is now OPEN! www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind... You can book hotel rooms at the venue here 👇
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
AI-tools to study fungal effector function introduced by ⁦‪@ahbucknell.bsky.social‬⁩ #Fungal26 #FungalAI @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Phosphoproteomic analysis of TOR signalling during appressorium development of Magnaporthe ⁦‪@mattwengler.bsky.social ‬⁩ #fungal26
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Camilla Molinari @camilla-moli.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Want to hear about gene regulation driving pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus? Come to my talk this afternoon at the Cell Wall Synthesis and Remodelling session at 16:40! Or my poster tonight! 🍄 #Fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Kicking off #Magnafest26 is Juan Carlos de la Concepcion showing cryo-electron tomography of appressoria in blast #fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Yvonne Scamarcia from Robbie Loewith's lab describing TOR function in Magnaporthe - a key likely regulator of appressorium morphogenesis via TORC1 and turgor control via TORC2 #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Magnagenes- an open science resource for the Magnaporthe research community with many new functions is being developed ⁦ @thesainsburylab.bsky.social ⁩ by Neha Sahu ⁩ #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Angus Bucknell @ahbucknell.com · 17/03/2026
Goodbye #Magnafest26, and hello #Fungal26! A big thanks to @osesmir.bsky.social and @frankmenke.bsky.social for organising this year’s meeting, as well as all the presenters! Looking forward to seeing the research in the greater fungal research community at FGC!
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A potential signal for effector sorting via Uba4 translational control by @WilsonLab #magnafest26 #fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Rachel Taylor describes role of the NDR kinase Cot1 in polarised growth and pathogenesis of blast #Magnafest26 #fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Lenny Bonadei from Robbie Loewith's lab with a new high efficiency CRISPR-Cas9 system for editing in Magnaporthe enabling in-locus tagging and highly efficient mutagenesis. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here is our very own 'PhosphoJave' Bautista introducing his family of phosphorylated fungal effectors and their potential regulation #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Euan Cawston on investigating the role of Mst7 and identifying potential scaffolds of the Pmk1 MAPK pathway #Magnafest26 #Fungal26 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Fabio Dos Santos Barbosa on dissecting the Sln1 turgor-sensor pathway and its role in appressorium function. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Aidan McVey on epigenetic regulation of Starships in blast. #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Florencia Casanova describing functional genomics of lineage-specific effector genes in wheat blast #Magnafest26 #Fungal26
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay. In the current political climate it is even more important we stand still and remember victims of #fascism and #intolerance. #NeverAgain
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Few more days until the abstract submission deadline for Fungal2026 (4th of December). David Canovas and I are chairing the concurrent session 'Sensing and signalling'. ECR scientists working on fungal sensing and signalling are encouraged to submit their abstracts. genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/
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Homepage - 33rd Fungal Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Very greatfull to work with this brilliant and diverse bunch that make up the #proteomics team @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. #Awayday. 🇨🇦🇫🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇵🇭🇬🇭🇨🇳🇨🇿🇩🇪🇳🇱
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Andy Posbe @adnroide.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Spooky season has arrived! 👻 We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social —vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available → authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Engineering auxin degradation into root-associated bacteria promotes plant growth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
By the @cellsensing.bsky.social and Zipfel labs: The plant receptor kinase HSL3 senses a cyclic, disulfide-bond stabilized peptide phytocytokine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
#Voting by post in the #Dutch Parliamentary #elections. In these difficult times exercising democratic duty is more important than ever. Voting for a inclusive and fair government that tackles the #climatecrisis and emphasizes #education.
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