Reposted by Mike CsukaiKostya Kanyuka @kostya-kanyuka.bsky.social · 11/02/2026UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n... 01310
Reposted by Mike CsukaiJohn Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026PRESS RELEASE - Rapid response launched to tackle new yellow rust strains threatening UK wheat Fifty percent of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, due to the breakdown of a key resistance gene, Yr15 www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas... 1/ 🧵 (cont) 21611
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 31/10/2025A big step forward for Biotalys, the #EPA is recommending the registration of our first biofungicide #EVOCA. biotalys.com/media/news/e... 010
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Want good Bioinformatics resources for Phytopathogens? Plant pathology community at @bspp.bsky.social and @britmycolsoc.org.uk please take the time to complete the Phytopathogen Genomics Resources Survey:- 🔗 zurl.co/gKjC1 Your input is important for FungiDB/@veupathdb.org & Ensembl @ebi.embl.org. 01111
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 06/10/2025"Don't lose hope" Each of us an make a difference, even if it is small to improving the planet for todays and future children... 000
Reposted by Mike CsukaiKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223813116941
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMicrobiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 18/09/2025🔬 Are you working on AMR-related innovations? We are planning a B2B partnering event to connect academic entrepreneurs with UK & Irish businesses in the AMR space, before Annual Conference 2026. Register your interest today - microb.io/48ide4Q #Microbio26 #KnockingOutAMRmicrob.ioAnnual Conference 202613─16 April 2026 023
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Congratulations Megan!!!! @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Mike CsukaiBritish Society of Plant Pathology @bspp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Exciting insights from Evans Lagudah presenting on durable resistance to rusts: how ‘muscle’ (strong, race-specific) & ‘backbone’ (multi-pathogen, partial) R genes combine for long-lasting protection. #PlantPathology #PPATH2025 1124
Reposted by Mike CsukaiBritish Society of Plant Pathology @bspp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Leena Tripathi presents how genome editing is creating disease-resistant bananas and plantains, targeting BXW and Banana Streak Virus without introducing foreign DNA. A major step for food security and smallholder farmers. #PPATH2025 041
Reposted by Mike CsukaiSophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Luca Cornetti on SPORNADO Early Alert System for Crop Disease spornadosampler.com @spornadosampler #PPATH2025spornadosampler.comSpornado | Early Alert System for Crop Disease | Early Alert System for Crop DiseaseThe Spornado Sampler is an innovative, easy-to-use crop disease early alert system that changes everything. Learn more here! 052
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 09/09/2025On train to Nottingham and looking forward too catching up with the BSPP community. @bspp.bsky.social #PPATH2025 110
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 09/09/2025If there is little to learn from LLM's will always struggle. Plus LLMs still have a have significant number of "hallucinations", i.e. it gets things wrong. 010
Reposted by Mike CsukaiUK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 03/09/2025Almost 50% of lab workers identify as neurodiverse. So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture? We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇 0189
Reposted by Mike CsukaiAlbert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Post by @steveharvey, not on Bluesky, on the UK Biobank latest release of 500k whole genomes: A mind-blowing paper from the UK Biobank last week: whole genome sequencing of 490,640 participants. 1316
Reposted by Mike CsukaiThe MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) seeks 2 Assay Development scientists to support assay development and drug discovery. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Assay Development Scientist 2: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... 122
Reposted by Mike CsukaiEarlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 04/04/2025🆕 Funded #PhD with Dr Chris Quince at the Earlham Institute and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social, working on understanding the mechanisms of faecal #microbiome transplantation, with major potential impact to the treatment of IBD. buff.ly/ZaWxIZI #microbiomeresearch @mmbdtp.bsky.socialbuff.lyStrain-level dynamics of microbiome transplantation 0108
Reposted by Mike CsukaiSophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Post-Doctoral Fellow, Genome Editing @CIMMYT apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/E...apply.workable.comIRS25114, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Genome Editing - CIMMYTCIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow's problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of product... 034
Reposted by Mike CsukaiRemco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 03/04/2025There is still time to apply to our international MSc: Agrigenomics. The website might look a bit old, the course contents are up to date: everything from Molecular Biology to Applied Genomics, in an agriculture context! Questions? message me! www.agrigenomics.agrar.uni-kiel.de/en/applicationagrigenomics.agrar.uni-kiel.deApplication procedure and admissionApplication procedure and admission 063
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Yes, but no mention that I can find as to what this MoA is. 110
Reposted by Mike CsukaiEarlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 18/03/2025💬 “Being in Norwich, at the heart of UK #plantsciences, will allow me to build strong collaborations and contribute to the development of resilient, sustainable #crops capable of meeting the challenges of a growing population and a changing climate.” - @willshaw.bsky.social buff.ly/FQEQcIP #synbiobuff.lyNew Career Development Fellows enhance data-driven bioscience at the Earlham InstituteThe Earlham Institute has appointed two new Career Development Fellows, supporting their journey towards establishing independent research groups. 075
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The dominant lineage of Phakopsora pachyrhizi in the United States of America does not have a Brazilian origin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgThe dominant lineage of Phakopsora pachyrhizi in the United States of America does not have a Brazilian origin### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. 010
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Nice review of wheat and Zymoseptoria tritici interactions apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...apsjournals.apsnet.orgThe Molecular Dialogue Between Zymoseptoria tritici and Wheat | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®Zymoseptoria tritici is a highly damaging pathogen that causes high wheat yield losses in temperate climates. Z. tritici emerged during the domestication of wheat in the Fertile Crescent and has been ... 052
Reposted by Mike CsukaiNiklaus Grunwald @grunwald.bsky.social · 08/01/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAs academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomingsPlatform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community 021
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMegan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch Fellow - School of Biosciences - 104926 - Grade 7This post-doctoral role is associated with Dr. McDonald’s UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, and will explore the biochemistry of the Starship transposases. These transposases are the enzymes responsible ... 01621
Reposted by Mike CsukaiTeam Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Cool read in @plosbiology.bsky.social showing that horizontal transfers between fungal Fusarium species contributed to successive outbreaks of coffee wilt disease, and suggesting a key role for Starship transposons journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...journals.plos.orgHorizontal transfers between fungal Fusarium species contributed to successive outbreaks of coffee wilt diseaseOutbreaks of coffee wilt disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium xylarioides, have severely impacted coffee production. By sequencing and comparing 13 historical strains spanning 60 years and multiple ... 03010
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMegan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024HI old friends! Finally took the leap here to say I have several open positions going in my lab at the moment (and more to come). 1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics) 2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move Check out the links below! 47650
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMagnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 29/11/2024With @sokratiag.bsky.social, Kevin Couper and Hongpeng Zhou I'm offering a PhD opportunity at the University of Manchester, UK, on Multimodal AI methods for spatial omics data to characterise tumour microenvironments bit.ly/3Oub4E6 064
Reposted by Mike CsukaiEPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The November issue of the EPPO Reporting Service is online: gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs.... It provides recent reports of emerging and quarantine pests, invasive alien plants, as well as updates on biological control agents #planthealth 022
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I may work on fungal plant pathogens but I can appreciate the biochemical products of other fungi...e.g. Oh, I do love a Belgian beer now and then! 130
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Agreed! There are a significant number of species used as environmental safety assessment indicator species where the genomic data (therefore molecular target data understanding) is missing. 010
Reposted by Mike CsukaiBiological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 19/11/2024The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied! #SciComms #Science #Taxonomy 🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018 @natureportfolio.bsky.social 13221103
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Wow, I know it looked like a public toilet from the out side but I have a soft spot for the Adrian Building. I guess it is all part of the 1960/70 aerated concrete issues. 000
Reposted by Mike CsukaiJason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Early Registration for ECFG17 satellite meetings on 2 March are still open till Dec 6. The Basal (zygos and chytrids) Fungal Symposium should be a a fun one to participate in! www.ecfg17.org 0179
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I have left Twitter/X because it has seems to have become a propaganda tool for the far right under Musk. the last straw was recent "notifications" from Dominic Cummings and Lee Anderson people I do not follow and do not wish too. 200
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Why is so little known about the cell walls of plant pathogenic fungi given that it is a key component for protection in the plant pathogen interaction? Way more is know about human fungal pathogens:- 020
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · 14/11/2024🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...mikeyoungacademy.dkBluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young AcademyScientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing. 14424171
Reposted by Mike CsukaiSophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024New!!!👇 #NLRbiology Kudos @amiralito_ @ryoheiterauchi @YuSugiharaY 02214
Reposted by Mike CsukaiEarlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 27/11/2024📽️ Our recent webinar with @vizgen.bsky.social is now available to watch on demand. Earlham Institute scientists shared their journey of working with the MERSCOPE #SpatialTranscriptomics platform, offering insights on their methods for working with non-model samples. us02web.zoom.us/rec/componen... 1104
Reposted by Mike CsukaiMarc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 27/11/2024📜 A nucleoside signal generated by a fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization 🧑🔬 Nick Dunken, @algazuccaro.bsky.social, et al. 📔 Cell Host & Microbe 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunitysciencedirect.comA nucleoside signal generated by a fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonizationThe intracellular colonization of plant roots by the beneficial fungal endophyte Serendipita indica follows a biphasic strategy, including a host cell… 01510
Reposted by Mike CsukaiEarlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We're looking forward to the inaugural Dame Janet Thornton Lecture this afternoon, delivered by Elinor Karlsson (@elinork.bsky.social) - Director of Vertebrate #Genomics at the @broadinstitute.org of MIT and Harvard. 🖥️🧬 071
Reposted by Mike CsukaiNick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Last few days to apply for a PhD studentship in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.ukIdentification of novel virulence determinants in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae | Doctoral Training PartnershipTALBOT_S25DTP 01324
Mike Csukai @mcsukai.bsky.social · 24/11/2024G4S linkers can cause unexpected truncations in mammalian cell expression of Ab constructs:-Discovery and investigation of the truncation of the (GGGGS)n linker and its effect on the productivity of bispecific antibodies expressed in mammalian cells. www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.netDiscovery and investigation of the truncation of the (GGGGS)n linker and its effect on the productivity of bispecific antibodies expressed in mammalian cellsDownload Citation | Discovery and investigation of the truncation of the (GGGGS)n linker and its effect on the productivity of bispecific antibodies expressed in mammalian cells | Protein engineering ... 000