Submitting my PhD students Sophia’s first paper - yay! 🥳 #proudPI

Join us Dec 8 for "Catching the Scent." Discover how Ralstonia bacteria transition from soil to plant xylem and the surprising role of a newly identified sensor-regulator protein.

FREE for members. Only $49 for nonmembers.

https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p

#plantpathology #plantscience

From genes to epidemics: Genomic insights into bacterial plant pathogen emergence Bacterial phytopathogens are major causal agents of newly emerging plant diseases. The roles of both agricultural practices and the alteration of bact…

Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Dan from my lab presented his work on Pseudomonas phage that has an intriguing role in virulence. #planthealth2025 #proudPI

A man giving a scientific presentation with a PowerPoint slide showing phage presence across bacteria genomes

Daniel Maddock (@michhulin.bsky.social’s group) investigates prophage carrying a key effector protein that enables Pseudomonas bacteria to infect cherry trees.

Deleting the whole prophage reduces virulence of the bacterium on the plant (leaf and woody tissue) 🍒
#PlantHealth2025

We’re in Hawaii! Looking forward to APS #planthealth2025. Come see Dan’s talk on Pseudomonas phages in the tree disease section on Monday! 🌺

That’s exciting! We’re on our way too. Hopefully see you there

Lauren and Michelle at the poster

Flower gift

I had the pleasure of mentoring REU student Lauren for a project this summer on P. syringae! Thanks for being part of the lab and the lovely parting gift @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Getting #ISMPMI2025 FOMO, but glad to see updates on @bsky.app 🦋. Looking forward to my first APS this year instead!

1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?

New from the Carter Lab!

Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus.

Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Cherry leaves inoculated with pseudomonas

Cherry leaves inoculated with pseudomonas

Team picture

Ice cream

A packed day of #plantpathology with a team break for Spartan Swirl ice cream at the MSU dairy store! @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

One of the favourite parts of my job is sampling season! 🌸🧫🧬 A fun lab activity in the sunshine #microsky #plantsky @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Brooke and Dan her mentor next to her poster presentation

Our first undergraduate Brooke that joined the lab presented at @michiganstateu.bsky.social UUARF today! She cloned a transcription factor and has started to characterise its effects in Pseudomonas syringae 🌱🧫 #microsky #plantscience

Lab members at the stand

Michelle with ice nucleating bacteria

The lab had a great time at @msuscifest.bsky.social today presenting Pseudomonas plant pathogens, including ice nucleation and fluorescent bacteria! 🧫🍀 @bijarniya0408.bsky.social

Had a blast visiting University of Utah! Thanks for the invitation Effie Symeonidi 🤩

Lab members with cherry trees for inoculation

Tree inoculation time! 🌳🌸 #plantscience

Lab members hold plants, bacterial plates and pipette

Lab ready to go with FFA Open House, excited to share our research with high schoolers interested in agricultural science 🧬 🌱 @michiganstateu.bsky.social

It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

Snow at Michigan state University

Snowy end to 2024! 🎆❄️

Andrea, Dan and Michelle on her last day in Michigan

It was wonderful to have @vadillodieguez.bsky.social join my lab for a few months! Proud of all you have achieved - which was a huge amount in just 3 months! 🤩 Thanks for @bspp.bsky.social funding 🌱🧬 #womaninstem

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants Plant pathogenic Pseudomonas species naturally antagonize a diverse range of flowering plants. While emerging research demonstrates that isolates belonging to the P. syringae species complex colonize ...

📄 New Publication: Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants
K Robinson, L Buric, K Grenz, @khongsamchia.bsky.social Phil Carella @JohnInnesCentre Wenbo Ma @michhulin.bsky.social

www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check out this awesome work led by @philcarella.bsky.social group identifying pseudomonas pathogens of liverworts 🤩#plantscience

Tube rack with magnets for bead purifying

Home-made magnetic stand seems to be doing the job 🧲🧬#newPI

MSU hort gardens in snow

First snow! ❄️☃️

a man is standing in front of a sphere with the words science written on it . ALT: a man is standing in front of a sphere with the words science written on it .

Gave one of the last lectures in my MPMI 🌱 class today, specifically on applications of molecular plant pathology. It was fun to nerd out about how far technologies have come in the last few years 🤩🧬. Such an exciting time to be working/studying!

We have a fully funded 4-year PhD studenship available that builds on parts of this pre-print:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/dis...
🗓️ Deadline 25 Nov 2024
Please do get in touch if you're interested!

Remus the greyhound upside down on sofa

Sunday feelings 🐶😴

Remus the greyhound with his founders beer plush

Yes please! 🙏