Had a great and productive time attending the Genome Assembly and Annotation course @edgenome.bsky.social last week. Thanks Heleen for helping me with all my questions!! 🧬👩‍💻

A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis Author summary Filamentous fungi, including Fusarium graminearum and Zymoseptoria tritici, pose serious threats to global food security by causing devastating diseases in cereal crops, including wheat...

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“Killer” fungal gene could provide key to wheat disease control | Rothamsted Research A specific gene appears to protect some fungal threats as they invade wheat. Disarming these defences could offer a pathway to keeping pathogens in check

Proud to say my PhD work has been published in PLOS pathogens and is accompanied with a short press release! Please have a read if you are interested in the use of transcriptomics for the control of fungal diseases 🌾🍄‍🟫👩‍💻👩‍🔬 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/killer-...