Callum Verdonk

Part-time molecular biologist, part-time structural biologist. Full-time buffoon. Views my own 🙈 More active on #Bluesky @callumverdonk.bsky.social

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💥 Out now! 💥 Our @MPMIjournal publication, led by @theCCDM Shota Morikawa & @CallumVerdonk , looks at domain functions of a transcription factor involved in necrotrophic effector regulation and co-factor interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum, a fungal pathogen of wheat. 👇

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Our @theCCDM @CurtinEandA postdoc @CallumVerdonk came up with the goods @CBSM_WA!! Congrats on the New Investigator Award! 🏆💪 #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

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Check out our recent review on the power (and challenges) of AI use in plant-pathology protein-protein interactions!

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🧠 Can AI help us understand how fungal pathogens infect plants? A new review says yes. AI tools show promise in modelling effector–plant protein interactions to fight crop disease🌾
📖 https://t.co/iOaD9J6bxW
@theGRDC @CurtinUni @Univ_Toulouse @CallumVerdonk @KGagalova

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Today at INRAe: @karchuntan discusses how co-infection by necrotrophic fungi BREAKS DOWN disease resistance in wheat @INRAE_France @ifudal @theCCDM

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Thank you @ifudal & @soyer_jessica for hosting us @INRAE_France. 🙏🇫🇷

Plenty of productive discussions on all things fungal!!! @theCCDM @CallumVerdonk

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New insights into protein-DNA interactions reveal cellular machinery secrets https://t.co/7HFP7ZLI8a via @physorg_com

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@m_j_ag @DrJoshRamsay @CharlieBondXray @CurtinMRI @SMS_UWA https://t.co/iDwVOwufAf

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I’m excited to finally share our work published in @NAR_Open! This is the final paper from my PhD – showing how my focal research protein RdfS uniquely coordinates a bunch of different molecular roles. Read along to get the whole story! 👀👇1/13 https://t.co/2op1kZRGYH

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A big thank you to fellow authors: Mark @m_j_ag, Karina Yui Eto and Drew Hall, and especially to my PhD supervisors @DrJoshRamsay and @CharlieBondXray! A big collaboration between @CurtinMRI and @SMS_UWA 👏🥳