Jonathan D G Jones

Plant disease resistance ways and means.
43 years making GM plants.
Protecting crops in England with cisgenics not chemistry. Also on @jonathandgjones.bsky

[S. Lorena Ament @LoreAment]

It's out!! Using population and comparative genomics of Podospora fungi, we show that a class of genes called #NLRs display evolutionary signatures that are consistent with an immune function, much like in plants and animals! 1/n 🍄 #popgen #fungi

https://t.co/GgDIvvJTb9

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

welcome to Wales

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

Very nice to participate in the opening ceremony

Replica of ship that sailed around the world opens to the public in Norfolk https://t.co/GD6jHnTHCT

[Trumpton @Trump_ton]

He's not invited because he isn't an MP Bobby.

I don't know if you're aware but the silly twat resigned.

[ISAAA_AfriCenter @afri_isaaa]

Pests and diseases, climate change, population pressure--- Rwanda has figured a strategy to keep going in the face of these challenges, because a food secure country is an socioeconomically successful country, as Dr Athanase Nduwumuremyi details here:
https://t.co/qTMZGJYGOF
See more on THE DRUMBEAT here: https://t.co/HtNQ0lAl6g

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

Many anti-biotech activists lie about the impacts of GM crops, but evidence easily refutes this. Pesticide use drops dramatically in Arizona following GM cotton adoption. Pink bollworms eradicated, benefiting all cotton farmers. #ICABR2026

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

Who remembers when Martin Bell successfully stood as an MP to rid us of Neil Hamilton and the sleaze that surrounded him?
Let’s hope that, 30 years later, Count Binface can rid us of Nigel Farage and the far worse sleaze he’s up to his eyeballs in.

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

and here's another important and very complementary study from the Talbot/Banfield/Bentham labs https://t.co/wakIgGFzhO

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

An important advance, building on pioneering work on "pikobodies" from the Kamoun lab

Programmable design of synthetic plant immune receptors for pathogen protein recognition | Science https://t.co/nlCvvsRjT0

[Kevin Zhao @kevintzhao93]

In the age of AI-design, @CaixiaGaoLab today in @ScienceMagazine reports the programmable design of synthetic plant immune receptors.
https://t.co/RA4YrGBxKO

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

A trenchant critique

The Assault On Science Funding Continues | Science | AAAS https://t.co/DKlAoMoDqI

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

University science in the US needs a coherent plan | Science https://t.co/3xbVKsv73G

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

An important advance, building on pioneering work on "pikobodies" from the Kamoun lab

Programmable design of synthetic plant immune receptors for pathogen protein recognition | Science https://t.co/nlCvvsRjT0

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

Interesting work, building on the pikobody innovation from the Kamoun lab

Programmable design of synthetic plant immune receptors for pathogen protein recognition | Science https://t.co/nlCvvsRjT0

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

What the sudden demise of the UK’s department of science means for the future of research https://t.co/YRhS99Vlm2 via @ConversationUK

[David Martínez @El_Divis]

Primera ley de Steinitz: El jugador que tiene una ventaja está obligado a atacar; de lo contrario, corre el riesgo de perderla.

[BigMoh jr @Koladoskidculer]

🚨🎙️ Jürgen Klopp on criticism of Thomas Tuchel:

“People always speak after the game like coaching is easy — like you just choose ‘attack’ or ‘defend’ and that’s it. It doesn’t work like this. Football is much more complex.

I see the criticism of Tuchel for trying to defend the 1–0 against Argentina, but let me tell you something — if he didn’t do that, if he kept pushing forward and they conceded, the same people would be here saying, ‘Why didn’t he control the game? Why didn’t he defend the lead?’ In knockout football, whatever decision you make, someone will criticize you.

I’m not saying every decision is perfect, but you have to understand the logic behind it. Managing a game at that stage is never simple.

And then… there’s another reality. This Argentina team, the belief, the mentality — sometimes it feels like something special is with them in these moments.

And when you have Lionel Messi… what can you do? He’s 39, and still the best player in the world. You think you’ve controlled him, you think you’ve done everything right — and then he makes the difference. Two assists, two decisive actions, and the game is gone.

So yes, you can talk tactics, you can talk decisions… but sometimes, you also have to accept that greatness decides matches. And if you don’t understand that, you don’t really understand football.”

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

https://t.co/bgHBuyDID1

[Jonathan D G Jones @jonathandgjones]

The EU Finally Got It Right: How Gene Editing Is About to Reshape Food for the Next Generation - https://t.co/W7AvYvMBCK

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

The irony of Trump calling FIFA to overturn
a red card for Balogun because he knows the U.S. can’t win without Balogun, who only qualifies for the U.S. team because of birthright citizenship, which Trump just tried to overturn.