Robert Jackson

Microbiologist, plant pathologist, proud husband. Love music, hiking, cooking, cricket and Liverpool FC. BiFoR Chair in Tree Pathology, Uni. of Birmingham

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

Saw this impressive canker (?) in a fig tree in Portmeirion, anyone know the causal agent? Quite a lot of black necrosis marks in the stump at the base suggesting an ongoing issue

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

Great to see an archaeological project that my Dads been involved in featuring in the news https://t.co/jHL3e8R85M

[Kevin Lindegaard Copland Fan @MusicCopland]

Watch my latest film about the #Copland125 Anniversary Concert on 14 Nov at All Saints, Church Bristol. To my knowledge this is the only Copland concert anywhere in the world on his actual birthday. #aaroncopland #Copland125
https://t.co/KCuvV6r2z4

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@biosantosh @royalsociety @UoBbiosciences @IMIBirmingham Brilliant Santosh!

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

This looks great!

[Kevin Lindegaard Copland Fan @MusicCopland]

It's Aaron Copland's 125th anniversary this November and I've made this film as a personal Fanfare. Watch it here: https://t.co/5wfZbfctpG The video includes lots of Copland's neglected masterpieces and was filmed in #Bristol, UK. #AaronCopland
#Copland125 #KevinLindegaard

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@BS_PP Very well done to Vanja, her PhD project has developed really well, examining soil treatment effects on tree health (oak and horse chestnut), the big aim now is to get the thesis finished in the next 10 days, what a great effort doing these activities.

[British Society for Plant Pathology @BS_PP]

🎉 Congrats to our #PPATH2025 winners!

🏆 Athira Menon – Poster: RNA-binding proteins in plant immunity
🏆 Vanja Milenkovic – Talk: Drought & disease in Acute Oak Decline

Inspiring plant pathology research! 🌱

[Joint Genome Institute @jgi]

To engineer resilient microbes, @TaylorLabGroup of @UoBbiosciences will investigate how beneficial soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens regulates genes to survive environment changes while supporting growth. @RobWJackson @Catriona1392 @JohnInnesCentre
https://t.co/4p3lQKASUr

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@johnnybr61 @kittythefool Great album, thanks for the recommendation John!

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@michhulin @dieguez_vadillo @michiganstateu @MSU_PSM Nice one Michelle and Dan, congrats!

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

New paper out in Plant and Soil journal from PuRpOsE project working on Acute Oak Decline: https://t.co/oYaao6Zns9

[Centre for Forest Protection @ForestProtectUK]

⭐ Lead researchers & organisation: Dr Caroline Gorton (@Forest_Research); Prof @RobWJackson (The @unibirmingham Institute of Forest Research (#BIFoR)); Dr @adhirons (@MyerscoughColl).

🤝 Collaborators: Treecosystems

[Centre for Forest Protection @ForestProtectUK]

📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

🌳What is causing the decline of ancient yew trees in southern England?

🔬Our scientists are studying tree health, soil conditions, and the microbiome, to develop strategies to protect these trees for the future.

🔗Read more: https://t.co/0tiAbncKOE

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@jamesemcdonald @BangorUni @Alejandra211909 @DrCarrieBrady @MojganRabiey Congrats Alejandra!!

[James McDonald @jamesemcdonald]

New #openaccess opinion piece, the 1st from our brilliant collaboration with ⁦@EvolvedBiofilm,⁩ Xinming Xu, Sofia Gomes and Marine Cambon. Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities https://t.co/shPDYOTCDs

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@AlbinTeulet @Seb_EvdA Nice one Seb!

[Alejandra Ordoñez @Alejandra211909]

🎉 My poster is up and ready to go at #2025ISMPMI. Excited to share our work on SynComs for pathogen suppression in oak trees 🌳🧫 Check out poster P-324 during Session 2 - I'll be presenting on Thu, 13.30-15.15 pm

[Andrea Vadillo Dieguez @dieguez_vadillo]

#ISMPMI2025 Happy to present today my poster about a newly discovered type III effector protein in P. syringae! Please come and visit P-155 today to discuss the story! @michhulin @RobWJackson

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

@wenboEffector @TheSainsburyLab @royalsociety @ISMPMI Congratulations Wenbo!

[Carmen Beuzon @BeuzonR]

How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene

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Ever wonder how bacteria organize during an infection?!
Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen.

🔗 https://t.co/7iburDvfjX