Ruth Norkor Annang

Predoc at @TheSainsburyLab

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health with five-month research project. David Sainsbury 50% Fee Scholarships available for home students. Apply now for 21 September entry. Deadline 28/8/26 for home students. https://t.co/2lONT0tFnn

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

Our lab is now two years old! Feeling very lucky to work with such a talented and motivated group of people.

Celebrated our lab anniversary (and some other good news) with a poolside lunch on campus🏖️

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

After completing the MSc in Global Plant Health and a predoctoral internship, @NGawuga will start his PhD adventure in Michigan

[Period Equity Advocates Ghana @PEAGhana_]

The Reality of Period Poverty

For many girls, menstruation is more than a monthly biological process—it can mean missed classes, limited opportunities, shame, and difficult choices. (1/3)

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health with five-month research project. David Sainsbury 50% Fee Scholarships available for home students. Apply now for 21 September entry. Deadline 28/8/26 for home students. https://t.co/2lONT0tFnn @RoyalSocBio

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

The @jonathandgjones team braved the heat to get new potato plants into the field just in time for #InternationalDayOfPotato 30 May🥔☀️
Can you spot the 🌈rainbow?

These trials will identify the best late blight- and virus-resistant lines - vital traits for resilient agriculture

[Neil Gow @neil_gow]

50 medical mycologists put their shoulder behind an action plan to mitigate the rising threat of antifungal drug resistance. Check out in Nature Medicine. @MedMycol @Fungaldx @MRCcmm @BritSocMedMyc @GW4AMR @eurconfmedmycol @UKHSA @MRC_Outbreak @NatureMedicine

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

We are happy to celebrate @mpcontreras4 winning the @BiochemSoc 2027 Early Career Research Award!

Mauricio joined TSL as a predoc in the @kamounlab, where he did his PhD and postdoc before starting his own group at @ZMBP_Tuebingen.

Congrats Mau! 🏆

https://t.co/xQwN0XIWDp

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

INTERVIEW: @annang_ruth, MSc Global Plant Health alumna, shared why leadership and communication training are vital for plant scientists, and how she is driven by the desire to battle misinformation through accessible science.

Read the full interview: https://t.co/PfSabFL4zn

[Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL]

Some reflections on #Fungal26 This was a great meeting as always but set against some turbulent times of course, which meant many regular attendees were not present. This thread is mainly for them. However, the proportion of 1st time attendees was very high & international. 1/15

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

PHYTOMap time, joined by @HsuanPai1 🌱🔬

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

Today’s @TheSainsburyLab MSc lecture focused on epigenetics (broadly defined), delivered by our chromatin aficionado, Vangeli.

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

📣 VACANCY: TSL Ventures Operations Officer

Join us to support the TSL Ventures Executive translate ideas and discoveries generated at TSL into impactful innovations. 🧬

⏰ Apply online by 31 March 2026

https://t.co/GHtO8gpFZT

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

Today’s @TheSainsburyLab MSc lecture focused on symbiosis and the microbiome, delivered by Karen and Siyu from our lab.

Great to see so many thoughtful questions from the students 😄

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

New Preprint: A specialized ARGONAUTE enables trans-species RNA interference in plant immunity (2026)

https://t.co/TNuYvxtfhH

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

This week, MSc students at @TheSainsburyLab are learning confocal microscopy to visualise plant-microbe interactions, with hands-on guidance from our lab members Tokuji & Ru.

[The Plant Journal @ThePlantJournal]

🗣️ 𝐼𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐩𝐟𝐞𝐥

Cyril Zipfel, a leading voice in plant immunity, reflects on plant immune recognition, his scientific journey, and what’s next for the field 🌱🧬

interviewed by @Luis_deLunav

👉https://t.co/7Q1ILmHLwZ

[Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL]

Our MSc students learning CRISPR genome editing in Magnaporthe ⁦@TheSainsburyLab⁩

[Hsuan Pai 白暄 @HsuanPai1]

The Pik NLR pair does more than just wait for activation!
Adding to the known modes of action for NLR proteins: from monomer/dimer to a novel pre-activation heterocomplex 🤜🤛
Get the full mechanism in our new preprint!

[Hsuan Pai 白暄 @HsuanPai1]

Kicking off December! I’ve had the news for a while now... but still wanted to share that our seedling drawings are now featuring the cover of @PlantCellEnvir ✨🌲 Thanks @cyl0828 & Jimmy for the collab ☺️