Jennie Yang

PhD student in the Ma group, The Sainsbury Lab 🌱👩🏻‍🔬Plant-enthusiast and Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She/her

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Day 6 talks started with @MitchellSorbel2 @jne_yang and Tim Thomsen #TSLSummer2026

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

We are thrilled to announce that @wenboEffector has been awarded a highly competitive @ERC_Research Advanced Grant for her new project sRNA-Defense, which will allow her and her team to uncover new roles for sRNAs in defending plants from pathogens 🧬🌱

https://t.co/xFzF9nllEz

[Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4]

Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor | Science https://t.co/bOl57aHZ8V

[Min Wang @Min_Wang6]

Excited to share our new review.

Natural small RNA-based defense informs engineering of host-induced gene silencing in plant disease resistance - ScienceDirect https://t.co/5Hgfrpd2By

[Edouard Evangelisti @edouard_evan]

New preprint! Watch Phytophthora zoospores burst into action: live ratiometric imaging reveals polarized Ca²⁺ transients during pathogen development and early host colonization. https://t.co/uRO73EhOOO
#Oomycetes #LiveImaging #PlantPathology

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Curious about what it's like to do a predoc?
Check out this vlog made by @karenuchida__, a talented scientist and videomaker! 🧪🌱

[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

[Iris Eisermann @iris_eisermann]

New preprint out! 🚀
https://t.co/dM4eTN8Z70

We mapped how septins organise infection in the rice blast fungus—and found they are far more dynamic than previously thought.

Thread 👇

#FungalPathogenesis #CellBiology #septins

[Jennie Yang @jne_yang]

Gatsby Training Weekend 2026! Always a joy to learn from and be part of such a supportive network of plant scientists.

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Our 11th (!) Preprint Pizza Party was a success! 📑
Students, postdocs and RAs from our lab and @JohnInnesCentre discussed recent @biorxivpreprint papers and enjoyed a pizza break 🍕
Stay tuned for the publication of our comments online!
#PreprintCommentClub

[Dr. Wenbo Ma @wenboEffector]

Super excited to preprint this work and extremely proud of my team @TheSainsburyLab. Many thanks to fantastic collaborators @XiaoqiFeng_m @Tolga_Bzkrt and @Cerhou

This work is spearheaded by the amazing postdoc Min Wang @Min_Wang6

Below is a thread 👇👇👇

[bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv_plants]

A specialized ARGONAUTE enables trans-species RNA interference in plant immunity https://t.co/wxqQnE7ofy #biorxiv_plants

[Edouard Evangelisti @edouard_evan]

Deep learning meets plant pathology.

HFinder enables automated detection and digitization of plant-microbe infection interfaces from microscopy images.

Preprint available on bioRxiv:
https://t.co/gStbKvtAAB

[Dr. Wenbo Ma @wenboEffector]

The Ma lab celebrates the lunar new year early with hotpot, table tennis, and Mahjong 🀄️! And there is no better way to end the party with not only one but three cakes! Happy the year of horse 🐎🎆🐴everyone!

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Ever wondered what it's like to work in research support at TSL?

To find out, we asked Dr @Adeline_Harant, Senior Research Assistant in the @kamounlab, who told us about her career and her passions in and outside the lab.

Read the full interview here: https://t.co/gYSVaaEliu

[Andy Posbe @adnroide]

Spooky season has arrived! 👻
We held our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition at @TheSainsburyLab—vote for your favourite carve! 🎃🕯️

[Dr. Wenbo Ma @wenboEffector]

Citrus greening (aka Huanglongbing or HLB) is a major threat to the citrus industry worldwide. There is much work to be done to curb the effects of this disease, especially in the face of increased climate threats.

[Enoch Lok Him Yuen @EnochYuen]

⚠️Excited to share my latest in @ThePlantCell🌱! We show that chloroplasts form membrane contact sites (MCS) with the pathogen interface to drive focal immunity, mediated by a tethering complex🔗!

Full story 👉 https://t.co/LE3SVlxp5i

#PlantScience #PlantImmunity

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Another Preprint Pizza Party has come and passed!

Students, postdocs and RAs from TSL and @JohnInnesCentre gathered to discuss and review recent @biorxivpreprint articles 📝
Pizza kept the spirits high during this challenging task 🍕

#PreprintCommentClub #PreprintPizzaParty

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

TSL's great fun day out playing Monopolize with @kdmevents