Dr. Wenbo Ma

Senior Group Leader at the Sainsbury Laboratory; studying plant-microbe interactions with a focus on effector biology

[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🏖️

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

Don’t miss this opportunity!!!

[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

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published: We still publish one paper at a time. Nobody reads science that way anymore

Publishing is stuck in one mode. Reading has already changed.

https://t.co/fzoIggnSkd

[DingLab @dinglab_plants]

Our work is now online @cellhostmicrobe
#OAHuge congrats to all authors @HimanshuChhill3 @leonardojo @RedkarAmey Volkan @kaisakajala @jonathandgjones supported primarily by the @ERC_Research #StG
=> https://t.co/BMW3oOc5LC

@LeidenBiology @UniLeiden

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

I made an imaging device for making 3D flower models (Photogrammetry) 🌹 📸

[Josh @Joshwbennett]

I am really excited to share the first chapter of my PhD, where we characterise a genetically linked NLR/MLKL pair underpinning the Rwt3 resistance locus in wheat! With yet another KFP involved in monocot immunity 🌾https://t.co/rYcd3FjXqB

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Ten Papers on NLR Biology Published in 2026

Go and have a look at the wiki. You can enter through a topic, a receptor, a species, a method or a paper���- whichever way your question happens to be shaped. You can even search the corpus with whatever you are interested in.

https://t.co/SAWRA2vEOv

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

📣 VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher - Wenbo Ma group @wenboEffector

Exciting opportunity to investigate small RNA-based plant immunity, applied to crop disease resistance 🧬 🌱

📍 @NorwichResearch, UK
⏰ Apply by 1 Sept 2026
✨️ 2 positions available
https://t.co/rqUsLKHF1N

[IS-MPMI @ISMPMI]

Concurrent session submissions for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 18-22) are now open! Contribute to the dynamic scientific program and engage the international plant–microbe interactions community in Jeju, South Korea. Apply by 25 Sept. https://t.co/qbnhwGiYlA

[Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL]

Congratulations to @metalichen on winning the Aino Henssen Award! Fantastic recognition! Proud that she's an alumnus of @TheSainsburyLab

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

If Flower Bioengineering & Breeding sparks your curiosity, explore more at https://t.co/GW9gV4wWPu 🌸🧬

Designed and built by me, with love, in @webflow

[Erh-Min Lai @erhminlai]

Our lab is recruiting people at multiple levels: postdoc, graduate student, and RA @IPMBSinica #Taiwan to investigate the evolution and molecular mechanisms of #Agrobacteria #T6SS antibacterial weapon. Check out the job ad and the lab website! Please apply or RT

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

Working hard

[Edel Pérez-López @Edel_PLopez]

#PlantHealth2026 is officially underway, and what better time to share our latest research on the clubroot pathogen! 🌱🦠

🎉 Congratulations to @mel25448778 on her third first-author paper and the final research chapter of her PhD, now published in @MPMIjournal 👏

Link: https://t.co/XGNtZCo5hw

PbGH3 has been on the clubroot community radar since the very first Plasmodiophora brassicae genome was published. For years, it was thought to act mainly through auxin conjugation. In this study, we show that the story is more interesting: PbGH3 reshapes root architecture and promotes early root hair colonization, but its role appears to be linked to salicylic acid-associated hormonal crosstalk rather than acting as a canonical auxin-conjugating enzyme.

If you're at #PlantHealth2026 and interested in clubroot, insect vectors, or molecular plant pathology, come say hi! We currently have several PhD positions available in the lab (but didn't have time to advertise them), and we're always excited to meet passionate scientists.

Congratulations again, Melaine! #ProudPI 👏

[GetGenome @GetGenome]

We have been busy this July! The latest GetGenome newsletter is full of exciting highlights, and lots of amazing resources, available to everyone.

You can access all the links and all our previous monthly newsletters here https://t.co/Ipf6GoFZDf

A huge thank you to everyone🙏

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Farewell to the #TSLSummer2026 participants. Always amazing to host and interact with such passionate and enthusiastic early-career scientists. Best wishes for the next steps of your careers 🥂

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

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

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

It's been a great two weeks of immersion into plant immunity, pathogenesis and vector biology. Thanks to our early career participants for their own research and curiosity, the keynote speakers, and all the local science and support teams that made this possible. #TSLSummer2026

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

So cute 😻