#PPATH2026
TSL Executive Director, Prof Nick Talbot, gave the #BSPP26 RKS Wood Prize Lecture at the #PPATH2026 conference
Nick was awarded the RKS Wood Prize earlier this year by the British Society of Plant Pathology for his exceptional contributions to the field
Read about the award: buff.ly/lxKok0u
September 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A little Parker Lab reunion at #BSPP2026 🌱

Great to catch up with @hennilaessle.bsky.social at JIC!

@federicalocci.bsky.social @junli-wang.bsky.social

#PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
With my PhD supervisors Alan Coddington (now 92!) and Richard Oliver (a little younger!) #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Van Schepler-Luu on the challenge of controlling bacterial blight of rice IRRI #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Evaluating endophytic control of forage grass and wheat diseases - extarodinary potential of Epichloë in wheat from @youngkiwi.bsky.social #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
David Collinge on innovative biological control interventions to protect against Fusarium head blight #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Gustaf Fredell identifying Epichloë and Chaetomium endophyes that might colonise barley for biocontrol evaluation against fungal diseases #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Nyambura Mwangi identifying endophytes to protect sugarbeet from stubby root nematodes #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Developing Epichloë endophytic strains to provide protection to wheat from insects and fungal diseases, building on its success in ryegrass where the majority in New Zealand is not protected from insect herbivory in this way. Richard Johnson #PPATH2026
September 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Launching Ventures: Strategy, Story and Scale 🚀

An exciting #BSPP26 session with Wild Bio, PfBIO, @GetGenome and @ResurrectBio—exploring funding, IP, team-building, governance and turning research into real-world impact

#PPATH2026 #PlantHealth
September 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
It’s raining cryo-EM structures! 🌧️🧬

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4 et al. at #BSPP26 #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
And now it's the #BSPP26 RKS Wood Prize Lecture by Professor Nick Talbot! 🎓🌾🍄 #PPATH2026 www.bspp.org.uk/bspp-2026-rk...
September 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Fascinating structure-guided analysis of NRC network activation dynamics and how sensor-helper NLR interactions lead to resistosome formation in plant immunity @mpcontreras.bsky.social #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Now: @federicalocci.bsky.social giving her talk on TIR proteins and their involvement in systemic immunity 🌱

Please find her at #BBSP2026 #PPath2026 for further discussion!
September 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
A fantastic @johninnescentre.bsky.social session at #BSPP26, showcasing an impressive range of pathosystems across wheat, legumes and brassicas 🌾🫘🥬

#PPATH2026 #PlantHealth
September 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
You saw the poster—now hear the talk!

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social with Maian @maigarro.bsky.social and AmirAli @amiralito.bsky.social reveal the hidden handshake between sensors and helpers in the NRC network 🤝🌱

#BSPP26 #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Diane Saunders addressing the breakdown of resistance of the Yr15 tandem kinase in the UK. Nice identification of promising germplasm from a landrace collection. #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM
#BSPP26 #PPATH2026 @BS_PP

Tolga Bozkurt @Tolga_Bzkrt highlighting the subcellular dynamics of helper NLRs before and after activation
September 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Cryo-electron tomography of protein complexes in Magnaporthe infection structures - amazing imaging and exrraordinary potential for understanding infection biology from @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Urooj Fatima @KAUST_News on how conserved rust fungal ligands trigger non-host resistance in cereal crops 🌾🍄

Exciting routes towards broader and more durable crop protection.

#BSPP26 #PPATH2026 #PlantHealth
September 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Exploring natural variation as a means of generating novel forms of disease resistance and new understanding of the nature of plant immunity, from @gittacoaker.bsky.social #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Boyoung Kim from the lab of Chang-Sik Oh on the effectors of the cucurbit pathogen Paracidovorax citrulli—both AVRs and immune suppressors 🦠🥒🍉

Wonderful to see our Korean colleagues joining us at #BSPP26 @bspp.bsky.social

See you in Jeju!

#PPATH2026 #RoadToJeju #MPMI2026
September 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
#BSPP26 #PPATH2026 @bspp.bsky.social

Cian Duggan @ResurrectBio on resurrecting defeated resistance genes
September 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Taxonomists now call it Tobamovirus fructirugosum but the virus itself—tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)—remains a plague on the tomato industry. More resistance traits needed 🍅🦠

Great talks by Adrian Fox and Sergio de la Fuente #BSPP26 #PPATH2026 #PlantHealth
September 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Remarkable live cell imaging of spatiotemporal dynamics of helper NLR activation at extra-haustorial and plasma membranes, while others target organellar membranes @tolgaboz.bsky.social #PPATH2026
September 10, 2026 at 9:11 AM