Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme 2020-24

4 years, 9 projects, 150 team members, many meetings, experiments and papers, but it's time for the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme to say farewell. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of it! #helpingkeepplantshealthy 🦠🌿See our highlights reel here bacterialplantdiseases.uk/thank-you-and-…

Excited to share our latest paper where we have screened unique Brasssica germplasm 🥬🥦 at @WarwickCrop to identify useful resistances to genetically diverse isolates of #Xanthomonas. @BactPlantDis

Really excited to announce that we are hiring! We have 3 post doc positions on our microbiomes rules of life @BBSRC sLoLa led by my pal @SophieLNixon. Links below with a closing date of 06/09/2024 @ISME_microbes @MicrobioSoc @NatureMicrobiol @ASMicrobiology @OfficialUoM @UoMMIB

📢 I am recruiting! Post doc position available for a 4-year project working on quorum sensing in acute oak decline bacteria 🦠🌳 Please share! ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_webre…

🌱It's National #PlantHealthWeek! Did you know? Plants produce 98% of the oxygen we breathe. Let's ensure their health to safeguard our own! 🌿 #PlantHealthDay @DefraGovUK @APHAgovuk

Just three weeks left to submit your abstracts and secure your early-bird tickets for #PAPTH2024 and #ECPP2024 this September. Head to: plantpathology.org.uk

🌱✨ Speaker Highlight! Don't miss Prof. Gail Preston's expertise in Plant-Microbe Interactions at #PPATH2024 in Oxford. Early bird ticket prices end May 1st! 🎟️ PlantPathology.org.uk @gailmpreston

Way to celebrate first author @dieguez_vadillo’s birthday! Happy to see this multi-year effort finally out 🌱🧫 tremendous effort and wonderful collaboration with all authors 🥰

Our projects have been busy behind the scenes working with @Smclusky and designer Thomas Pawley to create a set of visual research summaries. They provide a short overview of what each project has acheived. Download them here bacterialplantdiseases.uk/research-summa… #planthealth #plantpathology

@Rothamsted @G_A_Thomas @Forest_Research @FAOForestry Brilliant video @G_A_Thomas

Local oak trees need you! Can you spot the signs of acute oak decline? @G_A_Thomas explains the research he's doing with @Forest_Research to save our oaks. For more information on the disease: forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-reso… #ForestDay #IntlForestDay @FAOForestry

#Ecommerce's rapid growth is undeniable: 5000 new parcels every second, 436 million parcels daily worldwide. Yet, there's a potential impact on #PlantHealth & the spread of pests. Time to balance convenience with environmental responsibility. 🌱📦 youtube.com/watch?v=XDEaNf…

At the Birmingham and Midland Institute to hear from Joshua Singh and Charles Goode about collaboration between @unibirmingham and @sandwellcouncil on their work for the West Bromwich greening project

Join us at #ECPP2024 and #PPATH2024! Abstract submissions are now open for engaging Talks and captivating Poster displays. Share your insights and research with our global community. Don't miss out – submit your work today! Details:buff.ly/4aitDEf

Come and join us for the 8th @BIFoRUoB annual meeting in Birmingham, with an amazing program. Get your free in person ticket and secure your place for a poster! Registration: birmingham.ac.uk/research/bifor… Poster: birmingham.ac.uk/research/bifor…

You wait ages for a new blog post then 2 come along at once! @JoanaGVicente and Andrew Aspin have written great articles on why #culturecollections are important and how our projects use and contribute to them. 1: bacterialplantdiseases.uk/the-importance… 2: bacterialplantdiseases.uk/how-bpd-projec… #planthealth

Fantastic day sampling Tilia logs with bleeding cankers kindly donated by a landowner who saw our Tilia information leaflet 😊🌳

The Plant Health Professional Register provides formal recognition of your professional competencies & experience in #PlantHealth & #Biosecurity Our online training course supports applicants, covering topics from pests & pathogens to raising awareness: buff.ly/3VpaHjb

Great to have @MojganRabiey here at @KeeleUniversity today to talk about utilising phage to control bacterial pathogen on crops🌱🦠!

🚨 New paper alert! How have social scientists in environmental policy and practice organisations experienced the 'mainstreaming' of social sciences expertise, and what are their aspirations for social sciences in the future? nature.com/articles/s4159…