Sophien Kamoun
Sainsbury Laboratory Project Leader
We study effector biology in filamentous plant pathogens, esp. oomycetes such as the Irish potato famine organism Phytophthora infestans
Biology
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Guardian Thought for food Editorial "Researchers must understand natural ecosystems in which rust, blight, mildew and other pests flourish"
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Guardian Thought for food Editorial calls for investments "not just in crop research, but in plant sciences as a whole" http://bit.ly/ahukVL
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Combatting stem rust: fungus should give us food for thought http://bit.ly/ahukVL via @FastestFood @guardianeco @blaineglobal @GreenHejira
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Some villages here in Tuscany stink of copper, heavily used in #organic viticulture to manage grapevine downy mildew. Is this better, safer?
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Very hot, it's 41C in Tuscany, Italy. Love it. Can tell everyone "Fa Caldo, Fa Caldo, Fa Caldo!". Might get in trouble with Aldo.
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Pythium ultimum genome paper (incl @stajichlab @KamounLab ). Fight against crop pathogens http://bit.ly/9cKAAN #bmcblog http://bit.ly/bIXuMR
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"It is a mistake to use statistics without logic, but it is not to use logic without statistics" Nassim Taleb (Fooled by Randomness)
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review in EukCell: Next Gen Sequencing application to euk microorganisms and biological questions. http://bit.ly/9S3GxJ (via @fungalgenomes )
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"How to annotate the non-coding regions of the genome, by Mark Gerstein et al http://bit.ly/bXivws via.. http://ff.im/nDkRF (via @yokofakun )
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Love this stat....New Zealand only team in world cup who didn't lose a game! #worldcup (via @billy_mahony )
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Late blight found in North Dakota's largest potato growing area. See http://bit.ly/cMaFVl for info. (via @potatodiseases )
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Looking forward to genome RT @idjoly My BMC Genomics paper on secreted protein evolution using poplar leaf rust ESTs -> http://bit.ly/9aYciW
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SAF farmer tells his story "EU remained irrationally hostile to GM crops-and has blocked agricultural progress in Africa" http://ht.ly/29qwl
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RT @agbiotech South Africa is not only hosting #worldcup, it's also a leader in ag #biotech. SA farmer tells his story: http://ht.ly/29qwl
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RT @ShirasuLab 3 postdoc positions available in Takano-Narusaka-Shirasu collabo project on Colletotrichum effector-R protein studies
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RT @bbcworld Psychic octopus predicts World Cup winners http://bit.ly/cPC2jv ...and "serious" news outlets will continue to publish rubbish
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Gatsby Symposium: Joanne Chory "Transcriptional readout of hormone action is inadequate (due to cross-talk)" Should apply to phenotypes too
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Gatsby Plant Science Symposium, Cambridge: David Baulcombe "Are small RNAs a defense mechanism against transposable elements"
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'Conventional' and 'Local' can work together. 'Thoughts of #ag from across the pond.' http://bit.ly/ahobI9 /via @ksfarmgrown @AFBFCyndie
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Interesting article in GMPro - "Organic pesticide not always the greener choice."
http://bit.ly/9ed6kI (via @txplantclinic )
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RT @1billionhungry : 1 billion hungry - 1 million signatures - 1 goal http://ow.ly/2716I #1bh
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RT @erward Arguably, this is yet another of Europe's losses, not Monsanto's. http://bit.ly/bpqSNi
