Josh Bennett
PhD student in the Banfield Lab, JIC. Studying plant pathogen interactions🦠🌾
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- Reposted by Josh BennettPlease share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology. Deadline 09/03/2026. Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
- Reposted by Josh BennettPlease share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
- Reposted by Josh Bennett⚙️🦠 REVIEW 🦠⚙️ Turley & Faulkner explore the function of plant heavy metal-associated domain-containing proteins and speculate about their functions at plasmodesmata by drawing from plant–pathogen interaction studies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 Christine Faulkner
- Reposted by Josh BennettNovel repressors of cambium activity in Arabidopsis biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Josh Bennett#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
- Do microbes get more food by swimming or staying still? Turns out both work, and cilia help them pull in nutrients no matter the strategy. buff.ly/vK3GmK5
- Reposted by Josh BennettCalling all teachers!!! This one's for you guys. Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education. 🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend. 🧑🔬🧪
- EVENT - Norfolk Science Teaching Conference 🗓️ 2 March 2026 ⏰ 9:00am - 12:30pm Join us for this FREE event featuring hands-on workshops, useful resources and inspirational talks designed to enhance your science teaching Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/norfol... @sawtrust.bsky.social
- Reposted by Josh Bennett1/12 I'm ecstatic to share my preprint on legume NLR tissue expression! We investigated the NLRomes of 28 legumes + 4 outgroups, examining tissue expression across 7 legume species. Paper thread below 🧵👇 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social 🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577
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- Reposted by Josh BennettMapping Pc94-Mediated Crown Rust Resistance in Oat Reveals a zfBED NLR and Introgression Variation biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Josh BennettNLR immune receptors can exhibit tissue-specific expression patterns across legume species biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Josh Bennett📢 2 PhD Positions Available in Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London 🌱 Start: Oct 2026 📅 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 🇬🇧 UK/settled status only 💰 Fully funded (48 months) ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/po61I #PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #SyntheticBiology 🙏 Share with interested candidates!
- Reposted by Josh BennettWei Shi @wshisky.bsky.social & Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI! And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann, @grandpahiro.bsky.social &, Matt Platre. (1/x)
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- Reposted by Josh BennettEngineering plant tandem kinase immune receptors expands effector recognition profiles biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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- Reposted by Josh BennettNew opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
- Reposted by Josh BennettExcited to share our latest work on plant immune receptor biochemistry! @kamounlab.bsky.social @hsuanpai.bsky.social @mpcontreras.bsky.social Jose Salguero Linares @danielluedke.bsky.social @adnroide.bsky.social @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Josh BennettHuge honor to receive this price! Glad to see the lichen research rewarded with such a distinction Thanks @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social for your SUPERvision ✨ Merci @academiesciences.bsky.social pour cette opportunité et cette belle cérémonie!
- Huge congratulations @puginiercamille.bsky.social for receiving the Prix Locoq from the French Academy of science @academiesciences.bsky.social !! @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social www.univ-tlse3.fr/actualite-de...
- Reposted by Josh BennettMy new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting! 🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution 🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible) 📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de ⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025 🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... Do get in touch or share 😊
- Reposted by Josh BennettNew pre-print from the team! The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses. Have a read! #PlantScience @johninnescentre.bsky.social
- Primary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Josh BennettPrimary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Josh BennettNew opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
- Check out this cool story and great science from the protease master Big Al! 🍊👍
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- Reposted by Josh BennettPreprint: De-novo design of proteins that inhibit bacterial defenses Our approach allows silencing defense systems of choice. We show how this approach enables programming of “untransformable” bacteria, and how it can enhance phage therapy applications Congrats Jeremy Garb! tinyurl.com/Syttt 🧵
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- Reposted by Josh BennettCheck out our new pre-print! ✨ We cloned AvrWTK4, the first wheat powdery mildew effector recognised by a tandem kinase protein, and show that an HMA-like integrated domain in WTK4 acts as pathogen decoy. Discover the whole story on bioRxiv ⬇️
- An HMA-like integrated domain in the wheat tandem kinase WTK4 recognises an RNase-like pathogen effector biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- Reposted by Josh Bennett#2025ISMPMI Want to know about transcriptional regulation driving pathogenicity in the blast fungus? Come to my poster (P-156) session today! From 13:30 to 15:15 🌾
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- Reposted by Josh BennettJoin us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September #plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk @pprm2025.bsky.social A thread 🧵 (1/n)
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- Excited to attend my 1st ISMPMI conference, and present our work on a paired wheat CNL/MLKL receptor mechanism! 🌾 Come chat to me at my poster on Tuesday, P-050! 📜 If you miss my poster session, I will be talking in: Crop resistance genetics and genomics on Wednesday - 16:25-16:35!
