Josh
@Joshwbennett
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PhD student in Banfield lab, at the JIC. Interested in structural biology and anything plant immunity or plant pathogen related 💎🪴🦠
Joined July 2021
A segment of Triticum timopheevii chromosome 3G confers type II Fusarium head blight resistance and reduces DON accumulation in wheat. https://t.co/uF3Y3q0JJ9
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of small grain cereals that is particularly damaging on wheat and can result in yield losses of up to 80%. Resistance to FHB in wheat is broadly classi...
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Primary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant https://t.co/BfVzSqGHql
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Cell-surface perception of microbes triggers a range of rapid immune responses in plants that include the induction of cell isolation by plasmodesmal closure, the production of reactive oxygen...
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New Preprint: A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen (2025) |
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Citrus greening (aka Huanglongbing or HLB) is a major threat to the citrus industry worldwide. There is much work to be done to curb the effects of this disease, especially in the face of increased climate threats.
A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen https://t.co/w61OKBrkQn
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A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen https://t.co/w61OKBrkQn
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Plants secrete a variety of proteases as a defense response during infection by microbial pathogens. However, the relationship between their catalytic activities and antimicrobial functions remains...
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New preprint with work from my rotation project in the Byers lab!
In-depth phenotyping reveals unexpected floral trait variation in Mimulus cardinalis across a range-wide latitudinal gradient https://t.co/1gaGr2atAC
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… https://t.co/JAvH6SpAmM
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Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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Excited to share our work on sensor–helper NLR interactions! In lettuce 🥬, we explore how the NRC network shapes immune activation 🛡️ 📍 NoCass, Cambridge 📷 Poster 17, Session 1 👩🔬 @KamounLab @TheSainsburyLab Come chat about plant immunity & NLRs! #NoCass2025
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Lead by the one and only Zoe Bernasconi, 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 🌱🦠🧬👩🔬!!! ⬇️ https://t.co/bVoUs0Fgbn
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Proteins with a tandem kinase structure have recently emerged as new players in race-specific resistance in cereal crops. However, the molecular understanding of these novel immune receptors’...
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Thrilled to share our new bioRxiv preprint!✨ Huge credit to first author @Jukgan_Chan and thanks to all co-authors. Extra special: my first paper as co-corresponding author (with Lieve Gheysen). Check how nematodes uncouple FLS2–BSK signalling in 🌱👇 https://t.co/W6aUfJCYZJ
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Root-knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) are obligatory plant root parasites whose effector proteins play a critical role in suppressing plant immunity. However, the effectors direct host targets and...
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THE ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE EFFECTOR MJ-MSP18: A SWISS ARMY KNIFE FOR REPROGRAMMING PLANT IMMUNITY https://t.co/muA6shzz6P
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Root-knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) are obligatory plant root parasites whose effector proteins play a critical role in suppressing plant immunity. However, the effectors direct host targets and...
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New preprint! We report the largest plant resistosome ever described. We revealed the wheat NLR WAI3, a member from the mysterious CCG10-NLR clade, forms an unprecedented octameric assembly with a unique channel architecture. And the well-known RPS2 might work the same way!
An activated wheat CCG10-NLR immune receptor forms an octameric resistosome https://t.co/iPwdmmx6yu
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❗️BREAKING❗️Rescuers killed in line of duty. Scenes like this unfold every moment in Gaza, often unseen, largely undocumented. I beg STATES: how much more must be witnessed before you act to stop this carnage? 🔴Break the blockade 🔴Impose an Arms Embargo 🔴Impose Sanctions.
🚨Civil defense teams were targeted by an Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast on Al-Ghad TV, the attack was the second on Nasser Hospital, killing journalist , Reuters photographer Hossam Al-Masry and others.
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Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫🌱@michiganstateu @MSU_PSM
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A root-specific NLR network mediates immune signaling of resistance genes against plant parasitic nematodes (Daniel Lüdke , Toshiyuki Sakai , Jiorgos Kourelis , et al) https://t.co/7mFdjT35Xl
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Diffusing Protein Binders to Intrinsically Disordered Proteins 🚀 New paper from David Baker!🚀 1. A groundbreaking study published in Nature demonstrates a novel method for designing protein binders that can target intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and regions (IDRs)
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Two Israeli human rights organisations have said the country is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. 🔗 Read more
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The two groups are the first major voices within Israeli society to make such accusations against the state during nearly 22 months of war. Israel has denied claims of genocide.
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Wonderful day @BangorUni Huge congratulations to Dr. @Alejandra211909 for passing her viva with minor corrections. Thanks to @DrCarrieBrady and @MojganRabiey for examining and George Turner for chairing. Look out for some cool papers in the near future!
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