Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
@Seb_EvdA
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Professor of Biotic Interactions, University of Cambridge. @plantsci Fellow of King's College Cambridge. https://t.co/jwE0Oewr6U
Cambridge, England
Joined May 2014
Paper @PNASNews We think nematodes break open plant cells, sense small molecules (termed effectostimulins), which switch on a master regulator SUGR1, which switches on effectors, which break cells. Looks like a feed-forward loop driving infection. https://t.co/plCau36wlH
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Pathogens must precisely tailor their gene expression to cause infection. However, a signaling cascade from host signal to effector production has ...
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Entangled Life by @MerlinSheldrake is one of the best works of scientific literature I have ever read: intelligent (a scientist can be good at philosophy), informative (I learned so much), inspiring (almost every sentence made me pause for thought), beautifully written (this
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You should be so lucky to have people throughout your research career that you can openly bounce ideas to and from - especially if they complement your strengths in your areas of weakness - it is a rare and precious gift.
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"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
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Plants @ Cambridge brings together partners from @Cambridge_Uni & our partners at @niabgroup to form one the largest groupings of plant scientists in Europe. From molecules to ecosystems. We have a new video https://t.co/ceR9p4Zcvu
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🔬 PhD opportunity alert! Join us at the @CropSciCentre @camplantsci to decode sensor–helper NLR communication mechanisms in plant immunity. Apply by 14th November! 🔍 More info 👉 https://t.co/RwM3TMiWaR
#PhD #PlantScience #Biology Please RT
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PhD Project - Decoding sensor-helper NLR communication mechanisms at Gatsby Charitable Foundation, listed on FindAPhD.com
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🎉🎉🎉 Today, we have a huge announcement to make: SAMSON is now free for non-commercial use! This includes all extensions for docking, simulating, animating, scripting, and much, much more. Precisely, we are making the entire SAMSON molecular design platform - SAMSON + every
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Post doc position in Extracellular vesicles and cross kingdom communication in the Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Final week to apply!
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We are hiring! Our lab is offering a fully funded PhD position in fungal effector biology: https://t.co/94WV8R8n62
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New pre-print from our group showing remarkable synchrony of proliferative growth & regulated cell death during plant infection-each conidial cell has different developmental fate-by the rice blast fungus @AliceEseola @angelyx97
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Synchronous spatio-temporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for appressorium-mediated plant infection by ... https://t.co/UTWALealEP
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Job opportunity! We are recruiting got a Horticultural Technician: - Crop Science Centre - Fixed term - Closes on Friday 31 October https://t.co/05n0fC1mR8
#plantscijobs #plantsciences
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For the second year in a row, Parafilm has been recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025! 🏅
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What’s the greatest hurdle in improving food security: the science or the system? Join us on 16 October to hear from an expert panel + ARIA Creators and get a taste of tomorrow’s crops. Register here: https://t.co/mTas9cBduL
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NEMATODE MONDAY: Root knot galls on pumpkin 🎃 roots in south Alabama. Field yellowing up early partly due to high levels of root knot nematode. #Nematode #Nematology #Pumpkin #MondayVibes
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Congrats Victor!
New Preprint alert! M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi. https://t.co/IMQp2pNw2e
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New Preprint alert! M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi. https://t.co/IMQp2pNw2e
biorxiv.org
The plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita is the pathogen with the broadest host range among all known biotrophic interactions. This species is also the single most damaging of a group of...
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We’re glad to be part of the International Partnerships Event 2025 at @Cambridge_Uni, @CropSciCentre. This morning, Prof. @DannyCoyne6 briefly highlighted our ongoing work on Root-Knot Nematode (RKN) on Irish and Sweet Potato. @IITA_CGIAR @icipe @Shaukeland2
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One week left to register for #VNC2025 -> https://t.co/LCCyWmzLiy. We look forward to welcome you in our new Gathertown venue! Updates on the programme will follow soon!
Abstract submission for #VNC2025 is now closed. Thank you for all your contributions!! General registration will remain open until October 13th. You can use the link below to register but select no for submitting an abstract. https://t.co/LCCyWmzLiy
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Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025 https://t.co/ukTNKWKn5b
#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs
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Welcome to Junior Lusu Kika, the incoming President of African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU) @CamAfricaDay and to Bonface Gichuki, the General Secretary who step into leading ASCU this year Thank you to @Sam_Agyapong_ for his dedicated & as the outgoing ASCU President
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