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Callum Verdonk

@callumverdonk.bsky.social

Part-time molecular biologist, part-time structural biologist. Full-time buffoon. I'm @karchuntan.bsky.social's postdoc. Necrotrophic fungi & effector biology. Views my own πŸ™ˆ Migrated from X.

47 Followers  |  200 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 18.03.2025  |  2.3021

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Our @theccdm.bsky.social postdoc @callumverdonk.bsky.social came up with the goods @cbsmwa.bsky.social!!! Congrats on the New Investigator Award! πŸ†πŸ’ͺ #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

19.09.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big thank you to @cbsmwa.bsky.social for letting me waffle on about my work on Pf2 and it's role in effector regulation! #effectors #CBSMWA #CBSM @theccdm.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social

19.09.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’πŸ’₯Team work pays off!!! Looks @theccdm.bsky.social lads found a new epistasis-regulated (probable) necrotrophic effector from Stago nodorum @callumverdonk.bsky.social @ShotaMorikawa69

19.09.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1,2,3...The @theccdm.bsky.social lads teamed up for an effector bioassay experiment 😁 @callumverdonk.bsky.social

15.09.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🧠 Can AI help us understand how fungal pathogens infect plants? A new review says yes. AI tools show promise in modelling effector–plant protein interactions to fight crop disease🌾
πŸ“– doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
#GRDC #CurtinUni @callumverdonk.bsky.social @kgagalova.bsky.social @mcderbyshire.bsky.social

08.09.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our @theccdm.bsky.social @callumverdonk.bsky.social talks about effector regulation in Parastagonospora nodorum in @inrae-france.bsky.social hosted by @ifudal.bsky.social

21.07.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What an absolute pleasure to present our work to the EPLM group at INRAe in France. Fantastic research being done by fantastic people!

21.07.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today at INRAe! @karchuntan.bsky.social discusses how co-infection by necrotrophic fungi BREAKS DOWN disease resistance in wheat @inrae-france.bsky.social @ifudal.bsky.social @theccdm.bsky.social

21.07.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cracking the code of life's molecular machinery Groundbreaking research pioneered by UWA is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA and RNA – the fundamental building blocks of life,

Our latest article is part of a feature on UWA's news site (among Charlie's two others - 3x NAR in 3 months!)
www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...

16.04.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Structural basis for control of integrative and conjugative element excision and transfer by the oligomeric winged helix–turn–helix protein RdfS Abstract. Winged helix–turn–helix (wHTH) proteins are diverse DNA-binding proteins that often oligomerize on DNA and participate in DNA recombination and t

Congrats @callumverdonk.bsky.social on your 1st-Author NAR paper doi.org/10.1093/nar/... together with @charliebondxray.bsky.social, characterising RdfS, the multifunctional recombination directionality factor β€˜excisionase’ of the symbiosis islands (Integrative & Conjugative Elements).

03.04.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ€”@ShotaMorikawa @CallumVerdonk found a bunch of non-host effectors from Parastagonospora nodorum using Nbenth 🌱 @theccdm.bsky.social

14.02.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Catch @karchuntan.bsky.social at the 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17
Hear from KC on Tues 4 March, 2pm presenting "Armed with the β€˜Red Button’"β€”exploring how Parastagonospora nodorum activates its effector arsenal to infect wheat 🌾🧬
πŸ‘‰ https://buff.ly/4k5ANRW
#GRDC #Curtin

27.02.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our @theccdm.bsky.social PhD student Shota Morikawa got a poster on "Compensatory pathogenicity mechanisms in Parastagonospora nodorum lacking major necrotrophic effectors" (P2.113)

Session: Plant pathogenic fungi

Date/Time: Tuesday/17:30 – 19

27.02.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our @theccdm.bsky.social Callum Verdonk will present a poster on "Order from Disorder: a structurally disordered domain of PnPf2 is essential for regulation of virulence factors in a phytopathogenic fungus (P2.114)" #ECFG17

Session: Plant pathogenic fungi

Date/Time: Tuesday/17:30 – 19

27.02.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@jwdebler.bsky.social of @theccdm.bsky.social got a poster (P2.128) on a mysterious genomic 'Loop' today #ECFG17

04.03.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and check out our @theccdm.bsky.social posters on effector regulation (P2.114) and non-host fungal effectors (P2.113) today #ECFG17

04.03.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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