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Bob Mason

@robertoskar.bsky.social

PhD student in the Spoel lab studying plant immune priming at Edinburgh University. Half Yorkshire ๐Ÿซ– Half Nordic ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Last month I submitted my PhD thesis, ending 5 amazing years working with @spoel-lab.bsky.social in plant immunity.

This week I start my first postdoc with @drannisr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to delving into the details of maize leaf patterning!

11.11.2025 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog - What I learned from organising a public engagement workshop, and interview with Bob Mason | Molecular Plant Sciences | Biology Are you interested in organising interactive science workshops? This month we talked to Bob Mason, a PhD student in the Spoel Lab, to find out what he learnt from organising a sold-out workshop at the...

Earlier this year I had the amazing opportunity to run a workshop at Edinburgh Science Festival about plant stress with scientists from @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

If you want to learn more about workshop design and delivery I wrote a blog post about my experience!
biology.ed.ac.uk/molecular-pl...

09.09.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!๐Ÿ˜ฒ This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.

22.04.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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