Bob Mason

A ubiquitin binding protein mediates the crosstalk between PTI and ETI! Check out our new preprint below 👇

07.02.2026 15:38 — 👍 23    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

Congrats to @robertoskar.bsky.social for passing his PhD viva last Friday, investigating the role of mobile signals in ‘vaccinating’ plants against diseases!!🥳🎊🥳 Many thanks to examiners @jurriaanton.bsky.social and @drannisr.bsky.social !!

19.01.2026 22:30 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Picture of a newly occupied desk

A new desk!

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 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 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!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.

22.04.2025 09:13 — 👍 48    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 1