The Sainsbury Laboratory

Great to see the return of the #Norwich Bioscience Institutes Accessible Science Talks today! #NBIAST2025 🦠🧬🌱

Today is the day! 🌟🥼🧪

We’re thrilled to be kicking off the NBI Accessible Science Talks, in collaboration with @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Thank you in advance to everyone for joining us - whether in-person or online!

#NBIAST2025

The NBI Accessible Science Talk event is officially on!

@cristobaluauy.bsky.social,
@johninnescentre.bsky.social director, introduced the #NBIAST2025

@earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

The chair of the LGBTQ + group in front of her stand.

The Race, Ethnicity, Equality and Diversity stand and the host.

#nbiast2025 We are getting started! It's great to see how well these institutes support equity and inclusion 🏳️‍🌈.

@plantteaching.bsky.social's writing workshop was amazing!

Several people from TSL, @vgeshkovski.bsky.social, @turchil.bsky.social, @hsuanpai.bsky.social and @siyusong.bsky.social attended.

Looking forward to her talk tomorrow at the #NBIAST2025!

It's tomorrow! ⚠️

You can still register to follow the NBI Accessible Science Talks online 👉 jic.link/NBIAST2025

Follow the hashtag for live updates: #NBIAST2025

Today, we welcomed Dr Ru Zhang as a visiting researcher in our lab! Ru is an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University and an expert in plant–fungal interactions. She will be working with us for the next year on plant immune cell states.

Gearing up for the NBI Accessible Science Talks tomorrow! 🧬🥽

Remember to use #NBIAST2025 and follow the hashtag for news throughout the event 😎

Come along this Friday for the next Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series talk to be delivered by Prof. Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich. Everyone is welcome!

▶️More info: tinyurl.com/xnanannn
📆: Friday 10th October at 3pm
📍: MPI-IS seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS

So happy to have @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social with us for the day!

A dozen people having an informal discussion at Norwich Research Park

Six more people discussing around a table at Norwich Research Park

Two people presenting Nucleate UK at Norwich Research Park

Two people presenting Nucleate UK at Norwich Research Park

Great turnout today for Nucleate UK's Lunch & Learn session at Norwich Research Park.

It was truly inspiring to hear how Nucleate can support future biotech leaders 🧠 🧫🌱

If you're interested or just curious, join tonight's Activator Info Session in Norwich: luma.com/bc2sijuv

Busy week for TSL Ventures!

First Damien Caubrière and Sasha Eremina joined the #WorldAgriTech Innovation Summit in London, then innovation came to Norwich for Norwich Research Park's #PosterShowcaseEvent.

Huge thanks to everyone for making Norwich a centre of excellence in agritech! 🌱🚀

Busy week for TSL Ventures!

First Damien Caubrière and Sasha Eremina joined the #WorldAgriTech Innovation Summit in London, then innovation came to Norwich for Norwich Research Park's #PosterShowcaseEvent.

Huge thanks to everyone for making Norwich a centre of excellence in agritech! 🌱🚀

Engineering flowers as a means for public outreach and art!

Dr. @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social reimagines Arabidopsis with new colors and shapes, blending plant biology, synthetic biology and creative arts!

Hear him speak at SB 8.0 at the iGEM Grand Jamboree! jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...

Our lab is 1 year old! 🎂Celebrated with a casual lunch together 🎉

Vangeli on the stage as he started his personal introduction

Laura on the stage with pictures of typical food from Bologna, Italy, on the badkground. Depicted food included ragù alla bolognese, lasagne, tortellini and mortadella

Yesterday, @vgeshkovski.bsky.social and I were thrilled to officially introduce ourselves to @thesainsburylab.bsky.social 😎🔥

Food pictures were a highlight as usual 🍽️🍝

"The UK’s complex and confusing visa policy is deterring international research talent from coming to work in the country, the Campaign for Science and Engineering has warned"

We contributed to @sciencecampaign.bsky.social's report on visa barriers for researchers now in the news 👇
buff.ly/MLVf77g

Barriers in the visa system for UK R&D organisations - CaSE In this briefing CaSE has collated insights from 15 research organisations demonstrating the barriers they face in the UK visa system.

Proud to support this important @sciencecampaign.bsky.social report on visa challenges.

Research relies on global talent – without a fair and functional visa system, we risk reaching a breaking point in our ability to attract the brightest minds and sustain world-leading research.

Need a winter warmer? Groundbreaking gene-edited tomato soup trial with higher levels of 'Sunshine' vitamin recruiting now - Quadram Institute Human trial of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood

🆕 Our scientists and those @johninnescentre.bsky.social are launching one of the first human trials of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them 🍅

Functional Multi-omics Symposium - Quadram Institute Talks will cover the following omics techniques with a focus on data integration and solving key biological challenges Functional genomics Proteomics Metabolomics Transcriptomics AI/ Machine Learning…

🆕 Event! We are hosting the Functional Multi-omics Symposium this autumn.

Supported by the @microbiologysociety.org , @norwichmicro.bsky.social and @aibio-uk.bsky.social

🗓️ 17 October

Register now ⤵️

On this #postdocappreciation week we want to thank our postdocs, who joined TSL from all corners of the world to help us make incredible scientific discoveries.
You make our lab awesome!

We were delighted to welcome the President of the South China Agricultural University to TSL, as well as SCAU Deans and Deputy Deans, and share our exciting vision for plant-microbe research & innovation.

Text on blue graphic with line drawings of a bacteria cell, dna helix and lab glassware. Accessible science with the Norwich Bioscience Institutes. Tuesday 7 October.

EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges:

Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025!

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025
Register here ➡️ jic.link/NBIAST2025
Full programme: jic.link/NBIAST2025-P...

#NBIAST2025

"Combating misinformation is not just about correcting falsehoods or errors, it is about listening, engaging, and building relationships founded on trust"

Ruth Annang reflects on her participation in the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communications Conference 👉 www.tsl.ac.uk/news/msc-per...
#ABBC2025

Click here for the full programme: jic.link/NBIAST2025-P...

@johninnescentre.bsky.social , @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

#NBIAST2025

EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025

💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor Nick Talbot, Executive Director of The Sainsbury Laboratory, has been awarded the BSPP RKS Wood Prize.
He will deliver his prize lecture at #PPATH2026.
Read more: www.bspp.org.uk/bspp-2026-rk...
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @TheSainsburyLab

Nick Talbot, Executive Director and senior group leader at TSL, is pictured in a glasshouse surrounded by rice plants.

We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social.

“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”

buff.ly/VvoR27Q

We bid farewell to Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4, who contributed so much to @TheSainsburyLab — not only through his outstanding science but also by fostering an open, collaborative, and supportive culture among students and postdocs. We’ll miss him!

Some of the first reviews are now online! @benkoch96.bsky.social, @gene-boy.bsky.social, Amal, @yusugihara.bsky.social, Love and myself reviewed this super impressive preprint by Puccetti et al. from Daniel Croll's lab! See our review in the link below 👇
prereview.org/reviews/1707...