News Archive
Royal Society global food security report published
The Sainsbury Laboratory welcomes a Royal Society report calling for an investment of £2 billion into a research programme on global food security. The report published today (21 October 2009) says that the UK should lead international research efforts if we are to achieve the massive increase in food crop production that will be required by 2050 to meet global food demands without damaging the environment.
Read the full report at the Royal Society website http://royalsociety.org/
Late blight pathogen sequenced
Researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory are major contributors to a large international research team which has decoded the genome of Phytophthora infestans, the notorious organism that triggered the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century and also threatens this year’s potato and tomato crops.
Press release
Nature Article
Dr Silke Robatzek to join TSL
The Sainsbury Laboratory is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Silke Robatzek as a new Group Leader from 1st September 2009
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Sophien Kamoun – IS-MPMI president elect!
We are very pleased to announce that Prof. Sophien Kamoun has accepted the role of IS-MPMI President-Elect for the period 2009-2011 and President of the IS-MPMI for the term 2011-2013. Congratulations Sophien!
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Press release
TSL+ research programme and collaboration with The Two Blades Foundation officially announced at the International Congress of the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions in Quebec City.
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Professor Chris Lamb CBE FRS, 1950-2009
The Sainsbury Laboratory senior management and staff are shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Professor Chris Lamb, director of the John Innes Centre. Head of Laboratory Sophien Kamoun said "Chris was a key member of the TSL council and a driving force in the Norwich research community with his vision and commitment to scientific excellence. We enjoyed the close collaboration we've had with Chris and the JIC and we will sorely miss him". TSL council members and Gatsby Trustees are deeply saddened and offer their condolences to the family and JIC staff.
Sir David Charles Baulcombe
Prof. David Baulcombe has been awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Sir David Charles Baulcombe was a project leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory from 1988 until 2007 when he took up the position of Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge. We offer our sincere congratulations to David.
Science Special Issue on Plant-Microbe interactions
Contributions from Sainsbury Laboratory and John Innes Centre scientists feature strongly among those who have contributed to a Science Special Issueon plant-microbe interactions.
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TSL alumnus featured in Science Careers article
Science Careers features an article on TSL alumnus Dr Olivier Voinnet who earned his PhD working in the Baulcombe lab on gene silencing mechanisms.
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Recent publications from the Rathjen group
Two early career researchers from the Sainsbury laboratory have recently published work which increases our understanding of the battle fought between plants and their potential pathogens at the molecular level.
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TSL science featured in Science Museum exhibition
Work from Jonathan Jones’ group on developing potato plants resistant to the devastating late blight disease is amongst research from both TSL and JIC featured in a current exhibition debating genetic modification at the Science Museum in London.Vist the mini-website here
'Report confirms The Sainsbury Laboratory's position as a world leader in plant science'
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