I don’t often tweet personal news, but I feel compelled to tell the story of my mother Rosita Talbot, who died recently and whose funeral was held this week. She had a remarkable life.
Nick Talbot
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Nick Talbot
@talbotlabTSL
Interested in plant pathology, fungal development, cell biology. I study a disease called rice blast. Executive Director, The Sainsbury Laboratory- Views my own
- The window through which a fungal spore blew and changed medicine forever. St. Mary’s Hospital Paddington tonight.
- I am grateful and honoured to receive an ERC Advanced Grant to study the role of septins during rice blast infections– SEPBLAST - exploring these remarkable morphogenetic proteins during plant disease 1/2 @TheSainsburyLab #ERCAdG
00:42📣 The results of the 2021 ERC Advanced Grants competition are out. More than €624 million in funds were allocated to leading researchers in the European Union and #HorizonEurope associated countries. All info 👉 bit.ly/PressReleaseAd… 🇪🇺#EUfunded #FrontierResearch #ERCAdG - Replying to @talbotlabTSLMy mother Rosita had a remarkable life. It is an honour to be her son.
- Passport stamped in Spain for first time since Franco died….I’ll never forgive the charlatans and liars who robbed me of my citizenship of Europe
- For any people confused about social distancing, who also know me (a small number I expect, but here goes). I am just over 2.0m tall. Separate yourselves in units of Nick T. - You're welcome. #FlattenTheCurve
- Macho nonsense. We need self-reflective, self-critical scientists. I am much more worried about those that have never felt like imposters.
- I felt very sad queuing up to get my passport stamped in Germany. A big sense of loss for the freedoms taken away. I am a European above all else. Haven’t had my passport stamped in EU since I was about 10 yrs old!!
- Congratulations @KamounLab Recognised by award of the 2021 RKS Wood prize - BSPP - The British Society for Plant Pathology @BS_PP bspp.org.uk/rks-wood-award…
- We used a combination of cell biology, genetics, biochemistry & mathematical modelling to reveal that a sensor kinase controls turgor-driven plant infection by Magnaporthe. nature.com/articles/s4158…
- Rotem Sorek - Remarkable how many eukaryotic innate immune systems have evolved from bacterial systems for protection against phage (including cGAS-STING, TIR domains, viperins, gasdermins, SAMHD1) - nature.com/articles/s4157… #EESImmunity
- As you are so happy to use a GM product to keep you healthy, isn't it time to reconsider Green Party opposition to GM technology that offers such potential for agriculture to cut GHG emissions & fossil fuel dependency, & become truly sustainable in a green economy??So grateful to get my Astra Zeneca vaccination from @BrightonCentre today. Huge thanks to all the amazing staff & fab volunteers who make this happen every day - brilliantly efficient & so inspiring to see 🙏 When your time comes, do take it! @nhs_scft @SiobhanMelia #Brighton
- GANTT charts for grant proposals - useful in the same way as a chocolate teapot.....
