Biologist @ The Sainsbury Lab; passionate about plant pathogens & evolution; open science advocate; loves travel, food and sports; nomad and hunter-gatherer. Web http://kamounlab.net | Medium https://medium.com/@kamounlab | GetGenome http://getgenome.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mufhbiuox22lAbsolutely incredible player, but leaving this sorry image as a legacy ruins it IMO 😢 🇦🇷 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufhbiuox22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3muewhbgdgc2qThe global plant pathology community is coming together on the Gold Coast 19–25 August 2028 | 13th International Congress of Plant Pathology www.icpp2028.org31 Aug 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewhbgdgc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3muemzh7auk2gLe Monde reports on how climate change and intensive irrigation are draining the Amu Darya—the largest river in Central Asia. What future for Uzbek agriculture: more water-hungry rice and cotton, or a switch to crops such as sorghum and sesame?31 Aug 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muemzh7auk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mueh7e2jlc2xRatko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, could not escape death. But his fascist ideas and ideology live on | Ed Vulliamy @edvulliamy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/ratko-mladic-butcher-bosnia-death-legacy-serbia?CMP=share_btn_url31 Aug 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueh7e2jlc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mucnwvnyos27A Mediterranean airport #iphonephotography30 Aug 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucnwvnyos27https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mucgik2ygs27YES! How about a paper copy of TIME instead? https://apple.news/AQo8GRU2DQmiyCEfccob2dA30 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucgik2ygs27https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mucdn4uagc27Picante matcha? Insanity now!30 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucdn4uagc27https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu7tbrb72k2gTibet was also hit… 😢 “On Thursday night, as global headlines led on the devastation in a Himalayan valley, China's state broadcaster opened its main bulletin with the launch of Xi's new book, a selection of his "most important and fundamental works" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2z415w2gpo29 Aug 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7tbrb72k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu7rtc4h7k2gCrithmum maritimum | rock samphire or sea fennel | Apiaceae | Cassis 🇫🇷 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crithmum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crithmum29 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7rtc4h7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu7qrl3qbc2gThe world is burning. Climate collapse. Food shortages. Wars. Genocide. The list goes on. And what does TIME put on its cover? “America Is Finally Taking Extraterrestrials Seriously. 🤷‍♂️🤡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7qrl3qbc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu5z757glk24#momentofzen 🇫🇷28 Aug 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5z757glk24https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu5z5c4cxk24#momentofzen 🇫🇷28 Aug 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5z5c4cxk24https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu5v2ybqpk24This is super cool, and glad @kamounlab is in. But an institutional email is required, and I was told that some institutions don’t approve the use of institutional emails for AI systems like @claudeai. Is this true? Could this exclude some researchers from participating? https://claude.com/programs/team-plan-for-scientists28 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5v2ybqpk24https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu2qrgfkh22l“Wheat is getting pounded” You know it’s serious when the NYT devotes half its front page to food and agriculture #Wheat #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #PlantSci27 Aug 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2qrgfkh22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mu27jci76k24The cost of bad science—here is a PhD student testimonial https://kamounlab.medium.com/the-cost-of-bad-science-a-phd-student-testimonial-af9d5858d7ff27 Aug 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu27jci76k24https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtxwxxaf6s25No comments.26 Aug 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxwxxaf6s25https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtxwuad3ns25Bluesky is such a bubble. Social media should be global. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxwuad3ns25https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtteahmp6s27I just published: I turned somebody else’s supplementary table into a website The science was open. Supplementary Table S4 was a Word file. https://kamounlab.medium.com/i-turned-somebody-elses-supplementary-table-into-a-website-439ca65fcc20/share/kamounlab?source=social.tw24 Aug 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtteahmp6s27https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtsujjke522aGermany: the academic paradise? [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsujjke522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtsst6bgnk2aSpringer Nature calls https://www.nature.com/articles/234481a024 Aug 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsst6bgnk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtlnja5hks2oBounties from the Mediterranean, going on for millennia 🐟🎣 #MedFood #MixedFeelings21 Aug 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlnja5hks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtlaaip3z22a👇🏼 After years of denying responsibility for killing Hind Rajab, six relatives and paramedics sent to save her… Be human and watch The Voice of Hind Rajab—winner of Venice’s Grand Jury Prize, but of course no Oscar. Much safer to reward a Norwegian family drama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_of_Hind_Rajab [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlaaip3z22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtjicmyaxc2aHello. Where is the outrage? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/israel-ben-gvir-video-gallows-site-hanging-palestinians20 Aug 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjicmyaxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mtgxgsvwck2aOpinion: Bioweapon warning is an alert we can’t ignore https://apple.news/Ae32BcKD5QEe5LzYidkxT3Q19 Aug 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgxgsvwck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mt4t5snmkc25Non-Chimeric Genome Editing in ‘Fuji’ Apple https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.09.742435v1.abstract15 Aug 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4t5snmkc25