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/3mrmjfwcm5k2zPreprint Review @TheSainsburyLab FTW I said it and I say it again: high-profile papers that don't get preprinted are suspicious. BAD ACTORS DON’T PREPRINT. https://www.tsl.ac.uk/science-communication/preprint-review27 Jul 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmjfwcm5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mrljhruxgs2nAn unforgettable day in Madrid 🇪🇸 with Roger @rcastellsg.bsky.social who now leads a vibrant lab on protein design @cniostopcancer.bsky.social A shared passion and curiosity for everything science… #Symmetry #CelebratingAlumni26 Jul 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrljhruxgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mreym7z5nc2yGreat talk on oil bodies and herbivory in Marchantia by Loreto Espinosa-Cores in Selena Gimenez-Ibanez @CSIC Selena used to be in John Rathjen’s lab @TheSainsburyLab #CelebratingAlumni https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.17.688000v124 Jul 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreym7z5nc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mreycex2os2yInternational Agrienvironment Symposium #IAS2026 in Salamanca [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreycex2os2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mrermdsk6k2yWonderful warm welcome to Salamanca 🇪🇸 Gracias Javier Sánchez-Martín @javicheztin and Isabel Vicente Muñoz. Looking forward to a great day of science and culture.24 Jul 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrermdsk6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mrenrjuiek26Salamanca 🇪🇸24 Jul 2026 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrenrjuiek26https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mr7ogsem5k2uA Hub for Plant-Microbe Interactions-- TSL Summer Conference #TSLSummer2024 #TSLSummer2026 #MemoryLane #NowHappening https://medium.com/@kamounlab/a-hub-for-plant-microbe-interactions-0aeec2ce902c22 Jul 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7ogsem5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mr5mlbpisc26We kick off the Keynote talks of our @thesainsburylab.bsky.social TSL Summer Conference with Alga Zuccaro @Team_Zuccaro and beneficial fungi https://www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-conf-20th-31st-july-202621 Jul 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5mlbpisc26https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqzte6fjvs2tSorry to all my friends in Argentina 🇦🇷 but the better team won today. 🇪🇸 Congratulations, Spain 🇪🇸, and thank you for standing up for humanity and for Palestine 🇵🇸 👏🙌19 Jul 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzte6fjvs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqzgkk2eos25The executive director of World Cup task force, Andrew Giuliani, defended the celebrations: “We believe in our First Amendment rights here in the USA. In terms of ability and opportunity to be able to make those statements, they have the ability to do that in the United States.” nyti.ms/4pCn6x519 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzgkk2eos25https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqttuxmqbk22Man vs. Virus17 Jul 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqttuxmqbk22https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqtoldflcc2yWould they ever refer to Hitler as Adi? Shameful headline by @theeconomist #GenocideDenial “You’ve come a long way, Bibi: Israel’s crucial election” https://apple.news/A2gEUG9ChQIezX8J-8kAFIw17 Jul 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtoldflcc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqtocdj6gc2yWould they ever refer to Hitler as Adi? Shameful headline by @theeconomist #GenocideDenial “You’ve come a long way, Bibi: Israel’s crucial election” https://apple.news/A2gEUG9ChQIezX8J-8kAFIw17 Jul 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtocdj6gc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqs4sbc3cs2pIt’s coming home!16 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs4sbc3cs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqs3eobvtc2pTHE 40-YEAR-OLD MAN-CHILD https://apple.news/Aa9wDgSJ_RX-786DOVqR9QQn16 Jul 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs3eobvtc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqrqlg536s2pFollowing today’s news, check out this timely letter by Luis Larrondo @lflarrondo. Published in one of Chile’s leading national newspapers: what is the cost of not supporting science? 🇨🇱🧫 (English translation below) https://www.latercera.com/cartas-al-director/noticia/ciencia-gasto-y-costo/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrqlg536s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqrapruwy22p“According to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), in 2022, as much as £60m of food was wasted on farms because there was no one to pick it and more than 30,000 healthy pigs were culled due to a lack of abattoir workers and butchers.” #MustRead 👇🏼 https://apple.news/AGQlEMKtRRbO_DDU813PiVA16 Jul 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrapruwy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqqsnvg7fc2pScience isn’t just a cost. It’s an engine of economic growth. The UK treats scientific R&D as distinct industry in national accounts. It’s ~0.7% of economy, yet ONS identified it as biggest contributors to GDP growth in May after it expanded by 5.1% vs 0.1% overall https://stocks.apple.com/Aa-EfoztMSEibk1JqwcAxFQ16 Jul 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqsnvg7fc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqmuindkz22eWorld Cup reaching pitch fever. Looking forward to France–Argentina on Saturday ⚽️ 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 😝14 Jul 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmuindkz22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqmqufhhqc22Correction: Kylian Mbappe—Cameroonian / Algerian Kabyle https://youtube.com/shorts/4Y7wOlZ0mdo?si=9A0u2_7YfVoh2RcK14 Jul 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmqufhhqc22https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqmqjqosjc2zFrance’s World Cup star Michael Olise is a very different kind of footballer https://apple.news/Aq5IMZUhLT8StIo3G0AFc4Q14 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmqjqosjc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqmolpligc2dGoogle and the World Bank Group are collaborating to build AI-powered public digital infrastructure for emerging markets https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/google-and-the-world-bank-group-ai-collaboration/14 Jul 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmolpligc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqme6wrue226When your lab mates publish a paper and you’re not a coauthor #AcademicChatter #Phdchat #ScienceCrisis14 Jul 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqme6wrue226https://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqhtydp6m22rOomycetes are not nematodes 😱12 Jul 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhtydp6m22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kamounlab.bsky.social/post/3mqhq5oxmw22rWe’re doomed as a species because we already reached a point where we deny our own eyes and common sense to blindly follow machines. In this case non-transparent opaque methodologies. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/12/cablegate-should-jude-bellingham-first-goal-against-norway-have-been-disallowed-england-world-cup-202612 Jul 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:4x4id4pf2mryakvmphrpi2eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhq5oxmw22r