News and events

15 October 2026

AS109 is published in PLOS Biology: a disarmed Rhizobium rhizogenes strain that delivers genes across diverse crops and enables functional assays in faba bean. Read more on the AS109 page.

July 2026

New paper in Science: surface immune signalling can unlock an NLR immune receptor through alternative splicing. In potato Rpi-vnt1.1, splicing removes an N-terminal “safety cap” and primes the receptor for defence. Read the paper in Science.