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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.net
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Thrilled to share that I’ve moved to the UK to join the brilliant Kamoun group! Excited to dive deep into the world of NLRs and plant pathogens 🧬🦠—and of course, to keep breeding my collection of Arabidopsis roses 🌹✨

It’s a great pleasure to welcome Nick @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social to the lab! Nick completed his PhD on plant sexual reproduction at Uni Zurich. You also know him for his creative synthetic biology project — engineering an Arabidopsis rose. kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/7867838...

Excellent clear-headed analysis by @TewfikHamel @elwatan_com 🇩🇿 La réponse iranienne : Dissuasion maîtrisée et guerre d’endurance elwatan-dz.com/la-reponse-i...

Another selfie with the students of the National Higher School Of Biotechnology | Constantine, Algeria 🇩🇿 and our very own James Canham in action #GetGenome

Fantastic news! I hope Amal will return to parasitic plants one day.

We are excited to welcome Amal Boukteb @AmalBk11 to our team. Amal was previously at INRAT 🇹🇳, where she worked on parasitic plants. She is one of the pioneers of Tunis R-Users Group @RLadiesTunis You can listen to her seminar by following link below. kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/7867121...

A nifty trick our lab is using to improve structure prediction of viral membrane proteins in #AlphaFold3! 👇

Thank you Fatma @Sakhri23 for your expert organisation and for being such a graceful host 🙏

Cancer and plant biology meet! The cyclical development of breast cancer is similar to that of a tree. h/t Colinda Scheele @ColindaScheele

If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.

With the students of the National Higher School Of Biotechnology | Constantine, Algeria 🇩🇿

I’m in Constantine 🇩🇿 thanks to a connection made years ago on Twitter, when I met Salah Elias @theeliaslab @theeliaslab.bsky.social We quickly discovered a shared passion for science—and a strong sense of community. @science_CSB @GetGenome

Monument aux morts de Constantine 🇩🇿 🎵

Constantine | Cirta 🇩🇿 #momentofzen

James Canham explaining @GetGenome concept @science_CSB in Constantine 🇩🇿

Top notch Super Resolution SIM microscope @science_CSB 🇩🇿 www.crbt.dz

Big thanks for depositing your plasmids! Researchers everywhere appreciate it. Check out all of the Kamoun plasmids here: www.addgene.org/Sophien_Kamo...

Cultivate your knowledge tree: A foundational approach to learning kamounlab.medium.com/cultivate-yo...

Starting now — Connecting Researchers to Shape the Genomics Future @science_CSB @GetGenome @Sakhri23

Why are they serving Tunisian food in Algeria 🇩🇿?? 😜 #MedFood

5 years later still timely and relevant… “Keeping up with the plant killers” kamounlab.medium.com/keeping-up-w...

Farewell Madhu Jogi @JMadhuprakash who will be returning to the University of Hyderabad 🇮🇳 after many productive years. We are looking forward to building an enduring connection with you and your team. Stay tuned for the upcoming structures and papers! kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/7862568...

I hate @Microsoft Teams. What a ripoff.

Rodolphe Barrangou @CRISPRchef @CRISPRlab : @Addgene has shipped 300,000 CRISPR plasmids! I’m pleased to say that ~1,000 come from our lab 💪🏻 🙈 😎

Today’s @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre Friday seminar speaker is by CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou @CRISPRchef @CRISPRlab

Today’s @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre Friday seminar speaker is by CISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou @CRISPRchef @CRISPRlab

Live now! A deep dive into coral microbiomes with Dr Tina Keller-Costa from the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal Register here - tinyurl.com/yyn6k737

Another inspiring Swede 🇸🇪 @GretaThunberg It’s not just Mats Wilander in 1982… kamounlab.medium.com/soft-power-t...

Greta Thunberg is one of the few people in this country that give me hope for the Swedish people. More Swedish people need to be like her.

Zambia 🇿🇲 bleeds wealth. Western multinationals legally extract far more than the country receives in foreign aid. The real looting happens inside corporate boardrooms. @AndrewM_Fischer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is Hannover the most boring city in Germany? Well at least the bread is amazing 🥖 🥯 @daniel_luedke

Two rejections just last few months. Why is it so complicated for our @TheSainsburyLab scientists to get Schengen visas to visit collaborators and attend conferences like @ISMPMI in Cologne given…

I just published: Soft Power: the influence you didn’t know you had You don’t need money or a title to influence others. We all hold a kind of soft power — just by how we choose to act. medium.com/p/soft-power...

A belated welcome to our duo of Argentinian predocs. Maian Garro @mai_garro and Juan Azcue @juazcue who joined us from Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. We're thrilled to have their energy, curiosity, and fresh perspectives in the lab! kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/7858707...

Absolufuckinglutely perfect 👇

The future belongs to those who invest in soft power www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This week we hosted Masato Suzuki @msuzuki81193298 who is a PhD student at University of Tokyo 🇯🇵 and is visiting from INRAE, Avignon 🇫🇷 Viruses rock!

p-hacker: Train your p-hacking skills! shinyapps.org/apps/p-hacker/

Perhaps we should avoid using military metaphors in our papers... "The FBI said authorities found a scientific article on Liu’s phone that was titled, “Plant-Pathogen Warfare under Changing Climate Conditions.”" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Three short stories that reflect the dark times we live in kamounlab.medium.com/three-tales-...

One paper a day keeps the supervisor away kamounlab.medium.com/7-random-uns...

The problem is not wether an applicant for an academic position lists the impact factor on their CV, the problem is if you hire them and you don’t disqualify them because of this. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #JustSaying

Editorial decision #AcademicTwitter #phdchat