Microbiologist, plant pathologist, proud husband. Love music, hiking, cooking, cricket and Liverpool FC. BiFoR Chair in Tree Pathology, Uni. of Birmingham
Birmingham, England
Joined November 2010
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Robert Jackson retweeted
📢 PhD opportunity in Málaga!
We are looking for candidates to apply for an FPU 2026 fellowship and join the Type3 Secretion Lab at IHSM-UMA-CSIC
We study the molecular mechanisms underlying plant–bacteria interactions
🔗 aei.gob.es/ayudas-fpu-2026
🔬 type3secretionlab.es
#PhD
Saw this impressive canker (?) in a fig tree in Portmeirion, anyone know the causal agent? Quite a lot of black necrosis marks in the stump at the base suggesting an ongoing issue
Great to see an archaeological project that my Dads been involved in featuring in the news bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dr…
Robert Jackson retweeted
Watch my latest film about the #Copland125 Anniversary Concert on 14 Nov at All Saints, Church Bristol. To my knowledge this is the only Copland concert anywhere in the world on his actual birthday. #aaroncopland #Copland125
youtube.com/watch?v=eFPflWGf…
This looks great!
It's Aaron Copland's 125th anniversary this November and I've made this film as a personal Fanfare. Watch it here: aaron-copland.com/a-personal… The video includes lots of Copland's neglected masterpieces and was filmed in #Bristol, UK. #AaronCopland
#Copland125 #KevinLindegaard
Robert Jackson retweeted
🎉 Congrats to our #PPATH2025 winners!
🏆 Athira Menon – Poster: RNA-binding proteins in plant immunity
🏆 Vanja Milenkovic – Talk: Drought & disease in Acute Oak Decline
Inspiring plant pathology research! 🌱
Robert Jackson retweeted
To engineer resilient microbes, @TaylorLabGroup of @UoBbiosciences will investigate how beneficial soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens regulates genes to survive environment changes while supporting growth. @RobWJackson @Catriona1392 @JohnInnesCentre
jointgeno.me/FY25FG
ALT A headshot sits beside the researcher's name and affiliation, with the project title below: Characterising the transcriptional regulon of plant growth promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens (SWB25) related to environmental persistence and flexibility to inform sustainable use in agriculture
New paper out in Plant and Soil journal from PuRpOsE project working on Acute Oak Decline: link.springer.com/article/10…
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⭐ Lead researchers & organisation: Dr Caroline Gorton (@Forest_Research); Prof @RobWJackson (The @unibirmingham Institute of Forest Research (#BIFoR)); Dr @adhirons (@MyerscoughColl).
🤝 Collaborators: Treecosystems
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📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳What is causing the decline of ancient yew trees in southern England?
🔬Our scientists are studying tree health, soil conditions, and the microbiome, to develop strategies to protect these trees for the future.
🔗Read more: forestprotection.uk/project/…
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New #openaccess opinion piece, the 1st from our brilliant collaboration with @EvolvedBiofilm, Xinming Xu, Sofia Gomes and Marine Cambon. Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Robert Jackson retweeted
🎉 My poster is up and ready to go at #2025ISMPMI. Excited to share our work on SynComs for pathogen suppression in oak trees 🌳🧫 Check out poster P-324 during Session 2 - I'll be presenting on Thu, 13.30-15.15 pm
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#ISMPMI2025 Happy to present today my poster about a newly discovered type III effector protein in P. syringae! Please come and visit P-155 today to discuss the story! @michhulin @RobWJackson
Robert Jackson retweeted
How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene
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Ever wonder how bacteria organize during an infection?!
Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen.
🔗 rdcu.be/egczU
Robert Jackson retweeted
Fully Funded PhD opportunity in my group! 125th Anniversary PhD Scholarship at @unibirmingham @UoBbiosciences studying (epi)genome plasticity in oaks at the @BIFoRUoB FACE facilities. Black & Black mixed heritage students (UK/Home-fee eligible)
30 April 2025 – RT🙏More info👇
Robert Jackson retweeted
We seek 2 post docs to join our group working on atmospheric methane removal (AMR) in trees. These exciting projects (👇🏼) seek to build on our recent @nature discovery of global AMR by trees. These projects combine flux msrmnts, global modelling & microbial ecology. Pls RT 🙏🏼
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Microbe of the Month featuring Pseudomonas fluorescens
By Tiffany B. Taylor (@TaylorLabGroup), Mark W. Silby (@MarkSilby) & Robert W. Jackson (@RobWJackson)
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So pleased to have attended an absolutely wonderful talk by @MichaelRosenYes resonated with me on so many levels and so interesting to relate to his experiences, thank you