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
Sophien Kamoun
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A new theory?
To those of us in plant–pathogen interactions, “what’s beneficial today may not be beneficial tomorrow” is Evolution 101.
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Sophien Kamoun
The world needs more whistleblowers like “Geng Tongxue” (Student Geng).
Mark my words. This story is going global.
#NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Chinese scientists leave posts after whistle-blower raises alarm over their research www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Chinese scientists leave posts after whistle-blower raises alarm over their research www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
Thanks 🙏 but this is truly the work of Nick #OpenFlower Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 🌼
Reseda luteola aka Dyer's Weed, a striking member of the Resedaceae family and the host of the downy mildew Hyaloperonospora crispula, spotted again on our campus.
Those flower spikes were historically prized across Europe as one of the oldest natural sources of brilliant yellow dye! 🌿🎨 #Plantsci
News coverage over the years... #memorylane
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
PSA: The Predatory Journal List
#ScienceCrisis
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A dropout-turned-influencer shakes up Chinese science
Fraud is rampant—but his videos mean everyone is now talking about it www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
A dropout-turned-influencer shakes up Chinese science
Fraud is rampant—but his videos mean everyone is now talking about it www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun
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The trio faced heightened scrutiny after a former doctoral student and blogger known as Student Geng raised questions about their work.
Chinese academic watchdogs and online detectives are exposing growing numbers of problematic papers in Nature journals.
🎨 Nature's been painting with betaxanthins and betacyanins all along — now you can too! Thanks to @kamounlab.bsky.social, AMBER and GOLD add new colors to the palette of pigmentation genes for plant research, education, and floral design.
Find the plasmids here: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
Fraud is rampant—but his videos mean everyone is now talking about it
