Reminder to register for this week's seminar! See you on Thursday morning, 9am start for a change! 🥱

Webinar Alert! On 29 August, Rimsha Ashraf will present novel strategies for enhancing wheat resistance to rust Register here: tinyurl.com/mwx28dxm #IWGSC #webinar

Ever wonder what happens if you knock down DNA methylation in a plant with a big genome? Does chaos ensue? Read our latest work on wheat MET1-1 to find out below ⬇️ Thanks to all authors, especially first authors Delfi Dorussen and Sam Burrows for superb teamwork & leadership.

We're launching a couple of exciting grants this summer! First up is the 2024 *New Lecturer grant* which helps emerging researchers in #nutrition with up to £25K of research costs. Apply by 23 Sept ➡️ bit.ly/3SEeYg6 ☀️ Amanda Cavanagh Nutrition Society Ozanne lab AAB

🧬 Really looking forward to being in Cambridge for this The Genetics Society event in September. 🌾 I’ll give my take on key lessons from the history of wheat breeding & how we can apply these lessons (+ new thinking) to develop the crops of the future Agrifood Innovation Institute ourANU

We are looking forward to the Australian Barley Technical Symposium (ABTS) next week. Discover more about our latest #betterbarley projects from our Director of Science, Robbie Waugh and Bioinformatics Specialist Miriam Schreiber #abts abts2024.com.au

#PlantHealth professionals can join an exclusive visit to Kew Gardens this #BiologyWeek, 10 October. Find out more and reserve your free place at rsb.org.uk/planthealthkew #PlantPathology #PlantScience

Join our Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement (MSc) 🌾 One MSc, two career paths; our one-year course Norwich Research Park provides training for students wishing to undertake a PhD in plant molecular genetics or enter the plant breeding industry Apply today: okt.to/eJXxKp

Precision breeding in agriculture and food systems in the United Kingdom link.springer.com/10.1007/s11248…

Today we are excited to share our protocols.io on how to dissect (and collect) spike meristems. We hope it can be useful! dx.doi.org/10.17504/proto… As we release the protocols we countdown for #IWC2024Perth 🌾 5 weeks left!

Learn a bit about pre-breeding in the #BOLDcwr project with these infographics created by students working with the @croptrust croptrust.org/news-events/ne…

Protractors out as Gwendolyn Kirschner takes us on a deep dive below ground to explore the genetic control of barley root angle growth. Understanding angle setpoints will help adapt root systems for specific environments leading to more sustainable agriculture shorturl.at/U86ay

Our next #IBH online seminar! Malting Barley Breeding progress in Argentina under differing environments Presented by Daniel Miralles (Chair of School of Agriculture UBA, Senior Researcher Department of Plant Production, IFEVA, CONICET) eu1.hubs.ly/H0bXf-M0

There is still time to register for Rimsha Ashraf webinar later this week. Secure your spot! Register here: tinyurl.com/mwx28dxm #IWGSC #webinar

Really excited for my PhD student Nikki Walter Nicola Walter to present her work at the #IWGSC workshop at #PAGAustralia this year.

Your chance to lead groundbreaking research at NIAB! Apply today 👇

Register NOW for AAB President's meeting on 'Cereal Quality for sustainable production and human health'. 🌾🍞🥐🍚 📅Sept 17-18 in Birmingham and Online 🕸️cvent.me/WPvk5G

📌Save the date! #Monogram25 will take place 7-10th April 2025 in Aberystwyth📌

Looking forward to the next Monogram conference at IBERS - Aber Aberystwyth University next April!

Our next #IBH online seminar! Towards AI in Cereal Phenotyping Presented by Dr. Shawn Kefauver (Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow in Agriculture and Forestry and Professor of University of Barcelona) eu1.hubs.ly/H0ccX-B0