Project 9: Investigating the future threat of wheat stem rust in the UK in a changing climate, led by Professor Diane Saunders at the John Innes Centre in Norwich

Students can now apply to work on these projects for 8-10 weeks this summer. Successful students will receive £350-380 per week. More details here: rsb.org.uk/get-involved/g…

Fantastic to be back in Ethiopia running our latest MARPLE training workshop 🙌🏻 A highly successful two days, thank you to Ambo Research Station Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR for hosting us!! Diane Saunders CIMMYT

BLOG - Inspiring future female leaders in wheat research This summer, 31 female #wheat researchers took part in the third annual cross-institute Rosalind Franklin #WomenInWheat workshop okt.to/FUZmYL Norwich Research Park Diane Saunders The Sainsbury Laboratory The Royal Society Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research

VACANCY - We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics to join the Diane Saunders, working in the field of plant disease diagnostics Closing date - 23 August 2023 Salary - £35,300 - £43,750 Contract - 2 years, full-time okt.to/4N8GFb Norwich Research Park

Hats off to our Bright Stars! 🏆Congratulations to Swathy Puthanvila, Surendra Babu, Robert Heal, Daniel Nariño Rojas, and Shannon Greer for claiming the coveted Best Presentation Prizes at #MBPP2023. Your passion and expertise shine bright in the world of #PlantPathology!

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health. Apply now for 23 September 2024 entry. Learn from @talbotLabTSL @JonathanDGJones Sophien Kamoun @WenboEffector Frank Menke Cyril Zipfel, Dan MacLean & guest lecturers. tsl.ac.uk/msc @BioUEA

And the winner is Sophien Kamoun UEA Biological Sciences The Sainsbury Laboratory for his work Improving global crop disease diagnosis to reduce economic loss and improve food security. Congratulations! #UEAIIAwards

Big congrats to Francesca Minter on her successful viva today!! We are so proud of you 🍾🥳John Innes Centre

Sarah Bailey John Innes Centre Explores the effects of disrupting wheat rust disease susceptibility factors #monogram24

We have a number of exciting Royal Society of Biology Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2024 available including: ✅ Investigating genetic resistance to pests in Oilseed Rape Rachel Wells ✅ Investigating wheat stem rust in UK Diane Saunders Find out more: okt.to/7TPvW8

Wheat rust can devastate Kenyan wheat crops🌾 To fight this, KALRO and JIC, funded by the UK-CGIAR Centre, are developing rust-resistant wheat. Learn how they're using science to protect farmers' livelihoods. 👉 ow.ly/PWJj50RQNFe

Resurgence of wheat stem rust infections in western Europe: causes and how to curtail them Lewis et al. Diane Saunders John Innes Centre University of Exeter 📖 ow.ly/uNWK50RXSOs

We know that plant pathologists are unsung heroes 🦸🏽‍♀️🕵️🦸. This new #OpenAccess review celebrates a history of strategies and a tapestry of triumphant tales in tackling plant fungal diseases: bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Three of our 2nd year #PhD students at John Innes Centre delivered molecular biology training in Kenya and Nepal on their PIPS with MARPLE Diagnostics Diane Saunders Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CIMMYT KALRO biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/student-storie…

EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (Delivering Sustainable Wheat) in Practice Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online course providing an entry-level intro to #wheat research 🗓️ 13 - 14 November 2024 ⏰ Deadline - 17 July 2024 Find out more and apply: okt.to/BtMvEr

Wonderful dinner with our international participants for the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat Champions career development workshop starting tomorrow! 😀

Fantastic to see this paper published, big congrats to all involved!! 🥳🍾 Dr. Carol N. Ibe Sarah Bailey onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tp…

Antony Dodd NRPDTP Dmitry Ghilarov Join Diane Saunders for the NRPDTP project: “#Epigenetic profiling of #cereal #fungal invaders” Want to apply for this exciting and interesting #PhD studentship? Find out more ➡️ uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doc…