Asst Prof in Archaeogenetics @UoNBiosciences, @UniofNottingham. Constructing plant, crop & food histories through archaeobotany, ethnobotany & evolutionary bio.
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Joined February 2014
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My PhD supervisor, David Penny, passed away earlier this week and I've been reflecting a lot. He was a titan of evolutionary biology and science, both inside NZ and globally. He was also just one of the best human beings I've known.
Two fantastic, fully-funded PhD opportunities at @UniofNottingham. Both include labwork in @UoNBiosciences @PlantSciNottm Ancient & Environmental DNA Lab (ÆDNA) + international travel. Training in new techniques in a supportive, interdisciplinary research environment! 👨🏾🔬👩🏾🔬🎓🧬🧪
1. Using sedaDNA to reconstruct Indigenous Australian plant use. Student based in my lab @UoNBiosciences + working w/ @MarianiMichaela @UoNGeography. Apply at jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacanc…. Closes 30/11/23. 🌾🌻🦘🇦🇺🌏🧬👩🏾🔬
2. Using eDNA & sedaDNA to assess environmental impacts in Brazilian Pantanal. Supervised by the fabulous Lisa Yon @NottinghamVets + working with my lab @UoNBiosciences, @JackHLacey @BritGeoSurvey & others. Apply at envision-dtp.org/2023/reveal…. Closes 10/01/24. 🐟🐮🌿🇧🇷🌏🧬👨🏾🔬
You're very welcome @Alison3ee! Great to have you visit @UoNBiosciences, UK as we continue to build eDNA links between UK & Malaysia campuses! 🧬🧪🌱🌊🦞🐠
Finally visited University of Nottingham's own ÆDNA lab. Positive pressure, periodic UV sterilisation, compartmentalised processes. It's a dream! Thanks @aclarkenz for an amazing facility!
Wonderful visit to #GreenUnseen, @LakesideArts. Very pleased to loan 10 herbarium specimens from @UoNBiosciences incl. an elder from 1891. Launch event 2pm, Wed 18/10 – all welcome! Exhibition runs till 5/11. @UoNLifeSci @UoNGeography @MarianiMichaela @susieoftraken @A_J_Wills
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150-year-old plant specimens rescued from a skip and microscope slides found in forgotten cupboards @UoNLifeSci are taking centre stage at the 'Green Unseen' exhibition @LakesideArts @UoNBiosciences Find out more on @Notts_TV : nottstv.com/programme/notts-…
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A very cool exhibition and launch event if you are around Notts next week ! ❤️🌱☘️🌿🌾 @LakesideArts @UoNGeography @aclarkenz @A_J_Wills @susieoftraken
I loved visiting the #GreenUnseen exhibition at @LakesideArts today, reminding us about how fascinating plants are ! @UniofNottingham
A launch event will take place on the 18th of October (2-5pm) in room A30 (more info soon)!
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150-year-old plant specimens rescued from a skip and microscope slides found in forgotten cupboards @UoNLifeSci are taking centre stage at the 'Green Unseen' exhibition @LakesideArts
@UoNBiosciences
Full story➡️tinyurl.com/yfbr8myd
Using my 25 yo dissection kit from first-year vet sci @MasseyUni, NZ to strengthen herbarium specimens before they are exhibited @LakesideArts @UniofNottingham. It's true that education takes you in some unexpected but wonderful directions.
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A full house for the #NMESH labs launch @UoNArts! N-MESH is the Nottingham Materials and Environment Science and Heritage Laboratories.
Heritage Science is a growing, interdisciplinary field where we use cutting-edge scientific techniques to study cultural and natural heritage
My lab @UoNBiosciences is very happy to join N-MESH, which brings together facilities & expertise across @UniofNottingham & wider region to support materials, environment & heritage research. Lots of new opportunities to apply aDNA/eDNA!
Today we were delighted to host the launch of the new #NMESH Laboratories network @UniofNottingham and beyond. #NMESH is the brainchild of Dr Holly Miller from @UoNArch. Huge thanks to @ahrcpress CResCa funding and @EngagedArts_UoN for kickstarting this initiative.
ALT Photo of Dr Holly Miller with dark hair, a big smile, glasses and a grey dress, standing next to a sign saying ‘N-MESH Nottingham Materials and Environment Science and Heritage Laboratories. Pushing the boundaries of knowledge.’
Delighted to have been awarded @LeverhulmeTrust grant with @MarianiMichaela to reconstruct food production systems across SE Australia throughout the Holocene 🌻🌾 A PhD on #sedaDNA in my lab/ÆDNA @UoNBiosciences will be advertised in due course. Informal enquiries welcome now.
Celebrating yet another grant success ! I am so pleased to report we were awarded a Research Project Grant by the @LeverhulmeTrust to uncover the past spatial extent of native food plants across southeast Australia 🌏 @NottsPollen @UoNGeography
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Celebrating yet another grant success ! I am so pleased to report we were awarded a Research Project Grant by the @LeverhulmeTrust to uncover the past spatial extent of native food plants across southeast Australia 🌏 @NottsPollen @UoNGeography
Great start to #SEBSOE23 with workshop by Thara Samarakoon @EmoryHerbarium. Themes of rescuing, curating and growing herbaria. Plus, I mounted my own elder (Sambucus nigra)!
Very proud that my lab has achieved its bronze @LEAFinLabs award! A way to go with improving sustainability & efficiency but we're getting there. A good team effort by @UoNBiosciences staff & students! 🍃🧬🧪👩🔬👨🏽🔬♻️
To complain about the introduction of voter ID (as I just have!), you can email [email protected] or ask staff at the polling station for info #democracy #VoterID
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🚨🚨🚨PLS Retweet, another position at Kew 🏞! We are looking for Research Associate (PhD level🎓) bioinformatics/genomics🧬 to characterize crop wild relatives and pinpointing domestication syndrome traits in indigenous crops🍠🌾🌱. Apply here: careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese…
𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 or twinflower – as charming in death as in life. The genus 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘢 named for Carl Linnaeus, whose 18th century taxonomy we still rely on to #ExploreYourArchive @UoNBiosciences @UoNFutureFood Live plant credit: Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Bewitching nightshades: 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘢 (occasionally smoked 😮💨), 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 (a dangerous hallucinogen 🥴) and 𝘈𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 (original source of the medicine atropine 🫀) #ExploreYourArchive @UoNBiosciences @UoNFutureFood
