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Niab Science retweeted
🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor Uta Paszkowski, Acting Director of the Crop Science Centre, on her election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences! 🌾 A well-deserved honour recognising her pioneering work on plant–fungal symbioses.
🔗 cropsciencecentre.org/news/u…
Niab Science retweeted
NEW PhD opportunity - 2 May deadline. Niab & @plantsci announce a fully-funded, 4 year doctoral studentship, start date October 2025, funded by The Morley Agricultural Foundation (TMAF) niab.com/sites/default/files… #plantsatcambridge #PhDposition #plantpathology
Niab Science retweeted
The @SoCoBio Undergraduate Summer Studentship Programme is back!
If you're looking to gain hands-on research experience, this 6-week funded placement is the perfect way to develop your skills and explore career options. More info and apply➡️ow.ly/aiqz50Vlk1N
Niab Science retweeted
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. A day that Niab is once again pleased to be supporting as we celebrate the contributions of our scientists in putting plant science into practice. Meet some of Niab's scientists: ow.ly/MCoL50UXzxx #WomenInScience
Niab Science retweeted
New publication on the HPC resources shared between @niabscience @JamesHuttonInst @NHM_Science @KewScience @RBGE_Science @SRUC @univofstandrews which is more efficient and aids collaboration - funded twice by @BBSRC ALERT
NEW PAPER: UKCropDiversity-HPC: A collaborative high-performance computing resource approach for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity conservation. Read open access paper ➡️
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Niab Science retweeted
Well, it took a long time - my first field assessments were May 2011 - but v pleased that our @niabscience MAGIC wheat flowering time paper is now out in @TheorApplGenet
Shout out to @james_f_cockram for his persistence!
Read all about it here
doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-0…
Niab Science retweeted
In our Associated Program's webinar, Tally Wright @tallywright from @niabscience will discuss the application of quantitative genetics to uncover diversity-enriched wheat’s potential for breeding improvement.
04 December, 5:00 PM CET
Register: tinyurl.com/mrxfnr3nIn
Niab Science retweeted
Niab is a partner in the new Wheat Alliance Project. Funded by @novonordiskfond with a £5.6 million grant, the project is led by @MolBiolAU and focuses on identifying genetic components that enhance wheat’s capacity to benefit from soil microbes➡️ow.ly/s6cq50TX4wy
Niab Science retweeted
In our next #IWGSC webinar, Tally Wright @tallywright from @niabscience will discuss the application of quantitative genetics to uncover diversity-enriched wheat’s potential for breeding improvement.
04 December, 11:00 AM EST / 5:00 PM CET
Register now: tinyurl.com/mrxfnr3n
Niab Science retweeted
I'm recruiting a PhD student to start in October 2025, application deadline 5th January. ctp-sai.org/projects-for-202…
Niab Science retweeted
NEWS: A new five-year £3 million genetic research programme aims to advance the breeding of more sustainable and resilient varieties of soft fruit crops in the UK➡️niab.com/news-views/news/uk-…
Niab Science retweeted
Great article here by @DrWamonje about the Surprising Role of Bees in Reducing Plant Virus Transmission linked to recent research from @plantsci & @niabgroup.
👉tinyurl.com/32svzhpr
🐝🌾🌻
ALT graphical illustration of bees and plants
Niab Science retweeted
Thanks again to everyone who joined this year's Plants@Cambridge Botanicon.
It was great to see colleagues from across the plant biology network @Cambridge_Uni to exchange ideas, & showcase our ECR work in plant biology.
Read more👉 tinyurl.com/yv3u8x86
@CropSciCentre
ALT Plants@Cambridge colleagues from across the plant biology network at Cambridge in the auditorium at the Botanicon 2024
Niab Science retweeted
New paper💥Now you can make the most of #farm #yield map datasets! Fantastic work led by David Clarke.
A comprehensive framework to process & correct yield map datasets to assess field performance & economic appraisal
#soil #agriculture #DataScience
➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Niab Science retweeted
Apply for this exciting paid summer #research project investigating fungicide resistance in pathogenic rust #fungi - supervised by Dr @nichola_hawkins @niabgroup, Cambridge.
rsb.org.uk/get-involved/gran…
Deadline 21 April @RoyalSocBio
#ECRchat #PlantSci #PlantHealth #PlantPathology
Niab Science retweeted
A novel root hair mutant, srh1, affects root hair elongation and reactive oxygen species levels in wheat
researchsquare.com/article/r…
Research article Pre-print from @BBSRC PhD student @iantsang_wheat 🌱
Niab Science retweeted
Undergraduate summer studentship available in my lab at @niabscience Cambridge, testing for fungicide resistance genes in NIAB's collection of rust fungus isolates. Please spread the word to any interested students.
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Niab Science retweeted
#monogram24 panel discussion led by @StephanieSwarbr look at new Frontiers in Small Grains Cereals Research. Great line up! Oghenejokpeme Orhobor @niabgroup, @AngelaClaireW @ARIA_research, David Schafer @ragtseedsuk and @SadiyeHayta @JohnInnesCentre @JICWheatGE
Niab Science retweeted
Anisa Blower @niabgroup explores NIAB’s synthetic wheat as a new source of genetic resistance for effective control of Septoria tritici blotch disease. What a useful resource! #monogram24
