Only 1 week left to apply for two summer studentship opportunities at Rothamsted:
-Temperature and flooding stress on crop pathogen survival
-Wheat genetics and wireworm infection responses
www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
A low-cost forensic method developed by Rothamsted to track sediment pollution is being adopted by the Environment Agency, marking a significant step forward in protecting water quality👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothamsted-research...
Do you work with crop disease and pathology trials data? Please take 15 minutes to complete the survey below to help shape the future of FAIR data in plant sciences.
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#plantpathology #cropdisease #plantscience
Applications for paid summer research projects from the Royal Society of Biology are now open, closing 28th April! Work with leading plant health researchers on 8-10 week placements, including Rothamsted.
Apply now: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health-ug-studentships.html
#studentship #internship
📣FARMERS📣 We need your help for 20 minutes, so we can help you for years to come!
This survey will help us discover how monitoring beneficial insects in farmland should be carried out 🪲
Please share with your networks👇
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#regenag #farming #biodiversity
🍞🎤🍞 Speaker Announcement 🍞🎤🍞
Nigel Halford - Rothamsted Research, UK
@rothamsted.bsky.social
🧬 Reducing the acrylamide-forming potential of wheat, from fertilisation rates and disease control to CRISPR
#plantscience #foodsafety @ilsieurope.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social
Our next webinar will be all 'aabout' plant genome editing, as part of our new PlantEd series!
📅 Tuesday 21 April
🕚️ 11AM BST | 12PM CET | 7PM KST
🧬 Feat. talks from:
Tien Vu Van @tienvu.bsky.social
Natasha Brock @rothamsted.bsky.social
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/ASJiGhm
#plantscience
Nice to see comments from Helen Metcalfe on glysophate in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/...
And it's drilled! GE barley seeds with increased lipid content, the first crop to receive a Precision Bred Organism marketing notice, are in the ground. Find out more👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothamsted-gene-edi...
From willow & miscanthus agronomy, to harvest demos, come along to the next Biomass Open Day in Tadcaster
🕤14th April, 9:30–13:30
📚 BASIS points applied
🔗 www.carboncapturecropping.com/news-and-events-1/biomas...
#biomass #BASIS
Scientists have successfully developed wheat with dramatically reduced levels of asparagine using gene editing, offering a promising route to safer food production and improved regulatory compliance👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/ultra-low-asparagin...
We are pleased to announce that Professor Martin Broadley has been appointed as interim CEO at Rothamsted Research.
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-br...
We have a new webpage on the #LongTermExperiment #LTE Broadbalk which is being led by Andy Gregory at @rothamsted.bsky.social.
Learn about this experiment as well as its scientific impacts, & its historic background: bit.ly/Broadbalk
@rothamsted-lte.bsky.social 🌏
We have come a long way since crops being guarded by dogs and 10ft high fences!
Rothamsted gene-edited barley crop becomes first to receive a UK Precision Bred Organism marketing notice 🎉
By increasing lipid content in plant tissues, the barley provides a high-energy forage crop for ruminant livestock, improving feed efficiency👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothams...
Aerial view of river winding through farmed fields
UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social modelling shows how climate change could reshape GB’s rivers/farms by 2050.
Findings: river nutrients ↑20–30%, ↑ west coast fluxes (3–10%), ↓ east (3–13%), 5-20% drop in most arable yields, 20% boost in maize yields
Read more: agzeroplus.org.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
A pleasure to host the Agri Food Charities Partnership today - a network of organisations helping to train the next generation of agri scientists.
Thank you to all the speakers!
Scientists have discovered that chemicals produced by beetle larvae can directly stimulate harmful bacteria that damage oak trees, revealing a previously unknown mechanism driving tree disease.
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/beetle-larvae-turn-...
Delighted to announce 5 fully funded #EngineeringBiology #PhD studentship opportunities "Training the next generation of Engineering Biologists for the delivery of green bio-based production (EngBio4GBP)" with Royal Holloway, Reading and @rothamsted.bsky.social To apply, visit: bit.ly/4lrSxrH
70 delegates applauding and standing in front of a widescreen slide reading "UK-ASEAN Symposium on Precision Breeding"
It was a huge pleasure to attend the UK-ASEAN Symposium on #PrecisionBreeding in Hanoi this week, to represent @rothamsted.bsky.social latest work on gene edited crops. Great to meet lots of new people and hear about their research- looking forward to some fruitful new interactions.
It was a pleasure to attend #BritishScienceWeek in Parliament where Ondrej, Grace, and Apple spoke to MPs about our research tackling hidden hunger and malnutrition - alongside many other British research institutions.
Join us at The Royal Society where we will cover all aspects of meiosis studies over 2 days! Featuring our plenary speaker Dr Valérie Borde, CNRS.
Register before 31st March: www.rothamsted.ac.uk/event/xvi-british-meiosi...
#dna #conference #genetics
NEW! 4 years UKRI and Industry funded PhD studentship in @devotolab.bsky.social, @Syngenta, @rothamsted.bsky.social
for a UK home student.
To apply
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
Project info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Enquiries: Alessandra.Devoto@rhul.ac.uk, www.Devotolab.org
A new cycle begins as calves arrive at the North Wyke Farm Platform 🐮Our scientists will be monitoring their impact on soil health, water quality and greenhouse gas emissions, comparing arable cropping to livestock systems. Data available at: https://nw-farmplatform.rothamsted.ac.uk/
In case you missed it - Rothamsted's Steve McGrath on #BBCCountryfile last night showing off our historic sludge samples to Tom Heap
Starts 27:41 👀👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002shxq...
Don't miss Rothamsted on BBC Countryfile tonight at 6pm!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006t0b...
#BBCCountryfile
Happy International Women's Day! Today we celebrate all the women at Rothamsted who drive innovation and sustainability in agriculture. Their work continues to inspire and shape the future #IWD2026 #WomenInSTEM
Not long now until the next WGIN meeting! Good news - there are 4 CPD #BASIS Points allocated for this meeting.
Register now: www.rothamsted.ac.uk/event/23rd-w...
Leaders of UK institutions pioneering research into nutrition urge the Government to sustain investment in their work.
Malnutrition drives instability, migration, & conflict.
Solutions to it deliver benefits here & abroad.
#BritishScienceWeek @theguardian.com
https://bit.ly/4rgLKCO
Congrats to Vasthi who received a Pioneering UK-US Breakthroughs Award👏
New device enables faster, cheaper detection of early-stage crop viral infections in cassava, allowing diseases to be identified and contained before they spread
Full story👇
www.ukri.org/news/from-fa...
