Research Programme Manager

The Earlham is currently advertising a programme manager role for our Cellular Genomics programme grant www.earlham.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Earlham Institute PhD graduate recognised for excellence in scientific research A PhD graduate from the Earlham Institute was awarded the John Innes Foundation prize for Excellence in Scientific Research at the John Innes Centre Annual Science Meeting in Norwich.

Really pleased to see PhD Graduate Ben Coombes awarded the John Innes Foundation award for excellence in scientific research for his PhD research exploring #genetic variation in #wheat with @ajwhall.bsky.social.

#genomics #bioinformatics

New wheat diversity discovery could provide an urgently-needed solution to global food security Newly-discovered diversity in the wheat genome could offer vital new opportunities to improve and ‘climate-proof’ one of the world’s most important staple crops.

Heading to #PAG33 in January? Catch the @ajwhall.bsky.social group discussing their research in genomics for crop improvement, including their recent study generating the first #wheat pan-transcriptome.

De novo annotation reveals transcriptomic complexity across the hexaploid wheat pan-genome Nature Communications - Available wheat genomes are annotated by projecting Chinese Spring gene models across the new assemblies. Here, the authors generate de novo gene annotations for the 9 wheat...

Our new study, led in collaboration with Helmholtz Munich as part of a global collaboration, was published yesterday.

It generated the first wheat pan-transcriptome – a comprehensive map of gene activity across multiple wheat varieties. rdcu.be/eJOPs

Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature Communications The authors introduce ChronoGauge as a machine learning model which can estimate a plant’s internal circadian time using gene expression. This can be used to compare the circadian clock across differe...

We developed machine learning models to infer circadian phase from single plant samples, using it to explore variation in circadian timing. Great collab with @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social @ajwhall.bsky.social @hannahcr6.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chronobiology

Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature Communications The authors introduce ChronoGauge as a machine learning model which can estimate a plant’s internal circadian time using gene expression. This can be used to compare the circadian clock across differe...

It's great to see you PHD takeoff and what a way to fly, read @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social first paper from his PHD www.nature.com/articles/s41... It is also a nice collaboration with Ant Dodd at the JIC @antdodd.bsky.social @nrpdtp.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Excited to visit my daughter graduate show at Glasgow school of Art www.instagram.com/mayahalldebu...

Managed to get some of my lab out of the office to visit #cereals this year @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Please pass this on to any undergraduates or postgraduates who might be interested. The closing date is 14th May.

Uncovering Genetic Drivers of Gene Expression in Elite Wheat Varieties

I have a PhD project funded by the John Innes Foundation, "Uncovering Genetic Drivers of Gene Expression in Elite Wheat Varieties", from the 1st of October 2025. #wheat #bioinformatics Apply now www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...

I have resigned my Fellowship of the #RoyalSociety due to their Council's inability to act proportionately on #ElonMusk.

See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...

Michael schatz summary of PAG2025

Machine learning models reveal environmental and genetic factors associated with the plant circadian clock The circadian clock of plants contributes to their survival and fitness. However, understanding clock function at the transcriptome level and its response to the environment requires assaying across h...

New preprint describing ChronoGauge - our ensemble model for estimating circadian time of single time-pointed transcriptomic data in plants 🧪🧬🖥️

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Machine learning models reveal environmental and genetic factors associated with the plant circadian clock The circadian clock of plants contributes to their survival and fitness. However, understanding clock function at the transcriptome level and its response to the environment requires assaying across h...

ML approach to predicting circadian time reveals insights into the genetics and interaction of the clock with the environment. #circadian @antdodd.bsky.social Well done Connor www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Couldn’t make IWC but great talk from Thomas on our collaboration read the preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #wheat #bioinformatics @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Single-plant-omics reveals the cascade of transcriptional changes during the vegetative-to-reproductive transition Transcriptome sequencing of leaves from many wild-type plants during bolting revealed transcriptional changes corresponding to binary and gradual developme

Interesting new insights into bolting using single-plant omics. An important developmental transition in many crops 🧪 🧬🖥️
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Common blue damselfly resting on a coriander leaf.

My PhD is focused on trait discovery in herb crops of the Apiaceae family. Together with Elsoms Seeds, we are exploring how low-cost genomics can accelerate breeding of these previously under-resourced crops. ^Charles

Well done, Connor, on submitting your first paper as the first author: "Machine learning models reveal environmental and genetic factors associated with the plant circadian clock." And a nice collaboration with @antdodd.bsky.social #circadian #plants Should be on bioarchive in the next few weeks.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #9,799,100!

Charles standing in a herb crop field trial site.

Hello! I'm Charles, a PhD student in the A. Hall lab @earlhaminst.bsky.social . I'm taking over the lab account this week. Follow along for an intro to what I do in the field of crop genomics! 🧪 #PlantScience

Visiting Stonehenge, dogs keep woofing at American thing they have been listening to trump.

News & Views: "Crop genetics: Unlocking alleles from exotic wheat" rdcu.be/dR0Dg

Screening of a landrace wheat collection identifies beneficial novel haplotypes that improve modern wheat without negative linkage drag or pleiotropy.

A comment on rdcu.be/dR0D6

#PlantScience

Hi The lab has moved too, still at the @earlhaminst.bsky.social but now on Bluesky @ahalllab.bsky.social