The programme is out now! 🌐
Find it here: www.iwc2026.com/program/

Start planning your #IWC2026Bologna agenda! 📅

I saw this minute water lily at Kew Gardens in 2023 but had no idea how narrowly it was brought back from the brink!
Image: Nymphaea thermarum next to a larger waterlily #waterlily #conservation #plantstories
Full story ->
www.kew.org/plants/nymph...

And that's a wrap on #Monogram2026! Thank you to our sponsors @kwsgroup.bsky.social, RAGT, @newphyt.bsky.social & @novogene-europe.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to our New Phytologist poster prize winners Natasha Brock, Zoe Marshall & Hardik Patel 👏 👏 👏

See you all next year in Nottingham!

#Monogram2026 finished with an innovative talk on engineering plant immune receptors from Jiorgos Kourelis @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (Rank Prize New Lecturer @rankprize.bsky.social ) and a sneak peak at a new GWAS tool from @ensembl.org #syntheticbiology #GWAS

"People are underpinning all of our success and I think making more of those people is key" - Dame Ottoline Leyser @slcuplants.bsky.social spoke with @stephaniemswarbre.bsky.social on career insights and cultivating a diverse, inclusive research environment at #Monogram2026 #WomeninSTEM

Exciting to see the cutting-edge techniques on display at 2nd day of @monogram-uk.bsky.social #Monogram2026 - featuring precision gene editing, spatial transcriptomics, and AI-driven trait analysis presented by Sarah McKim, Stephen Pearce, Malcolm Bennett, Lei Ju, Kenan Tan

This afternoon's sessions highlighted nutrient and fibre-rich "super grains" barley, tef, millet, and oats. Could diversifying diets with these grains lead to a healthier future? #Monogram2026 with Nupur Tailor, Aiswarya Girija, Lizo Masters, Crispus Mbaluto, Miriam Schreiber

Enjoying #Monogram2026 so far, including talks on how wheat and barley interact with pathogens and the root microbiome, and how understanding these can unlock crop resilience!
Thanks to @aabiologists.bsky.social for giving back to the plant science community by coordinating the conference.

Rothamsted Conference Centre

👏Well done👏 to everyone who presented at the PhD Symposium, you did a great job 💯 Also to all the PhD scientists who organised and chaired sessions! Balmy at the Rothamsted Conference Centre today (nothing like this photo)

I am a scientist. If you're a PhD student, a postdoc, a technician - you are a scientist. Own it 😃. I enjoyed sitting on the panel for this Q&A session, thanks Dana @plantenv.bsky.social for creating a space to talk about skills & research culture #careerdevelopment #phdlife

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated at day 1 of the PhD Symposium!

Roll on day 2….

#phd #agtech #Agriculture #agriscience

Enjoying the Rothamsted PhD Symposium today - so many exciting posters and projects from single genes to tiny insects to wide agricultural landscapes @rothamsted.bsky.social #cropscience #phdlife

Excited for a second #GreenHorizons training session with undergrads on #PlantScience that feeds the world! Today we’ll learn about the new tools that are transforming plant breeding, and what the future could look like for wheat. 🌾 🌱 #STEMCareers #FutureOfFood

High fibre white flour developed at Rothamsted passes the taste test - Genetic differences in wheat varieties have been used to develop lines with naturally higher dietary fibre - and bread fans love it! 🍞👍 @uniofreading.bsky.social
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/high-fi...

@drchrismacdonald.bsky.social inspiring! Protein & taste as key for diet choice fits with my experiences:

At uni, college passed a motion for meat-free Mondays - with backlash on these topics.

My PhD on protein content of wheat; people asked "will it help meat-free diets?"
#sustainablefood

Congratulations Philippa!

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers

Proud to be part of #WomenInWheat and learned so much at the event @johninnescentre.bsky.social‬ in July - from creating an elevator pitch to tips for conflict resolution. Look, I'm even in this photo!

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

We are very happy to announce the six titles shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe. #SciBooks

royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

I'm excited to share our work investigating transcriptional compensation in polyploid wheat 🌾
It was fun to work on this project led by @philippaborrill.bsky.social and myself, with key contributions from @emilieknight.bsky.social and @simmojsimmo.bsky.social
The key take-aways, a 🧵

broadleaf plantain

Hello Bluesky, nice to meet you.
I'm Catherine, I'm a postdoctoral researcher in wheat physiology @rothamsted.bsky.social. I'm that friend who falls behind on countryside walks because she's taking pictures of plants. Image: broadleaf plantain
www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-evans-664155196