We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Wheat Transformation and Gene Editing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies at the forefront of crop science, contributing to innovative research in wheat improvement.

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💡 PhD Blog: What's the importance of training during your first PhD year?

Heading into her second-year, #PhD researcher Marine has shared her insights and experience of enhancing her skills and knowledge over the last 12 months, and practical advice for other students.

Read here: buff.ly/xOhpq0S

🎉 EarlGrey ParTEA v0.1.6 is here! Huge thanks to everyone who's tried the pipeline and shared feedback — your suggestions directly shaped these new features. 🍵

#TEworldwide #transposableelements #bioinformatics #genomics

Training during your PhD: what my first year of my PhD studies taught me. PhD student Marine Folgoas reflects on the first year of her PhD and the important role training has played in developing her skills as a researcher.

💬 "From machine learning courses at Earlham Institute, to field training at @rothamsted.bsky.social, the summer school in Bologna and the #genomics workshop in Czechia, each experience has helped prepare me for the challenges of my project."

BLOG: What my first year of my #PhD studies taught me.

Some reflections on #Fungal26 This was a great meeting as always but set against some turbulent times of course, which meant many regular attendees were not present. This thread is mainly for them. However, the proportion of first-time attendees was very high and very international. #Fungal26 1/15

How does root invasion differ between endophyte & pathogen?

We are interested in this dichotomy of expression in the most important root disease of wheat, take-all: Stealth vs SEVs

Exceptional tenacity from Stella (looking for a PhD) and the team @earlhaminst.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social 🙏

Genomic and physiological signatures of adaptation in pathogenic fungi - Nature Communications Emerging fungal pathogens have detrimental impacts on crops, animals, and humans, however little is known about their transition to a pathogenic lifestyle. This study demonstrates that the transition ...

What enables a fungus to invade a mammal host? @marco-guerreiro.bsky.social unravels signatures of translation adaptation among pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Trichosporonales. See more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Distribution of Gene Tree Topologies with Duplication, Loss, and Coalescence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...

Mutualistic microbes drive niche expansion yet constrain diversification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...

Gene function predicts divergence across molecular levels www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...

Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…

Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pangenomics transforms evolutionary biology | Royal Society This Theo Murphy meeting organised by Dr Joana Meier, Dr Henry North and Dr Charlotte Wright, will showcase cutting-edge pangenome tools, applied uses of pangenomes which are transforming health and a...

Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here:

royalsociety.org/science-even...

Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!

Spent last week at the microscope 🔬✨, and seeing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi up close for the first time—hyphae, arbuscules, vesicles—was absolutely mind-blowing. Small but mighty partners of plant roots 🌿. Sharing a few of my favourite shots.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi

Big congratulations @tobybarilbio.bsky.social!

Please check out and share our final version of the transposon mobilization work in a fungal pathogen - out now in Nature Communications

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mushroom plots to visualise gain and loss on a phylogenetic tree A tutorial on how to visualise gene gain and loss on a phylogenetic tree

A quick tutorial blog on a method I haven't seen before to plot gene gain/loss from e.g. CAFE5 across a phylogeny - and clearly shows I always have fungi on the mind 🤓🍄
#rstats #ggplot2
rowena-h.github.io/data-visuali...

@tobybarilbio.bsky.social and I are very excited to release MycoMobilome! A very extensive effort to discover, QC and annotate TEs across the fungal kingdom.

👉 Ready-to-use for your own genome with a simple tutorial!
👉 Metadata about TEs discovered in your genome!
👉 Contribute and get recognition!

Super excited to see our bioRxiv paper out! It furthers our understanding of an FHB resistance locus in timopheevii with some DON resistance too!

Combatting wheat take-all disease with in-field and synthetic microbial communities 4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) PhD

PHD: What does an ‘optimal’ community of #bacteria and #fungi look like for #pathogen suppression?

That's a key question to explore in this fully-funded #PhDproject with @neilhall.bsky.social, @mcmullan0.bsky.social and @rowenahill.bsky.social at the Earlham Institute.

Exploring niche cell–cell communication through alternative splicing 4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) PhD

PHD: Are you interested in gene regulation, #immune function, or tech development?

We have a fully-funded 4-year #PhDproject with @whatchamacaulay.bsky.social at the Earlham Institute and @tiagocluis.bsky.social at Imperial looking at niche cell–cell communication.

➡️ buff.ly/M7u6thJ

📣 New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint, another joint-venture of @wolki95.bsky.social & @antonkraege.bsky.social, co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social. Here’s a 🧵

Daniel Gibbs Lab Welcome to the lab website of Professor Daniel Gibbs @ University of Birmingham

We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details!

Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

Great new postdoc fellowship for foundational plant research.
If you’re into genetics and genomics of plant reproductive evolution or adaptive convergence (incl in the cool and charismatic nightshades!) I’d be happy to talk about possible projects!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Working alongside colleagues at @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @johninnescentre.bsky.social , @dsw-isp.bsky.social , @norwichmicro.bsky.social , and @rothamsted.bsky.social.

Do get in touch to find out more

Combatting wheat take-all disease with in-field and synthetic microbial communities

PhD studentship
Come help us understand the wheat rhizosphere at the Earlham Institute 🦠

Working at the interface of fungal antagonists & pathogens (@rowenahill.bsky.social @neilhall.bsky.social ), host genetic diversity (Simon Griffiths -JIC) and bacterial community diversity (Jacob Malone -JIC)

Professorship in plant genetics.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum - United Kingdom Study design

A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum

https://www.europesays.com/uk/474140/

Study design The UKB is a prospective cohort study from the UK that contains more than 500,000 volunteers…#uk #news #uknews

A common bracket fungus on the side of a tree

Xylaria fungus growing out of a tree stump

Small cap mushrooms surrounded by fallen leaves and grass in a woodland

🍄 Today marks #UKFungusDay where we get to celebrate the weird and wonderful kingdom of Fungi.

As well as being fundamental to a healthy ecosystem, and often fascinating to spot, #Fungi can be devastating to plant and animal populations.

Was a pleasure to contribute a small part to this massive WGS effort of Kew's fungarium! @estergaya.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social

Check out the paper @newphyt.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/nph.70472

New OA Article: "Enhancing local meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis and maize through juxtaposition of heterozygous and homozygous regions" rdcu.be/eDWJI

With News & Views: "Diversity favoured: heterozygosity attracts crossovers" rdcu.be/eDWKQ