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PhD Student @ John Innes Centre, UK πŸ“Genetics of plant-environment interactions in the Penfield LabπŸ”¬πŸŒ± ➑️ Brassica genomics, developmental responses to temperature, crop improvement and more πŸ“š

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Seasons and shape: Inflorescences from autumn to summer Abstract. Flowering plants organize their reproductive organs within specialized structures named inflorescences. Plasticity in the architecture of these i

Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo GonzΓ‘lez-SuΓ‘rez @pablidopsis.bsky.social (now with Margot Smit), Tom Lock @txmlock.bsky.social and Steve Penfield (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) on plant architecture responses to seasonal temperature is out!
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02.07.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A good (albeit chilly) day to be doing field work at the JIC farm β˜€οΈ Super proud of this field trial where I am using warming cables to investigate the effects of climate change on crop development 🌑️🌿

16.12.2024 23:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Super interesting read Anne! Not an abiotic stress, but we face similar problems when studying how seasonal temperature/photoperiod fluctuations affect plant development - often results from lab experiments using CERs and glasshouses are not very comparable to plants grown in the field πŸ€”

16.12.2024 23:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of cracked dry soil with young rice plants growing, taken from above.

Image of cracked dry soil with young rice plants growing, taken from above.

What is important when designing abiotic stress experiments? Sharing my reflection on this question with the plant community:
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13.11.2024 11:44 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*!

Send me a CV ASAP!

#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni

02.12.2024 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Of course Jo! Happy to share through the JIC students channels 😊

16.12.2024 22:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It took me SEVEN years to figure out that you can save a ggplot as a vectorized .svg file ggsave("file.svg"). The svg file can be opened on pptx/ai/inkspace and it will be completely vectorized, even text are still recognized as text boxes! No more recreating plots on illustrator!!!!

28.08.2024 15:45 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Here is a series of cool images I captured by dissecting field-grown rapeseed apical meristems over the winter 🌿

This is showing the process of floral transition, identified by the production of floral primordia. Note the size of these structures to be about the same width as two human hairs! 🀯

03.12.2024 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0