We hosted a visit to the institute of Darren Wells from University of Nottingham. He came to speak at the Barley Away Days, see our new facilities and discuss root research, specifically Lia’s project.
Tim visited IPK in Germany to give a Gatersleben Lecture and meet colleagues old and new. Lots of plans to work together in the future.
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
📜 Precision Plant Editing: From Barley to Amaranth with CRISPR in Hand
🔊 Götz Hensel @hhu.de
⏰ Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d460dd...
Registration is now open for the Organic P workshop in Prince Edward Island, Canada in July 2026. Register at this link and hope to see you there!
op2026.com/registration/
Functional analysis of barley HvRTH3 reveals its role in root hair patterning with no detectable impact on drought response
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Only a week to go until Barley Away Days 2026! A 2- day workshop centred around the barley research at JHI / IBH to a combined internal and invited external audience.
@hutton.ac.uk
@scotchwhiskyswa.bsky.social
@novogene-europe.bsky.social
@thermofishersci.bsky.social
LGC Biosearch
Diageo
SSCR
It was great to welcome @szytynska.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk to the @hutton.ac.uk and @plantecohutton.bsky.social. We look forward to working together to focus on plant-microbe-insect interactions to ensure sustainable barley production.
We hosted a visit from Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social (University of Manchester) who presented a seminar and discussed her research on plant, microbe, aphid interactions in barley to people in the group.
Excited to be looking at roots of wild barleys
@plantecohutton.bsky.social
We hosted the ISRR Mini Symposium last week with 14 talks on roots from a whole range of research fields. If you want to catch up on this the link to the recording is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqD...
@rootscientists.bsky.social
Gwen is going with a group from Hutton to UAE next week to make connections with research organisations in the Emirates.
@hutton.ac.uk
@gwenkirschner.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱
#ISRR
@rootscientists.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
Take a look at some articles in various places that have been picked up about our Bere barley participatory network 🌾
1. scottishbusinessnews.net/call-to-join...
2. www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/ne...
3. www.agcc.co.uk/news-article...
#berebarley
@hutton.ac.uk
Registration for the Organic P Workshop in Charlottetown, Canada is now open Home - OP2026. Hope to see you there.
op2026.com
Have a great Christmas break and see you in 2026!
Tim was elected President of EPSO (European Plant Science Organisation). Join us to help the plant science voice be heard in Europe. 🌾🌿
epsoweb.org
@epsoeurope.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk @intbarleyhub.bsky.social
Bean root system, text: "Dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science: Mini Symposium of the ISRR, January 28th 2026"
Rooting for roots?
#PlantScience
Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx
Programme👇
Tim has been inducted as a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science.
Join us for the ISRR Mini Symposium in January get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
Also don’t forget to become a ISRR member!
@RootScientists #ISRR
Congratulations to Oludare Durodola on passing his viva this month, and for also getting another paper published www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tim and Tracy attended the AAB meeting “Roots to Regenerative Agriculture” which saw a robust debate on the promise and problems with regenerative systems.
web.cvent.com/event/6f375f...
3. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
2. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
1. EASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
See opportunities to join us as a PhD student:
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾
Tim George @plantecohutton.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk is our keynote for Session 2: The Rhizosphere and Microbiome 🌱🦠
🌾 Root soil interactions for improved resource acquisition and sustainability 🌾
Gwen has taken up her new permanent position in the team in the last week or so. Looking forward to building a thriving group with her in the coming months and years.
Stefan Pulver and team from St Andrews, visited us today to look at options for looking at beetle behaviour in transparent soil.
We just had a great week at the @Root2Res in Ireland visiting @teagasc new facilities in Johnstown Castle. Lots of new ideas to take forward in the project.
Reporting Period 2 report for @Root2Res is complete and submitted, thanks to all those that contributed to getting this document together, see you in Ireland next week!
