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Cristobal Uauy
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Geneticist at John Innes Centre
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New #PhD opportunity in the Uauy lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social.
Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity?

#wheat #spikelet #development
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Identity matters: understanding spike architecture to increase grain number in wheat (UAUY_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Wheat provides 20% of the calories and protein consumed by humans. The world population will reach 9 billion by 2050, which requires food production to more than double. Although plant breeding has…
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October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted by Cristobal Uauy
johninnescentre.bsky.social
🌾 @cristobaluauy.bsky.social, group leader and Director designate, Professor Diane Saunders OBE, group leader, Sarah Sands, trustee, and the chair of our Governing Council Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett were pleased to host a ‘Designing Wheat’ roundtable in Heatherwick Studio, London yesterday.
The ‘Designing Wheat’ roundtable in Heatherwick Studio, London Professor Cristobal Uauy, group leader and Director designate, Professor Diane Saunders OBE, group leader The chair of our Governing Council Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett at the ‘Designing Wheat’ roundtable in Heatherwick Studio, London.
May 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
cristobaluauy.bsky.social
1/10 We are thrilled to share our preprint on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes led by the amazing @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister. We resolved expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Pre-print👉 tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf., @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM