Daniel Wood
@danielwood1992.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Working on Ash genomics, generally interested in rapid adaptation and stress. All views my own.
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Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
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October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?
I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
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10 days left to apply! 👀
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
10 days left to apply! 👀
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There is still time to book your ticket for Britain's Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange 🌳
📅 17 & 18 Nov 2025
📍 Durham
Book 5 or more tickets and receive 20% off – no code required, it’s applied directly at the checkout! 🎫
🔗 Find out more: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event
📅 17 & 18 Nov 2025
📍 Durham
Book 5 or more tickets and receive 20% off – no code required, it’s applied directly at the checkout! 🎫
🔗 Find out more: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
There is still time to book your ticket for Britain's Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange 🌳
📅 17 & 18 Nov 2025
📍 Durham
Book 5 or more tickets and receive 20% off – no code required, it’s applied directly at the checkout! 🎫
🔗 Find out more: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event
📅 17 & 18 Nov 2025
📍 Durham
Book 5 or more tickets and receive 20% off – no code required, it’s applied directly at the checkout! 🎫
🔗 Find out more: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event
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I chose a good day to check for seed in our Fraxinus collection at @rbgkew.bsky.social 🌞🌳🍁 Looks like a bumper crop for most species - these are valuable material for @forest-protection.bsky.social funded research to tackle threats to ash trees 🌿 #Fraxinus #ashtrees #treehealth
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I chose a good day to check for seed in our Fraxinus collection at @rbgkew.bsky.social 🌞🌳🍁 Looks like a bumper crop for most species - these are valuable material for @forest-protection.bsky.social funded research to tackle threats to ash trees 🌿 #Fraxinus #ashtrees #treehealth
Can you replace ground sesame seeds with ground flax seeds the short answer is no the long answer is noooooooooooooooooooo
September 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Can you replace ground sesame seeds with ground flax seeds the short answer is no the long answer is noooooooooooooooooooo
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Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Eight years ago today 🌿
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
September 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Eight years ago today 🌿
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
I enjoyed The Conjuring: Last Rites, although I did have low expectations
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I enjoyed The Conjuring: Last Rites, although I did have low expectations
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💻 You can now view our spring webinar series which showcases the results from some of our Phase 1 projects. Our 2024/25 cohort of interns also gave a short talk about each of their projects.
🔗 You can find links to the webinars & talks here: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/09/03/s...
🔗 You can find links to the webinars & talks here: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/09/03/s...
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
💻 You can now view our spring webinar series which showcases the results from some of our Phase 1 projects. Our 2024/25 cohort of interns also gave a short talk about each of their projects.
🔗 You can find links to the webinars & talks here: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/09/03/s...
🔗 You can find links to the webinars & talks here: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/09/03/s...
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We need more trees 🌳 But - believe it or not - simply planting more won’t necessarily help and could lead to forests that are vulnerable to disease, drought & heat.
Learn how we're working with nurseries to grow forests that are more resilient to a warmer future
👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Learn how we're working with nurseries to grow forests that are more resilient to a warmer future
👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We need more trees 🌳 But - believe it or not - simply planting more won’t necessarily help and could lead to forests that are vulnerable to disease, drought & heat.
Learn how we're working with nurseries to grow forests that are more resilient to a warmer future
👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Learn how we're working with nurseries to grow forests that are more resilient to a warmer future
👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
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Awesome work led by @cfcollins.bsky.social looking at the factors that influence the long term retention of laterally transferred genes! A huge amount of work and awesome first PhD chapter
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Regulatory features determine the evolutionary fate of laterally acquired genes in plants
Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is widespread in eukaryotes, including in animals and plants where it can fuel adaptive evolution and innovation. However, the factors that influence the integration and lo...
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August 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Awesome work led by @cfcollins.bsky.social looking at the factors that influence the long term retention of laterally transferred genes! A huge amount of work and awesome first PhD chapter
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This pizza took ages
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This pizza took ages
Robert Dodecagon, disgraced shape designer
Just one more corner bro I swear
July 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Robert Dodecagon, disgraced shape designer
Check out our preprint presenting the construction and application of a pangenome for European ash @laura-j-kelly.bsky.social @rbuggs.bsky.social
European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and a diverse genetic basis for low ash dieback susceptibility https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.665114v1
July 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Check out our preprint presenting the construction and application of a pangenome for European ash @laura-j-kelly.bsky.social @rbuggs.bsky.social
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📢 FINAL CALL📢
🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied yet?
⏰ @rbgkew.bsky.social close: Tue 22 July (tomorrow!)
⏰ @forestresearchuk.bsky.social close: Thu 24 July
For more information, please visit: lnkd.in/eh6GgQh9
#Internships
🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied yet?
⏰ @rbgkew.bsky.social close: Tue 22 July (tomorrow!)
⏰ @forestresearchuk.bsky.social close: Thu 24 July
For more information, please visit: lnkd.in/eh6GgQh9
#Internships
📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢
🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes!
Click on the link below to find out more!
#Internships
🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes!
Click on the link below to find out more!
#Internships
Centre for Forest Protection Internship Vacancies – 2025/26 - Centre for Forest Protection
We are recruiting six new interns across Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to work on a wide range of projects. Take a look to see if there is one for you!
www.forestprotection.uk
July 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📢 FINAL CALL📢
🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied yet?
⏰ @rbgkew.bsky.social close: Tue 22 July (tomorrow!)
⏰ @forestresearchuk.bsky.social close: Thu 24 July
For more information, please visit: lnkd.in/eh6GgQh9
#Internships
🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied yet?
⏰ @rbgkew.bsky.social close: Tue 22 July (tomorrow!)
⏰ @forestresearchuk.bsky.social close: Thu 24 July
For more information, please visit: lnkd.in/eh6GgQh9
#Internships
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July 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX
#Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth
Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX
#Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX
#Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth
Join @forestresearchuk.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to help detect internal defects in oak trees using cutting-edge tech 🌳🧪
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgpCaX
#Internship #PlantScience #TreeHealth
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📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
🌳 Join @rbgkew.bsky.social as a CFP intern to help future-proof UK ash trees against ash dieback using genomics & bioinformatics🌳🧬
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #TreeHealth #Bioinformatics
🌳 Join @rbgkew.bsky.social as a CFP intern to help future-proof UK ash trees against ash dieback using genomics & bioinformatics🌳🧬
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #TreeHealth #Bioinformatics
July 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
🌳 Join @rbgkew.bsky.social as a CFP intern to help future-proof UK ash trees against ash dieback using genomics & bioinformatics🌳🧬
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #TreeHealth #Bioinformatics
🌳 Join @rbgkew.bsky.social as a CFP intern to help future-proof UK ash trees against ash dieback using genomics & bioinformatics🌳🧬
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #TreeHealth #Bioinformatics
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📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT📢
Passionate about forests, climate resilience & plant science?
🌲 Study Scots pine responses to drought/waterlogging in a glasshouse trial.
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #PlantScience #Ecology
Passionate about forests, climate resilience & plant science?
🌲 Study Scots pine responses to drought/waterlogging in a glasshouse trial.
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #PlantScience #Ecology
Centre for Forest Protection Internship Vacancies – 2025/26 - Centre for Forest Protection
We are recruiting six new interns across Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to work on a wide range of projects. Take a look to see if there is one for you!
www.forestprotection.uk
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT📢
Passionate about forests, climate resilience & plant science?
🌲 Study Scots pine responses to drought/waterlogging in a glasshouse trial.
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #PlantScience #Ecology
Passionate about forests, climate resilience & plant science?
🌲 Study Scots pine responses to drought/waterlogging in a glasshouse trial.
📍 Midlothian, Scotland
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 www.forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/c...
#Internship #PlantScience #Ecology
In celebration of going to see the new Jurassic park film I will be posting my review over the next 65 million years! 1/65
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In celebration of going to see the new Jurassic park film I will be posting my review over the next 65 million years! 1/65
No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that
Swarm and multiply in a drop of water
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that
Swarm and multiply in a drop of water
July 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that
Swarm and multiply in a drop of water
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that
Swarm and multiply in a drop of water
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📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
🌳 Passionate about climate, genetics & forests? Join @kewgardens as a CFP intern! Gain skills in DNA extraction, sequencing & data analysis.
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgqa0v
#Internship #Genomics #Dendrochronology
🌳 Passionate about climate, genetics & forests? Join @kewgardens as a CFP intern! Gain skills in DNA extraction, sequencing & data analysis.
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgqa0v
#Internship #Genomics #Dendrochronology
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢
🌳 Passionate about climate, genetics & forests? Join @kewgardens as a CFP intern! Gain skills in DNA extraction, sequencing & data analysis.
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgqa0v
#Internship #Genomics #Dendrochronology
🌳 Passionate about climate, genetics & forests? Join @kewgardens as a CFP intern! Gain skills in DNA extraction, sequencing & data analysis.
📍 Richmond, London
🗓️ Oct 2025–Mar 2026
Apply now 👉 t.co/rREVbgqa0v
#Internship #Genomics #Dendrochronology
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Genetic basis of traits and local adaptation in UK silver birch https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.04.662749v1
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Genetic basis of traits and local adaptation in UK silver birch https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.04.662749v1
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Six-month internships available as part of the Centre for Forest Protection - including two with @danielwood1992.bsky.social working on ash trees! 🌳🧬
📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢
🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes!
Click on the link below to find out more!
#Internships
🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes!
Click on the link below to find out more!
#Internships
Centre for Forest Protection Internship Vacancies – 2025/26 - Centre for Forest Protection
We are recruiting six new interns across Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to work on a wide range of projects. Take a look to see if there is one for you!
www.forestprotection.uk
July 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Six-month internships available as part of the Centre for Forest Protection - including two with @danielwood1992.bsky.social working on ash trees! 🌳🧬