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Proud to part of the great team from across the world who brought this paper into being including 3 oat genomes contributed by @ibers.bsky.social with funding from @ukri.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Excited to see in print the results of many years of collaboration with some great scientists in the world wide oat community- read more at rdcu.be/eNfl6 and rdcu.be/eNlf24
@nature.com @ukri.org @ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Research points to 27 action areas to transform UK food system #NERC #AcademicSky
Research points to 27 action areas to transform UK food system
UKRI research programme publishes 27 actions to deliver healthier diets, stronger communities and lower environmental impacts across the UK food system.
www.ukri.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Combining the final plot in our Oat Frontiers trial here at @ibers_aber. It will be interesting to see how the yields compare to those in Iceland and the other frontier sites- our variety Timpani the winner here
August 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Looking forward to #Cereals2025 - come and see our latest #oat and #FabaBean varieties from the @ibers.bsky.social breeding programmes and discuss intercropping results from the #EUHorizon projects CropDiva and Legendary
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Donal Murphy-Bokern introducing the concept of the #HorizonEU #LegumeGeneration project and the @legumehub.bsky.social to the @aabiologists.bsky.social conference on #Legumes in Science in Practice.
June 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thought provoking talk by @jerryalford.bsky.social from @thesoilassociation.bsky.social on reducing the barriers to the adoption of intercropping in the U.K. highlighting results from farmer led research at the @aabiologists.bsky.social Legume Science and Practice conference
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excellent start to the @aabiologists.bsky.social conference on Legumes in Science and Practice with @louisedye.bsky.social on ‘How do we people to eat more legumes’
June 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Excellent talk on flower margins to deliver ecosystem services by Todd Jenkins from @harperadamsuni.bsky.social at the CropDiva #agrobiodiversity symposium in Lleida #H2020
May 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Excellent to meet up with Charlene Wight from AAFC Ottawa at the CropDiva Agrobiodiversity Conference in Lleida an
#oats #agrobiodiversity #EUH2020 @ibers.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Every Monday we host our weekly Departmental Seminar! 🧬

Location: Edward Llwyd 1.16 or DM us for a Teams link

Today's speaker: Dónall Cross on "Characterising
malaria vector mosquitoes in western Zambia"

We extend our welcome to everyone!
May 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Pob dydd Llun rydym yn cynnal ein Seminar adrannol wythnosol!🧬

Lleoliad: Edward Llwyd 1.16 neu DM-iwch am ddolen Teams
Siaradwr heddiw: Dónall Cross ar "Characterising
malaria vector mosquitoes in western Zambia"

Croeso i bawb!
May 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Plant immunity wins the biology category prize for Dance Your PhD and capsaicin from chilli peppers forms the basis for the Overall winner!
www.science.org/content/arti...
#PlantScience
And the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is …
Helsinki chemist’s food-themed frolic wins overall honors as other awards recognize physics laser raps, swaying leaf cells, and collective dancing takeovers
www.science.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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How misleading marketing leads to greenwashed consumer behaviour and ineffective recycling of waste streams.
Wishcycling: how ‘eco-friendly’ labels confuse shoppers and make recycling less effective
How misleading marketing leads to greenwashed consumer behaviour and ineffective recycling of waste streams.
tcnv.link
April 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Farewell poem from #monogram2025 conference poet @claredonnison.bsky.social Safe travels from @aberuni.bsky.social everyone. Hope to see you back @ibers.bsky.social soon @monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Monogram2025 comes to an end after an excellent three days of wide ranging talks, posters, discussions, sunshine and poetry! Alison Kingston Smith from @ibers.bsky.social thanking everyone who came to @aberuni.bsky.social for this wonderful event
April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Excellent talks by the the two Monogram Early Career Excellence Award PhD winners @katielong.bsky.social and Isabel Faci-Gomez both from @johninnescentre.bsky.social at #monogram2025 hosted by @ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social @monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The future of wheat is hybrid? Fascinating talk by Nick Bird from @kwsgroup.bsky.social at #monogram2025 here at @aberuni.bsky.social
@monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thought provoking talk from Stéphanie Swarbreck from @niab-uk.bsky.social at #Monogram2025 on nitrogen responsiveness of cereals @monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Great talks by Indi Lacey from @universityofleeds.bsky.social on speed vernalisation of cereals and from Derpak Kumar from @leibnizipk.bsky.social on hybrid wheat this afternoon #monogram2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Excellent talks in the #monogram2025 crop genomics session from Martin Mascher of @leibnizipk.bsky.social and @surbhigrewal.bsky.social from Nottingham University
@monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Excellent start to day 2 of #monogram2025 in Aberystwyth with Lorna McAusland from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social presenting on photosynthetic heat acclimation @ibers.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
@monogram-uk.bsky.social meeting 2025 continues
After a morning of insightful discussions on crop diversification, we’re now exploring crop resilience this afternoon at #Monogram2025. Both are key strategies for sustainable agriculture, food security, and adapting to a changing climate.
April 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Excellent start to #Monogram2025 @aberuni.bsky.social with Janneke Balk from @johninnescentre.bsky.social giving the Rank Prize Keynote talk on mineral biofortification of crops
@monogram-uk.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Global cereal production has grown much faster than population in the last half-century
March 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM