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Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme
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The future of plant science relies on future plant scientists! Raising the profile of #plantscience across the UK & beyond. Funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Jointly based at Botanic Garden and Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
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In honour of #WorldCleanupDay, we’ve published a new article on phytoremediation – take a look!
Written by Laurel Tully and @lizrylott.bsky.social
www.plantsciencefutures.org.uk/why-plant-sc...
September 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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🌱Excited to inspire post-16 and undergraduate audiences about plant sciences? Join the GPSEP team as our new Project & Communications Coordinator in Higher Education!
📝 Apply by 26 January. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49614/

#PlantScience #HigherEducation #CareerOpportunity #UKJobs #ScienceCommunication
Gatsby Plant Science Summer School 2024
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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#JoinTheTeam as a Project & Communications Coordinator in Higher Education 🎓
👉 jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49614/
✨ Wishing you all a joyful holiday season 🎄 and a fantastic start to 2025!
#Hiring #HigherEducation #CareerOpportunity #NewYearNewCareer #ProjectCoordinator #CommunicationsJobs #UKJobs #SciComm
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December 17, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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🫐🔬New Flash Talk: Dr Natalia Falagán, Cranfield University, on reducing #foodloss across the globe. Her #research focuses on understanding the mechanisms underlying the ripening and senescence of fresh produce.
youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ke...
#foodsystems #foodscience #plantscience #futurefood #GPSSS24
Blueberries. Picture by Kristja Kaur, unsplash.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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🎙️🌱Today's Flash Talk: Dr Angharad Jones (Cardiff University) explores how the environment shapes
#plantdevelopment using timelapse imaging and mathematical modelling. A fresh perspective on a classic question.
🎥 youtu.be/_Z9Stj36ICg

#PlantScience #Biosciences #Research #PlantCells #GPSSS24
Dr Angharad Jones, Lecturer at School of Biosciences, Cardiff University.
November 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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🌾🧬Uncover the secrets of wheat genetics!
Dr Philippa Borrill shows how state-of-the-art genomics and gene editing are modifying polyploid crops such as wheat to improve yield and nutrition.
🎥 t.co/96c4NKnYNz
#PlantScience #WheatResearch #Genomics #CropImprovement #GPSSS
Dr Philippa Borrill is a plant geneticist working on bread wheat.
November 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM