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Paul Shaw
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Dad (Taylor Swift sufferer....), Informatics, Plant Breeding Software Creator, Genetic Resources, Guitars, Vintage Arcade and DIY Tool Collector!
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The @hutton.ac.uk Best Crop Project team produced very cool stickers to promote our work using the Germinate database.
Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social
📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering
⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT)
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Germans do a good Kasespatzle but not sure it competes with Scottish macaroni and cheese (its close though :-) ).
September 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Nice meeting in Bonn last week to discuss BOLDER (BOLD WP7). Great to meet up with old friends and meet some new people. I also found out its a small world! #BOLDcwr #BOLDER @croptrust.bsky.social our invovlement is using our tools to make data available to all! #germinate #gridscore
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of these guys crapped on me today #raging #downwiththeswallows
August 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sad news (albeit perhaps not unexpected for a man who enjoys poisoning things) the scientist and satirical song writer Tom Leher has died. I always remember hearing the Elements Song in chemistry at school then discovering Poisoning Pigeons in the Park that my kids love! www.bbc.com/news/article...
American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report
Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations.
www.bbc.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A couple of years ago while @bazraubach.bsky.social and myself were out at ICARDA in India we ended up being roped into helping write some text for a book which would be used to teach PGR - its been published now :-) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Summer in #scotland with a view from the Sidlaw hills over towards the #angus glens.
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A really nice documentary on BBC World Service about landraces, genebanks and all stuff PGR. Also includes some of my colleagues at ICARDA and well worth listening to the amazing work that they are doing! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Documentary - The ark of the dry lands - BBC Sounds
How a seed bank in Morocco is protecting around 150,000 different seed-types
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Crop diversity making its way into football with the design of the new Norwegian ladies team kit :-) www.goal.com/en/lists/wom...
Women's Euro 2025 kits: England, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and & all the top teams' jerseys revealed | Goal.com
The ultimate guide to all the kit releases for the 2025 Women's European Championships.
www.goal.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ron Swanson is great!
This release also fixes issues on iOS devices where date-based traits sometimes auto-selected the current date. This is an iOS issue, but a new setting to prevent auto progression prevents this.
We have also fixed issues with trait deletion and export format issues.
a man is holding a hammer and the words bug are on the screen
ALT: a man is holding a hammer and the words bug are on the screen
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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When exporting in the long-format, you can now include more information about each individual data point. This includes a full timestamp (rather than just the date), the position of this measurement in the set and the person who collected each data point.

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June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Add even more information to each plot by providing treatment, pedigree or a friendly name.
These provide more information to the person collecting the data.

You can also assign a dedicated barcode for each plot that isn't the same as the germplasm name! This helps keep barcode tags shorter.

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June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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It's update day for #GridScore 🎉
This release includes improvements to:
📝 Add pedigree, treatment, friendly name and barcode info to plots
💾 Include more information in long-format exports
🍎 Prevent automatic date selection on iOS devices
🐞 Bugfixes

#phenotyping #BOLDcwr
gridscore.hutton.ac.uk

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June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
See below - deadline approaching but still time to apply to work on some cool projects looking at how we apply AI technologies to breeding better barley!
A greener world & excellent career prospects.

Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry.

Deadline 15th June 2025

For more info and a list of our current projects visit:

baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

#barley #research
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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We've been working on a small tool for vegetation index estimation from RGB images called Spriggles

🔲 Select area of interest
📝 Export into Excel
📑 If images are taken with #GridScore, export your data straight back into the GridScore trial

#phenotyping #webdev #rse

cropgeeks.github.io/spriggles
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
And two opportunities working with myself @bazraubach.bsky.social along with the University of Dundee looking at the practical use of AI in barley research. Feel free to shout out for more information!
A greener world & excellent career prospects
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025

For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

#barley #research
May 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Definitely worth popping along to learn a bit about the CPC if you are at #chelseaflowershow!
Join me today in the Pavilion along with APHA to learn more about our collection. #potato #biodiversity #genebank
May 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
First time back to #floorball in 10 years tonight. Different team, some old teammates, a total lack of fitness and what I assume will be a day hobbling about tomorrow with sore muscles. Was great! Stick tape does not store well for long periods and apparently my equipment was 'vintage'
May 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The second one is looking at using AI for climate smart cereal breeding supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The first one is looking at plant pedigrees and is supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The season has kicked off with great momentum! Keep up to date with our progress through the growing season.
#CPC #Potato #Seed #Biodiversity #Horticulture
April 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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A busy week for us! From the planting of our pollination parents to the testing of our CPC seedlings. Thanks to Alison and her team for preparing the beds for planting 😀
#potato #biodiversity #seeds #horticulture #genebank
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There are certainly worse ways to spend a few days! IPK/CAAS/JHI IBH workshop on cereals being held at @leibnizipk.bsky.social in #Germany this week.
April 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Work trip to @leibnizipk.bsky.social this week. Enjoying a pilsner with colleagues before the meeting starts tomorrow.
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM