Peter Etchells
@peteretchells.bsky.social
In plants, how does stuff happen in the correct place at the right time?
From a colleague:
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
From a colleague:
Really enjoyed my visit to ZMPB in Tubingen today. Thanks to @likeyoda1.bsky.social for hosting and to all for the interesting discussions. I also took the obligatory bus stop photo.
May 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Really enjoyed my visit to ZMPB in Tubingen today. Thanks to @likeyoda1.bsky.social for hosting and to all for the interesting discussions. I also took the obligatory bus stop photo.
Took the off road route to work this morning
May 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Took the off road route to work this morning
Sure, I'll bite. My #MarchArches photo is double arch at Arches NP. Memorable for many reasons, among them Kid 1 puked under it.
March 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sure, I'll bite. My #MarchArches photo is double arch at Arches NP. Memorable for many reasons, among them Kid 1 puked under it.
Registration deadline approaching (14th March, 2025).
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March 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Registration deadline approaching (14th March, 2025).
genetics.org.uk/events/seed-...
genetics.org.uk/events/seed-...
genetics.org.uk/events/seed-... Please consider signing up to our meeting. We've got a great group of speakers, thanks to Genetics Society and BSI grants plus sponsor contributions we've been able to keep it affordable, and Durham is beautiful in the spring.
February 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
genetics.org.uk/events/seed-... Please consider signing up to our meeting. We've got a great group of speakers, thanks to Genetics Society and BSI grants plus sponsor contributions we've been able to keep it affordable, and Durham is beautiful in the spring.
Whelp 25 years after I walked that stage, the kid did too. There's something in my eye.
December 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Whelp 25 years after I walked that stage, the kid did too. There's something in my eye.
Always good to head up to Teesdale with the river in spate after a storm, for a bit of drama.
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Always good to head up to Teesdale with the river in spate after a storm, for a bit of drama.
Am setting up a Plant Biotechnology module on my institution's online teaching environment. I made a huge error of judgement, that's right folks, I searched for "plant biotechnology" in its stock image library 😱🤮☹️
Among other questions, what is the method up pill uptake by the apple?
Among other questions, what is the method up pill uptake by the apple?
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Am setting up a Plant Biotechnology module on my institution's online teaching environment. I made a huge error of judgement, that's right folks, I searched for "plant biotechnology" in its stock image library 😱🤮☹️
Among other questions, what is the method up pill uptake by the apple?
Among other questions, what is the method up pill uptake by the apple?
A fallow field in the late autumn dusk. Homeward bound for tea and scones.
November 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
A fallow field in the late autumn dusk. Homeward bound for tea and scones.
Check out this XR-CT scan of a barley node from our collaboration with Riley Snyder and Lisa Marie Shillito. I get a little giddy with excitement when I see these.
October 3, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Check out this XR-CT scan of a barley node from our collaboration with Riley Snyder and Lisa Marie Shillito. I get a little giddy with excitement when I see these.
Folks, it's postdoc appreciation week in the UK, and I'd like to say that I massively appreciate Agnieszka Gladala-Kostarz and Xing Wang who respectively set up barley transformation from scratch, and brought biochemistry to a genetics lab. What legends!
September 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Folks, it's postdoc appreciation week in the UK, and I'd like to say that I massively appreciate Agnieszka Gladala-Kostarz and Xing Wang who respectively set up barley transformation from scratch, and brought biochemistry to a genetics lab. What legends!
Keep trying to convince myself that there are still a few more weeks of summer. Colour on the birch leaves says otherwise 🙁
September 16, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Keep trying to convince myself that there are still a few more weeks of summer. Colour on the birch leaves says otherwise 🙁
Last days of summer
September 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Last days of summer
Walking home again today
August 30, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Walking home again today
The path home from work.
August 28, 2024 at 6:12 AM
The path home from work.
Hehe watching 'the mysterious origin of insects', on the BBC. Still using P32 labelled nucleotides for sequencing apparently 🤣
June 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Hehe watching 'the mysterious origin of insects', on the BBC. Still using P32 labelled nucleotides for sequencing apparently 🤣
Recalcitrant to digestion
March 17, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Recalcitrant to digestion
Picture of a short eared owl taken on South Uist last summer, for those who celebrate superb owl Sunday
February 11, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Picture of a short eared owl taken on South Uist last summer, for those who celebrate superb owl Sunday
New secondary growth phenotype discovered in the lab "angry bird"
December 8, 2023 at 9:24 AM
New secondary growth phenotype discovered in the lab "angry bird"
Super excited about our collaboration with @archaeologylisa.bsky.social and Riley Snyder on barley development. Check out Riley's first go at segmenting vascular bundles from an XR-CT scan 😁
December 3, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Super excited about our collaboration with @archaeologylisa.bsky.social and Riley Snyder on barley development. Check out Riley's first go at segmenting vascular bundles from an XR-CT scan 😁