Amy Webster

PhD University of Birmingham - BIFoR 🌿 A study of tree disease on St Helena

[James McDonald @jamesemcdonald]

Really great talk by @AmyJW31 on a tree dieback disease in St. Helena #BIFoRCom23 @BIFoRUoB

[Mojgan Rabiey @MojganRabiey]

Fantastic talk by our very own @AmyJW31 on a tree dieback disease in St M. Helena @BIFoRUoB @BIFoRCom23

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

A whole load of learning and a whole load of networking! Thank you @NERC_EOF and Sheffield, until next time 🌱

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Great time at Kosta, Sweden learning about the toxic waste produced by the glass industry and the socio-ecological impacts associated with it, thanks to @linneuni

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

@ECT_UK Really good, lots of experiments underway at the BIFoR face project

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Great experience at this years BIFoR meeting, and my first conference poster #BIFoRCom22 The power, protection and importance of forest health!🌲 🌳 🌲

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

@ECT_UK Yes! A great deal of interest and insights

[Megan McDonald @McdonaldMeganc]

Not sure how I became official photographer but here we are a global tree community @BIFoRUoB #BIFoRCom22 thanks to @nanimuelbert and @TomPughLab our academic leads for this year’s conference!

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Spreading the love for everything @BIFoRUoB at Norbury canal festival

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Heart of England and Wyre forest soil sampling trip, for @VanjaM92 to explore the chemistry that influences these healthy and diseased oaks 🌳

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

I’ve recently had the privilege to accompany @BIFoRUoB funded Doctoral Researcher @AmyJW31 to St Helena island as partners of a @Darwin_Defra funded project led by @CABI_News colleagues Rob Reeder, Norbert Maczey and Phil Taylor

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Amazing time learning about Clare’s experience, and not the last for sure!

[Robert Jackson @RobWJackson]

Been great hosting @ClareSci in our lab, teaching us all the art of gene deletion thanks to brill mentorship of @MojganRabiey

[Megan McDonald @McdonaldMeganc]

I recruited some artist-scientists to help me with a banner for @BIFoRUoB and @UoBbiosciences, together this team produced something beautiful and we had a bit of fun! Thanks @JiaqiWei8 and Michael Choi for your time and talent!

[Dick Shaw @Dick_Shaw]

still haven't managed to get there but I'm told our ladybirds are still eating the Orthezia scale. Project to investigate the microbial diseases of St Helena’s crop plants takes root – CABI Blog https://t.co/QcailaP4OY

[What The Saints Did @SaintsDidNext]

Some of the Peaks Conservation Team, up on Cabbage Tree road earlier this week.
Invasive clearing and endemic planting.
An ongoing challenge in The Peaks #NationalPark

#wtsdn #sthelenaisland #dianaspeak #conservation #cloudforestrestorationproject #saints

[Megan McDonald @McdonaldMeganc]

@BIFoRUoB Some very fun plant path women @BIFoRUoB @AmyJW31 @JiaqiWei8 @khinton294 @MojganRabiey @VanjaM92 @dmvinchira @ergrace_

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Skeletons of black cabbage trees dotted throughout the peaks of St Helena show the severity of the problem on the island. Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks showing us around and the amazing work carried out by islanders to remove invasive species and replant these endemic trees

[Matheus Bianconi @m1bianconi]

Our study on intraspecific hybrids between photosynthetic types in the grass Alloteropsis semialata is now available in @PlantCellEnvir! https://t.co/OHkzUrAbpT Great team effort w/ GSotelo @EvCurran @VanjaM92 @thehiddenworld5 @LukeTDunning LBertolino @sheffieldplants @PACgrass

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Necrosis, gummosis and fungi - the variety of pathogens in just one garden 🪴

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

@njfoster It is indeed! Amazing place

[Amy Webster @AmyJW31]

Day 1 on St Helena - WiFi up and running to share these glorious photos of the gardens around our accommodation and already evidence of pests laying eggs in the fruit of a peach tree 🍑