John Mackay

Geneticist studying trees and forests. 🇨🇦

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

@eleanormharris @missjsknight @ImamSayyed Seedlings and cuttings are grown in the UK for biosecurity reasons but seed are safe to ship, eg Ireland

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

@eleanormharris @missjsknight @ImamSayyed Sitka materials have been developed by Forest Research and the Conifer Breeding Cooperative. It is derived from a population of hundreds of individuals

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

@eleanormharris @missjsknight @ImamSayyed Sourcing of tree seeds in the UK is governed by Forest Reproductive Materials guidelines. These cover the origin and diversity seeds, and processes for certification, among others. For Sitka, seeds and cuttings in the UK are outputs of long term evaluations, selections, breeding

[Laura Guillardín, PhD @LGuillardin]

First oral (virtual) presentation in a conference for my #PhD was yesterday at @LIFEGENMON. Big thank you to the organisers, it's being a great conference! and to @MacKay_Lab for all the support #Forest #Genetics

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

What a great read! The facts and advice of experts brilliantly presented. Very incisive. Leaves no stone unturned.

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨🚨Here’s the big piece I’ve been promising: an Atlantic cover story about the US’s catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic. It’s a full autopsy of what went wrong, every unattended weakness & unheeded warning, every festering wound & reopened scar. 1/

https://t.co/568JBktc7M

[Laura Guillardín, PhD @LGuillardin]

Lot of forest science stuff is going on in @OxfordPlants, some of @MacKay_Lab members we will be very happy to answer all your questions about #Forest, #Forestgenetics, #fieldwork, #Forestconservation and many other topics the 4th of August in live in @OxfordSparks

[ForesTree Biology Group @MacKay_Lab]

Last week @JohnMacKayOxfd and @BarleyRose_ went with @LGuillardin to help her collect samples looking at continuous cover forestry #CCF. We had great fun using a catapult. Uncharacteristically good weather was an added bonus. #ForestScience #fieldwork

[Laura Guillardín, PhD @LGuillardin]

Fieldwork is one of the best parts of being forest researcher. So lucky having @JohnMacKayOxfd and @BarleyRose_! #fieldwork #forest #Genetics

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

Forest managers have developed basic guidelines for safe transfer of seeds. Climate change challenges these rules. https://t.co/mwR5FzC4pB

[Jeffrey Dean @JeffDean_UGA]

Old pine trees witness the rewilding in Mediterranean mountain forests in consequence of late-medieval pandemics https://t.co/UJIPKYlRfh via @physorg_com

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

Reading tree rings to learn about the impacts of our changing climate. Cool synthesis. https://t.co/YdaxpAJ7nA

[CTV News @CTVNews]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee while attending a demonstration on Parliament Hill that was organized to protest racial injustice and police brutality.

Read more here: https://t.co/EqqbPu1nbu

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Here is Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau and @HonAhmedHussen in the thick of the crowd of the Ottawa march.

More: https://t.co/gDsnZulB1L

[John Mackay @JohnMacKayOxfd]

Genomics a key to forest sustainability? Find out how it is becoming a reality thanks to industry support at #ICFTimberCon.