Nottingham BBSRC Wheat Research Centre aims to transfer genetic variation from wild related species into wheat and distribute the germplasm generated world wide
Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded the Strampelli Award 2026 at the International Wheat Congress for significant contribution to wheat research as a mid-career scientist. #IWC2026Bologna@UoNPressOffice@UoNBiosciences@UoNresearch
Excellent talk by Bernice Waweru from @JohnInnesCentre@CristobalUauy lab on using kmer sequencing and IBSpy to identify novel candidate genes for yellow rust resistance in wheat #Monogram26
Excited to share WheatCoordDB, a free tool for the wheat genomics community 🌾
Got a QTL interval, marker position, or introgression breakpoint in CS RefSeq v2.1? Convert it to 24 wheat assemblies instantly, right in your browser.
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🚨New paper out now in @TheorApplGenet! We report the transfer of 98% of the wild relative Aegilops mutica genome into bread wheat as introgressions. This expands genetic diversity for wheat breeding and reveals patterns of homoeologous recombination. 🌾
https://t.co/acMHECnlta
🚨New in today! Narrowing in on the Fusarium Head Blight type II resistance gene transferred from wild relative Triticum timopheevii into bread wheat with significant reduction in DON accumulation. 🌾
@Notts_WRC@JohnInnesCentre@UoNBiosciences
https://t.co/WLvCiGdOMg
Published our low cost high throughput DNA extraction method in @PlantMethods last month. It’s what we use for our KASP genotyping. Highly recommend. https://t.co/AwxbgARhVW
@Notts_WRC@UoNBiosciences
Promoting genebank resources at #FSTP5 is Noam Chayut from @JohnInnesCentre talking about the hexaploid and tetraploid wheat collections at the Germplasm Resource Unit
Klaudia Kruppa from Martonvasar Hungary @MGIHUNREN gets 2nd prize for The Carlotta Award 🥈 #FSTP5 for her work on introgressing Thinopyrum into wheat for leaf rust resistance and drought tolerance
Great talk by @Val_Klymiuk from @SaskWheat on pre-breeding for disease resistance in Canadian bread and durum wheat using wild relatives of wheat at #FSTP5 Very impressive work and good luck for your new role as Applied Genomics and Pre-breeding Chair @usask
Durum wheat breeder Karim Ammar from @CIMMYT gave an insightful talk on strategies to accelerate genetic gains and improve durum wheat resilience to climate change especially for drought tolerance and stem rust resistance #FSTP5
Special mention for The Carlotta Award #FSTP5 goes to @veronicaguwela from @cimmyt on her PhD work on introgressing wild relative segments into Malawian wheat to increase grain nutrient content @Notts_WRC funded by @UoNBiosciences Future Food Beacon