Alison Smith

scientist at @plantsci @Cambridge_Uni, loves vitamins and algae

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Great to have you here @scienceisnotfun - hope trip back to Oban went smoothly

[Dr Matt Davey @scienceisnotfun]

Running the metabolomics course again in Cambridge, nice to see the sun shine! All ready to start

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@AnneOsbourn1 Sorry to hear that Anne - my condolences

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@_AlexBowles @scienceisnotfun @BristolUni @NewPhyt @tweethinking @glpcjd @MicroLabBristo1 @Bristol_Glac @BristolPalaeo Fascinating work! @MicroLabBristo1 @_AlexBowles @glpcjd

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@Juliet_seaweeds Very sad to hear this news about John Raven FRS (https://t.co/xtcLws5EjS). He was an impressive scientist and a kind and thoughtful colleague. His contributions stretch across plant and algal biology and most people in the field will have cited one or more of his many papers.

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Fantastic to see this @JohnathanNapie1 - essential to do trials like these to assess efficacy. And hopefully this will reduce future wild fish catch, simply to feed farmed fish

[Johnathan Napier @JohnathanNapie1]

Very pleased to see my most recent application for field trials of GM camelina at @Rothamsted has been approved by @DefraGovUK for another 4 years. Over 60 genes and 10 different promoters to test the optimal combinations providing a sustainable terrestrial source of fish oils.

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Thanks @scienceisnotfun Matt Davey - and for all the help from you and your team from @SAMSoceannews and colleagues from @matis and @FraunhoferIGB

[CCAPOban @CCAP_Oban]

Fantastic day learning and teaching about algal scale-up at the Cambridge University Algal Innovation Centre, great to see our CCAP strains growing so well in Cambridge! @plantsci @EITFood @matis @FraunhoferIGB @SAMSoceannews @scienceisnotfun

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Congratulations on your promotion Matt @scienceisnotfun Davey!

[Dr Matt Davey @scienceisnotfun]

Sunny but cold evening, nearly full team picnic on the SAMS beach to say bon voyage to our visiting snow algae PhD student Alex from Norway, and to celebrate the new promotion to Associate Professor! @SAMSoceannews @CCAP_Oban @ThinkUHI

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Great to see this initiative from @Plkt_Manifesto - plankton R Us!

[Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop アビゲイル @anaturalstate]

Isn't it exciting that the UN is developing a Plankton Manifesto to raise the profile of plankton globally? Our lives would be very different without plankton and it's time they get the love they deserve! Follow our work at @Plkt_Manifesto . 🪼🪼🪼🪼🪼

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Congratulations to @AndreHolzer and colleagues for organising this #NanoporeHackathon. Looks like it was a great event

[Dr Andre Holzer @AndreHolzer]

WOW. What an amazing week! Delighted to see such an outstanding progress at our #NanoporeHackathon on Unleashing Real-Time Long-Read Analytics this week. Big thanks to the interdisciplinary group of exceptional participants and speakers who made the event an absolute success.

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

....and to reading the papers! Good luck finishing your PhD

[René Inckemann @rene_inckemann]

Now is the time for me to focus on finishing the PhD. To do the last missing experiments/revisions and to finish writing the manuscripts, which I am really excited to share with everyone soon.

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Great presentations @rene_inckemann ! Look forward to the next conference encounter

[René Inckemann @rene_inckemann]

I am a bit late for recap of 2023, but still here it is:
I had the chance to give talks and present posters about my different PhD projects at 2 conferences last year. I am so thankful for all the feedback and good suggestions from the community which I got there. Thank you all!

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Pleased to see this exciting work from @KEHelliwell and @laura_brans published in @NewPhyt . There's always more under the sea than you can imagine...!

[Katherine Helliwell @KEHelliwell]

Happy to share our new paper in @NewPhyt https://t.co/o4hHGst8oX. Sampling from sea to the lab 🌊🧫, our study reveals bacterial pathogenicity towards diatoms is more prevalent than previously recognized! Huge thanks to all involved @laura_brans @thembauk @UniofExeter @sea_bugs

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Fantastic news @JohnathanNapie1 - what a tribute to your science and your tenacity to get this rolled out

[Johnathan Napier @JohnathanNapie1]

Here's the power of plant biotechnology, writ large! 50 acres of our omega-3 camelina making EPA. Amazing to think we made the first plant 8 years ago and now there's 50 million of them in a (big) field in Chile. Proud to have got this far, great collaboration with @Yield10Bio

[Sessen Daniel @SessenDaniel]

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[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@AlisonRBentley @CEAT_Hub @PlantSci_ANU Great to hear this @AlisonRBentley - all the best for your new position!

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Exciting to see this work from ⁦@KEHelliwell⁩ lab finally out in ⁦@NewPhyt⁩. Cryptic bacterial pathogens of diatoms peak during senescence of a winter diatom bloom - Branscombe - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/s7eGnJqkTB

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@Cambridge_SBS is a great place to work. And proud to see algae featuring in the display of our science 😃

[School of Biological Sciences @Cambridge_SBS]

Prepare to be inspired! ⭐

Our researchers, students and staff are at the heart of our academic excellence and together we are making a real impact in the world.

This is the School of Biological Sciences:

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Congratulations Laura - from your supervisor @KEHelliwell ‘s supervisor!

[Katherine Helliwell @KEHelliwell]

Very proud supervisor!

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

@mackinderlab @OnyouNam @james_r_barrett @ItsCarolineMck @YorkBioscience Exciting work @mackinderlab - congratulations!

[Alison Smith @homesmith9]

Well done @AlisonRBentley and great photo!

[Alison Bentley @AlisonRBentley]

A real pleasure to be in Des Moines Iowa today @WorldFoodPrize to receive the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award.
Many thanks to all @CASTagScience for the fantastic opportunity.