Jason Daff

Horticulturist @BiologyAtYork. Hon. Secretary @CIHort. @LsaFellowship Alumni. Occasional angler. YellerBelly. Opinions my own

[LSA CT Fellowship Scheme @LsaFellowship]

🌱 Future leaders wanted!

Applications are now open for the LSA Fellowship Scheme, designed to support and shape the next generation of commercial horticulture leaders.

Apply now: https://t.co/fyX3AZuSff
#horticulture #Fellowship #Futureleaders

[Jason Daff @JasonDaff]

@BiologyatYork What a Vegetable!

[Biology at York @BiologyatYork]

@biologyatyork Horticulture's Dave Grimshaw holds his marrow with pride after winning first place at the Fulford Show! 🥳

62 pounds, 42 inches long!

[HortWeek @hortweek]

Why horticulturists must ditch 'cavalier' attitude to sunburn + employers must step up

HortWeek Podcast tackles the very real risk of skin cancer #horticulture workers face
- with @JasonDaff , Susanna Daniels + Andrew Poole

https://t.co/BDg8yoZnjr
@focusonmelanoma @CIHort

[HortWeek @hortweek]

Surely this is a no-brainer ...

Horticulture organisations urge UK Government to remove VAT on sunscreen
https://t.co/tnc4ZuZ9NS
#Horticulture @CIHort @HTAnews @PlantNetwork @melanoma_fund @BALI_Landscape @The_RHS @The_APL @NFUPolitical

[HortWeek @hortweek]

One-eighth of horticulturist survey respondents diagnosed with skin cancer
https://t.co/jmGwCuN9rL
#Horticulture @CIHort #SkinCancer #Gardening @The_APL @pggonx

[Jason Daff @JasonDaff]

Fantastic selection of early blossom 🌸 on @UniOfYork Campus West, including Magnolia x soulangeana and Prunus 'Shirotae' #sakura @UoyGrounds

[University of York @UniOfYork]

Researchers are working with scientists based in York’s twin city of Nanjing to further understanding of how the mint family of plants produce therapeutic benefits.

https://t.co/w8y5iwt1uq

[Daphne Ezer @RegulatoryNet]

Take a look at our new pre-print: ELF3 controls trait heterogeneity in Arabidopsis and barley. https://t.co/QiqYJhnOB3

[Liz Rylott @LizRylott]

Proper hard grafting! @BiologyatYork @UniOfYork #horticulture with @JasonDaff, Harry Stevens, Alison Fenwick and Mike Hirst, retired senior lecture from Houghall College, Durham teaching student Plant & Fungi Sci Soc.members (and me!) how to graft apple varieties for Walled Gdn

[TechYork @UofYTechs]

#job 🚨 for a Technician in @BiologyatYork working with @YorkEnvironment on projects to improve nutrient retention, water retention, and carbon sequestration in soils: gathering and analysing data. Apply by 30/3/2025 https://t.co/76Kw7cK7lG

[Liz Rylott @LizRylott]

Well-chuffed to get a chance to talk with razor-sharp Professor Dame Angela McLean, @uksciencechief about our https://t.co/pRqHrek6wP metal-recovery willow project, at @UniOfYork. She loves peonies too, WNTL?!

[Victoria George MCIHort 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @vgeorgehort]

Under 30, working or studying in horticulture... fancy winning a £2500 travel bursary for a hort trip anywhere in the world?

Young Horticulturist of the Year 2025 is OPEN!!

https://t.co/03DJCTsCWx

#YHoY @CIHort

[Mark Hodson #UCU got your pension back for you @MarkEHodson]

Latest NERC rejection in. Any thoughts on who might fund research into mechanisms by which #earthworms boost #plant growth as a follow up to this study https://t.co/hkFD2NbgXm and as a means to identify methods to try and reduce #fertiliser inputs welcome!

[Jason Daff @JasonDaff]

@IFarmers @Mindrumfarm @LizRylott - possible new lab members 🐑

[Jason Daff @JasonDaff]

@paul_atk79 A surprising amount of plumbing in horticulture I find.

[Liz Rylott @LizRylott]

Apply for a PhD in my group at #CNAP, University of York. Deadline Mon 6th Jan 2025. We enjoy fab #plantsci, tackle #realworldproblems, #collaborate with #industry, cogitate with academics, #travel, #chuckle and learn #funstuff.

https://t.co/qrtdfh81WM

[Katherine Denby @Katherine_Denby]

4-year PhD studentship available in my group using pangenomes and genetics to improve amaranth and cowpea for 🇿🇦 smallholder farmers. Collaboration with 🇿🇦 ARC. Part of the new BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience doctoral training programme. Deadline Jan 6th
https://t.co/08zClJxj5C

[Daphne Ezer @RegulatoryNet]

Interested in using the circadian clock to enhance nutritional quality in hyperlocal urban farms? Check out this PhD at the University of York https://t.co/vSFnBJxyTI

[The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy @uk_itss]

This time next week, it's the #THEAwards!

@TechsCommit sponsors the Outstanding Technician of the Year award, this year there's 8 incredible finalists

Meet the technicians here https://t.co/03mbYASeko