Deeply humbled and honoured to have received my OBE this week at the Investiture Ceremony at Windsor Castle. Thank you to all our incredible lab members (past & present), as well as our fantastic collaborators, supporters and colleagues who make our science possible!
MARPLE Diagnostics just trained the first researchers from Pakistan & Türkiye!
Researchers can now use the mobile lab to track wheat rusts at the field, accelerating global surveillance 🌾
Thanks to @KALRONjoro for hosting & BMGF and FCDO for their support @CIMMYT@Saunders_Lab
VACANCY - We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Saunders group @Saunders_Lab, to decipher the role of epigenetic switching in supporting virulence gains for wheat rust fungi.
https://t.co/u1NHOwUkyn
Closing date - 17 November 2024
Contract - 3 years, full-time
Wonderful dinner with our international participants for the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat Champions career development workshop starting tomorrow! 😀
@JohnInnesCentre@NorwichResearch Such a huge honour & privilege to be awarded an OBE in the #BirthdayHonours list. This reflects the hard work and dedication of my whole team (past and present) and our fantastic collaborators and colleagues that make our science possible. Thank you all for your kind messages!
EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (@DSW_ISP) in Practice
Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online course providing an entry-level intro to #wheat research
🗓️ 13 - 14 November 2024
⏰ Deadline - 17 July 2024
Find out more and apply: https://t.co/9QacFbBQyn
We know that plant pathologists are unsung heroes 🦸🏽♀️🕵️🦸. This new #OpenAccess review celebrates a history of strategies and a tapestry of triumphant tales in tackling plant fungal diseases: https://t.co/4STJM5BU3B
Resurgence of wheat stem rust infections in western Europe: causes and how to curtail them
Lewis et al. @Saunders_Lab@JohnInnesCentre@UniofExeter
📖 https://t.co/qIiacXMZBk
Wheat rust can devastate Kenyan wheat crops🌾
To fight this, KALRO and JIC, funded by the UK-CGIAR Centre, are developing rust-resistant wheat.
Learn how they're using science to protect farmers' livelihoods.
👉 https://t.co/HUfWJt8B8R
We have a number of exciting @RoyalSocBio Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2024 available including:
✅ Investigating genetic resistance to pests in Oilseed Rape @OilseedRachel
✅ Investigating wheat stem rust in UK @Saunders_Lab
Find out more: https://t.co/lz0C5yob9M
And the winner is @KamounLab @biouea @TheSainsburyLab for his
work Improving global crop disease diagnosis to reduce economic loss
and improve food security.
Congratulations!
#UEAIIAwards
Hats off to our Bright Stars! 🏆Congratulations to Swathy Puthanvila, Surendra Babu, @RobertHeal19, @DaNarinoR37, and @DrShannonGreer for claiming the coveted Best Presentation Prizes at #MBPP2023. Your passion and expertise shine bright in the world of #PlantPathology!
VACANCY - We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics to join the @Saunders_Lab, working in the field of plant disease diagnostics
Closing date - 23 August 2023
Salary - £35,300 - £43,750
Contract - 2 years, full-time
https://t.co/s26xPqKuNn
@NorwichResearch