Dr Beth Soanes

🧬🌱 Molecular Biologist studying alternative splicing in plants (she/her)

[Agata Daszkowska-Golec @daszkowskagolec]

✍️New publication! Explore our roadmap for boosting crop resilience against climate change through innovative breeding & management strategies. Great team! Wonderful leadership by @YoselinBenAlf cherry on the top for 2023 papers!🙌 https://t.co/B4BRGHjkqJ

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Failed my biology AS level exam. Had to beg the college to let me stay on the course and repeat the AS exams with my A2s the next year. I’m now doing a PhD in molecular biology

[Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis]

Flex your lowest academic low score.
To remind us that almost everyone fails at some point in life but it isn't the end of the road. Just a memory in the end.

Mine was 27/100 in Engineering Math 2, just a year after I'd scored 99 in 12th boards. Much needed kick in my butt.

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Friends in London, please share. Nathan is still missing : Family make emotional plea for missing man to come home - BBC News https://t.co/EF23KGoWDB

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Forget trickle down, what the UK needs is middle-out economics https://t.co/TF6qu3fSci

[Charlotte Dreizen @CharDreizen]

Contamination is the biggest threat to the recycling system.

It adds cost, lowers quality, slows the process, and can lead to worker injuries.

Here are 12 things you should never put into your recycling bin, dumpster, or chute 🧵:

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Was great to hear from everyone yesterday! Looking forward to more collaboration and get-togethers in the department😊@DomHirsz @LeedsPlantastic @PlantSciLeeds

[Tweeticum_aestivum @tweeticum]

Fantastic talk from Laura for @PlantSciLeeds symposium this morning! Thanks a million to @DomHirsz and @SoanesK for organising, and to all the fantastic talks today 😊🌱

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Such a wonderful experience being a part of this network. Excited for next steps 💚🍓🌱🌾

[Benitez-Alfonso lab @benitez_lab]

So good to meet in person again! Here few more pictures from the event @WUNheatwaves @UniversityLeeds thank you @SoanesK and @GlobalFoodLeeds without them the running of this workshop would have been impossible

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

@WUNheatwaves Fascinating talk from @GulbanuKaptan on the conflict between public and expert perception of gene editing in crops, highlighting the importance of transparent and public facing science

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

Could fewer stomata be better for current and future CO2 levels? @StomataSheff says YES! Crops with reduced stomata use less water and are more drought tolerant in the field.

[Rachel Taylor-Phillips @RachelBioSci]

🌡️ Excited to go to @WUNheatwaves this morning @UniversityLeeds hosted by @PlantSciLeeds @ScienceLeeds 🌾🌱
Lots of interesting talks ahead!

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

I’m giving the side eye to some stag weekend participants in this

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

I'm fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis Trust (MS Trust). Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/j0Vy9SQWYD

[ErrantScience @ErrantScience]

You'd be surprised at how much science runs on computers from the 80s and 90s held together with gaffer tape and hope

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

Strava stopped recording half way through my run which means, scientifically, the second part of my run didn’t really happen. Nice views though

[Gedds 🇵🇸 @Geddli_]

don't make me tap my sign again

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

A collaboration between the Brendan Davies lab in Leeds and the Gordon Simpson lab in Dundee :)

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

A preprint I worked on is out: a key factor of eukaryotic genome complexity - m6A modification of U6 snRNA modulates usage of two major classes of pre-mRNA 5’ splice site https://t.co/COX6ayPFMd

[. @naledimashishi]

I’m tired of people saying “here’s my go to lazy meal” and then they start chopping an onion