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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com Remote and high-throughput phenotyping applications in photosynthesis research 🌿 Erik Murchie, University of Nottingham 🌿 Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois @erikmurch.bsky.social @carlbernacchi.bsky.social @ibioillinois.bsky.social #ICPR26

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Whirlwind of a day presenting twice at @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Conference in Florence. Huge privilege also to have been selected as a finalist for @royalsociety.org Young Scientist Award. Wonderful opportunity to present to scientists I’ve admired for a long time!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A wonderful talk from @lornamca.bsky.social at @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Conference in Florence. A very well deserved winner of the SEB’s Presidential medal in Plant Science. Congratulations Lorna!

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our latest newsletter is out today! Packed full of career development opportunities, news and events from the whole #plantscience and #farming community 🕊️ We pause for a moment to remember and celebrate the lives of Philippa Borrill and Ian Cooper 🕊️ Read it in full: buff.ly/aPB0Sk5

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Becca Testa @beccatesta.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Last week I attended #monogram26! It was great to present my PhD project and I really enjoyed co-chairing a session! Had a great time reconnecting with the @monogram-uk.bsky.social community and meeting new cereal researchers ☺️. Til next time! @niab-uk.bsky.social @aabiologists.bsky.social

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Stéphanie Swarbreck @stephaniemswarbre.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Monogram week kicked off @niab-uk.bsky.social with an #ECR workshop expertly organised by @nikkiwalter.bsky.social from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, and included an introduction to #wheat crossing by breeders Carus John-Bejai from @kwsgroup.bsky.social and Joshua Ham from RAGT...

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Emilie Knight @emilieknight.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Two great talks by members of the Borrill group at #Monogram2026 today: Miles Curl telling us about drought tolerance in wheat and @beccatesta.bsky.social investigating the role of NAC3 in senescence in wheat. Great chairing of a whole session by @amy-newell.bsky.social too! Well done all 👍🏼

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

So happy to see this out online by @nikkiwalter.bsky.social

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Katie Hawkins from my group talks about exploiting #wheat wild relatives for BYDV resistance at #Monogram2026. Funded by Limagrain, KWS, RAGT and @uonresearch.bsky.social BBSRC DTP studentships in collaboration with @kostya-kanyuka.bsky.social @niab-uk.bsky.social

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Fascinating talk by Bernice Waweru from @johninnescentre.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social lab on kmer techniques for identification of candidate disease resistance genes #Monogram2026

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Malcolm Bennett from @uonresearch.bsky.social introduces the Rank Prize @rankprize.bsky.social support to cereal research at #Monogram2026

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Really excellent talk on day 2 of #Monogram2026 by @ecarmosilva.bsky.social on improving wheat’s resilience to heat by studying rubisco activity during photosynthesis. Funded by @dsw-isp.bsky.social

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Malcolm Macaulay @malcolmacaulay.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Day 1 of @monogram-uk.bsky.social was a great success! The UK small grain research network is alive and well! #monogram26

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Excellent talk by @nikkiwalter.bsky.social from @uonresearch.bsky.social on N fixing bacterial inoculatants to improve wheat yields in SubSaharan Africa. Funded by @gatesfoundation.bsky.social Legume Technology and FCDO UK. #Monogram2026

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#Monogram2026 Session 2 - Cultivating Good Company: Probiotics for Plants 🦠 Tim Mauchline @rothamsted.bsky.social 🌾 Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social 🎯 Cristina Barrero Sicilia @herts.ac.uk 🍺 Karol Kukula @uonresearch.bsky.social

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Stéphanie Swarbreck @stephaniemswarbre.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

And so it begins... #Monogram26 For the second year, the ECR workshop organised by @nikkiwalter.bsky.social was very well attended... Lovely to host so many Monogram researchers at @niab-uk.bsky.social for a day. #plantsciences #crops

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monogram-uk.bsky.social @monogram-uk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Following the successful inaugural event (developed by the fantastic @nikkiwalter.bsky.social), the Monogram UK Pre-conference ECR Workshop sign ups are now open again! Free to attend, with loads of skills development and fun networking opportunities. Travel awards are available too! #ECR #network

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

@monogram-uk.bsky.social Monogram UK 2026 Pre-conference ECR Workshop sign ups are now open! Free to attend, with loads of skills development and fun networking opportunities. Sign up via QR code below. Please share!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Happy to see our publication online! 🌾

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Grateful for all the wonderful support during my PhD, especially from @surbhigrewal.bsky.social, which has been especially recognised with the Edward Cocking Award 2025 - the same one she won in 2011!!

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monogram-uk.bsky.social @monogram-uk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Only 8 days left to apply for our ECR Travel Award! Up to £500 to support workshop, training or visits to other members of the community to encourage collaboration. See website for more details. monogram.ac.uk/index.php/mo...

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Long, hot, sticky but thoroughly satisfying day of field data collection. Huge thanks to @lornamca.bsky.social for the help and positivity! It’s a blessing to have such awesome lab members 🙏 #fieldtrials

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Most of all, thank you to the wonderful ECRs who attended and embraced all the opportunities thrown at them. We have started to create a brilliant community - I look forward to seeing all the conversations, collaborations, and changes that we make together. #MonogramUK2025

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

..Aiswarya Gijira from @ibers.bsky.social who helped with all the logistics such as rooms and food, and our inspirational speakers @tweeticum.bsky.social , Carus John-Bajai and @lornamca.bsky.social. Also, thanks to @sebiology.bsky.social for part-funding this workshop.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A huge thank you to the @monogram-uk.bsky.social Steering Committee for their incredible support of this project from its conception to the day, Stephanie and @ecarmosilva.bsky.social who helped develop and run the workshops..

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I was pleased to hear that an ECR presenter felt more confident due to looking out and seeing the friendly faces they’d met during the workshop.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The feedback we received over the rest of the conference was gratifying. However, it really spoke for itself in that we (ECRs) were able to find familiar faces at the conference wherever we looked, and enjoyed continuing our conversations in conference breaks.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

After these ice breaker sessions, some complimentary drinks and delicious pizzas, we started our science pub quiz. Everything from carnivorous plants to chocolate bar cross sections. Congratulations to our winners, Barley Brigade!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

After some delicious pastries provided by @aberuni.bsky.social, we started workshop 2 on mentorship by Stéphanie Swarbreck and Conference goals by @ecarmosilva.bsky.social. A challenging aspect of the workshop, ECRs embraced being thrown into different groups in order to discuss topics.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We kicked off first with speakers 🎤 @tweeticum.bsky.social 🎤 @lornamca.bsky.social 🎤 Carus John-Bejai sharing their career journeys then a Q&A. ECRs really engaged with this session. I certainly left feeling very inspired! Big thanks @ecarmosilva.bsky.social for excellently chairing the session.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This week, I found myself in my proudest moment yet - Implementing the @monogram-uk.bsky.social ECR pre-conference workshop. I really underestimated how it would feel to accomplish something like this, but I was in awe of the community we developed over the day.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We are privileged at @UoNResearch to have Martin Mascher of @leibnizipk.bsky.social talking to us. Thanks @surbhigrewal.bsky.social for hosting!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

More great work from the Uauy lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Isabel Faci talks meristems and mixed environmental signals, and highlights teamwork, in the #MonogramUK2025 MECEA presentation session. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Congratulations to the ECR New Lecture Rank Prize winner Jim Fouracre from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Beautiful examples of the differing phenology in juvenile to adult plants. Horticultural brain is happy. #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social @rankprize.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Exciting changes coming in wheat production. Nick Bird from KWS talks about a very exciting new and efficient system in hybrid wheat using blue-coloured seed! #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Genetics and bioinformatics 😍. Interesting talk by Lucy Mahoney of @earlhaminst.bsky.social at #MonogramUK2025 looking at regulatory regions in the wheat genome. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So much exciting work with drones happening in UK field trials at the moment. Andrew Riche from @rothamsted.bsky.social talks about hyperspectral imaging by drones at #MonogramUK2025. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Fascinating presentation by Martin Vickers on the use of drone technology at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Very cool! #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Kicking off Day 3 of #MonogramUK2025 with Ji Zhou from @niab-uk.bsky.social on linking AI and phenotyping with genetics. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Sadiye Hayta @sadiyehayta.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We are at #Monogram @ibers.bsky.social wonderful networking with the wheat and cereal research community. @johninnescentre.bsky.social @dsw-isp.bsky.social

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SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Thanks to organisers and chairs of #Monogram2025 for giving me the opportunity to present my latest work on wheat wild relative introgressions. @uonresearch.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

From @leibnizipk.bsky.social, Zhenru Guo talks about BRANCHED SHOOT1 and its influence over whole plant architecture. #monogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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