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Paul Shaw

@pauldshaw.bsky.social
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Dad (Taylor Swift sufferer....), Informatics, Plant Breeding Software Creator, Genetic Resources, Guitars, Vintage Arcade and DIY Tool Collector!

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Guillermina Mendiondo @guillemendiondo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Big congrats to Agnes Aboagye and the team! 🎉 Check out their new paper on how better data can unlock the nutritional potential of underutilised crops: doi.org/10.1093/data... #AgData #Nutrition #CropScience @pauldshaw.bsky.social @bazraubach.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Learn a bit more about the work we are doing under the EU/BBSRC funded BEST-CROP project at our regular webinars. Next even on the 16th December more info here www.eventbrite.it/e/1975055672...
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BEST-CROP Talks: How Regulations Shape the Future of Gene-Edited Crops
Regulations are key to NGT innovation: the 2nd BEST-CROP talk explore how evolving EU policies will shape gene-edited crops and the future.
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Malcolm Macaulay @malcolmacaulay.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The @hutton.ac.uk Best Crop Project team produced very cool stickers to promote our work using the Germinate database. Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
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International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️ 🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social 📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering ⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT) 🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The Germans do a good Kasespatzle but not sure it competes with Scottish macaroni and cheese (its close though :-) ).
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Nice meeting in Bonn last week to discuss BOLDER (BOLD WP7). Great to meet up with old friends and meet some new people. I also found out its a small world! #BOLDcwr #BOLDER @croptrust.bsky.social our invovlement is using our tools to make data available to all! #germinate #gridscore
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
One of these guys crapped on me today #raging #downwiththeswallows
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Sad news (albeit perhaps not unexpected for a man who enjoys poisoning things) the scientist and satirical song writer Tom Leher has died. I always remember hearing the Elements Song in chemistry at school then discovering Poisoning Pigeons in the Park that my kids love! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report
Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A couple of years ago while @bazraubach.bsky.social and myself were out at ICARDA in India we ended up being roped into helping write some text for a book which would be used to teach PGR - its been published now :-) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Summer in #scotland with a view from the Sidlaw hills over towards the #angus glens.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A really nice documentary on BBC World Service about landraces, genebanks and all stuff PGR. Also includes some of my colleagues at ICARDA and well worth listening to the amazing work that they are doing! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Documentary - The ark of the dry lands - BBC Sounds
How a seed bank in Morocco is protecting around 150,000 different seed-types
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Crop diversity making its way into football with the design of the new Norwegian ladies team kit :-) www.goal.com/en/lists/wom...
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Women's Euro 2025 kits: England, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and & all the top teams' jerseys revealed | Goal.com
The ultimate guide to all the kit releases for the 2025 Women's European Championships.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Ron Swanson is great!
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
When exporting in the long-format, you can now include more information about each individual data point. This includes a full timestamp (rather than just the date), the position of this measurement in the set and the person who collected each data point. 3/4
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Add even more information to each plot by providing treatment, pedigree or a friendly name. These provide more information to the person collecting the data. You can also assign a dedicated barcode for each plot that isn't the same as the germplasm name! This helps keep barcode tags shorter. 2/4
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It's update day for #GridScore 🎉 This release includes improvements to: 📝 Add pedigree, treatment, friendly name and barcode info to plots 💾 Include more information in long-format exports 🍎 Prevent automatic date selection on iOS devices 🐞 Bugfixes #phenotyping #BOLDcwr gridscore.hutton.ac.uk 1/4
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
See below - deadline approaching but still time to apply to work on some cool projects looking at how we apply AI technologies to breeding better barley!
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We've been working on a small tool for vegetation index estimation from RGB images called Spriggles 🔲 Select area of interest 📝 Export into Excel 📑 If images are taken with #GridScore, export your data straight back into the GridScore trial #phenotyping #webdev #rse cropgeeks.github.io/spriggles
A screenshot of Spriggles where an photo of a barley plot is shown. A polygon is used to select the area of interest for vegetation index estimation.A screenshot of Spriggles showing the geometry transformed selection of the previous screenshot into a right-angled rectangle. The vegetation has been separated from the background and the vegetation index value of ~75% is shown.A screenshot of a different barley plot showing poor emergence and very low ground coverage. The same polygon selection is made on this image for vegetation index estimation.A screenshot of the export screen to GridScore. The trial this image belongs to has been selected and the trait "Vegetation index" is selected to export the extracted numeric values into.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
And two opportunities working with myself @bazraubach.bsky.social along with the University of Dundee looking at the practical use of AI in barley research. Feel free to shout out for more information!
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Definitely worth popping along to learn a bit about the CPC if you are at #chelseaflowershow!
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
First time back to #floorball in 10 years tonight. Different team, some old teammates, a total lack of fitness and what I assume will be a day hobbling about tomorrow with sore muscles. Was great! Stick tape does not store well for long periods and apparently my equipment was 'vintage'
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The second one is looking at using AI for climate smart cereal breeding supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The first one is looking at plant pedigrees and is supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The season has kicked off with great momentum! Keep up to date with our progress through the growing season. #CPC #Potato #Seed #Biodiversity #Horticulture
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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A busy week for us! From the planting of our pollination parents to the testing of our CPC seedlings. Thanks to Alison and her team for preparing the beds for planting 😀 #potato #biodiversity #seeds #horticulture #genebank
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There are certainly worse ways to spend a few days! IPK/CAAS/JHI IBH workshop on cereals being held at @leibnizipk.bsky.social in #Germany this week.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Work trip to @leibnizipk.bsky.social this week. Enjoying a pilsner with colleagues before the meeting starts tomorrow.
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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
First signs of germination! #seeds #potato #biodiversity
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@coffeeandgenes.bsky.social presents her work on marker assisted selection in raspberry at the #BreedingValue workshop in Ancona.
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Germinate Hub @germinate.hutton.ac.uk · 02/04/2025
@pauldshaw.bsky.social speaks at the #BreedingValue workshop on advanced #berry breeding and the important part #Germinate plays in the data aggregation and distribution.
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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
#potato #biodiversity
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Learn a bit more about the Commonwealth Potato Collection held here at the James Hutton Institute and how we manage and most importantly use the collection in our research. Well worth following @huttoncpc.bsky.social to learn a bit more!
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Great new features added to GridScore in the past month or so. @bazraubach.bsky.social has been working with researchers at @intbarleyhub.bsky.social to develop tools to help in the data collection process. If your data is rubbish your analysis is going to follow so check out gridscore.hutton.ac.uk
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GridScore NEXT
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Double act with my colleage @malcolmacaulay.bsky.social talking about technology supporting barley research within the @intbarleyhub.bsky.social . Unforunately I don't have a picture of @malcolmacaulay.bsky.social so you will have to make do with me looking like I know what I am talking about :-)
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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The update is here! Now you can score two plots at a time, export any visualization to PNG and SVG format, utilise barcodes even better and export more data via #BrAPI #phenotyping #bioinformatics #webdev gridscore.hutton.ac.uk
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GridScore NEXT
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I'm not a huge gamer but I must admit there is something relaxing about firing up some old games that don't require updates that take an hour to download and games you can play for 10 mins without watching hours of cutscenes. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/f...
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‘There’s no stress’: gamers go offline in retro console revival
Trend to fix or buy consoles such as Game Gear or Nintendo 64s may reflect a desire for internet-free fun
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Learn a bit more about the work we are doing in the @ec.europa.eu and @ukri.org funded #BESTCROP project with our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Boosting photosynthesis opens new opportunities for agriculture sustainability and circular economy: The BEST‐CROP research and innovation action
BEST-CROP exemplifies the integration of agricultural innovation and industrial sustainability, setting a transformative path for future crop production and biomass utilization, while promoting circu...
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International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Looking forward to a busy week ahead as we host Best Crop & RecoBar meetings followed by Barley Genome Net and finally Barley Away Days meeting. Safe travels to everyone and we are excited to welcome you to the International Barley Hub! #IBH #betterbarley
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International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Robbie Waugh welcomes delegates to Barley Genome Net European Research meeting. Today we’ll focus on Omics & Resources and Development. #BGN2025
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thousands of highly cited scientists have at least one retraction
Database shows that researchers with retracted papers had higher self-citation rates and published more than those without retractions.
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
In #tesco who exactly needs to carry 1.75 litres of water with them at the gym. This picture doesn't do the size of that water bottle justice!
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 21/01/2025
🚨 Registration is now open! 🚨 Join us for 'Seeing is believing: imaging the molecular processes of life', where cutting-edge imaging methods meet groundbreaking biological discoveries. 🌟#EESImaging 📅 8 – 11 October 2025 📜 Submit your abstract by 2 July! 👉 s.embl.org/ees25-09-bl
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Our IBH seminars are always interesting and thought provoking (and occasionally not about barley) so why not drop into one - like this one on Thursday or check out the archives on www.barleyhub.org.
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Home - Barley Hub
A centre of excellence in barley research, innovation and knowledge exchange. About barley Barley is the fourth most important cereal crop in the world, grown in more than 100 countries and used for a...
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Learn a bit about rice from the International Rice Research Institute (www.irri.org) in the Phillipines Director. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC World Service - The Food Chain, Should we eat less rice?
This staple grain is impacted by and contributes to climate change
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Learn more about the work we are doing at The James Hutton Institute as part of the EU funded BREEDING VALUE project. Here @bazraubach.bsky.social talks about the work he is doing to help fruit researches store their experiemtal data using @germinate.hutton.ac.uk. breedingvalue.eu/the-germinat...
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Deadline is coming up soon! If anyone is interested in working on barley here in Scotland at the International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and James Hutton Institute get your applications in now! :-)
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Gwendolyn K. Kirschner @gwenkirschner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Great PhD opportunity with my colleagues Vanessa Wahl & Sarah McKim @hutton.ac.uk in Dundee: How do nutrient signals regulate floral transition in Arabidopsis? 👉https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/eastbio-nutrient-dependent-regulation-of-flowering-time/?p179828
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EastBio - Nutrient-dependent regulation of flowering time at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio - Nutrient-dependent regulation of flowering time at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
25% recycled plastic is definitely what I want in my #crisps!
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Holiday Season is soon to be on us. First xmas party on Friday. Happy holidays to everone when the time comes. You would think things get quieter at this time of the year but its busier than ever! 🎄❄️⛄
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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
PhD opportunity looking at how AI and data sciences can be applied to help us make better research decisions. Based within the @intbarleyhub.bsky.social here at The James Hutton Institute in Scotland with supervisors from JHI, Dundee University and a placement with Diageo. tinyurl.com/ydxm3uw4
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