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The latest research led by Sarah McKim and her team solved a mystery that has puzzled barley scientists for over 50 years. This work is just published in Nature Communications.
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The latest research led by Sarah McKim and her team solved a mystery that has puzzled barley scientists for over 50 years. This work is just published in Nature Communications.
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A University of Dundee researcher who has amazed thousands of children with tales of the microbial fiesta taking place on their hands has been recognised for her commitment to making science accessible to the public.
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Helge Dorfmueller has been awarded a Career Development Award from the Wellcome Trust.
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The thin layer of soil surrounding plant roots, an interface that scientists define as the rhizosphere, is a habitat for a multitude of microorganisms collectively referred to as the rhizosphere microbiota.
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Martin Balcerowicz joined the School in January to establish his own laboratory in the Division of Plant Sciences.
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A research team has discovered that blue light inhibits the immune response of potato plants to Phytophthora infestans, making them more susceptible to potato late blight.
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An industry-wide consortium, led by producer organisation G’s Growers and supported by the James Hutton Institute, the University of Dundee and James Hutton Limited, has won a UKRI-BBSRC collaborative training partnership award.
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A University of Dundee-led programme that will train the next generation of barley researchers has received a multi-million pound investment.
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Dr Martin Balcerowicz has been awarded a five-year Royal Society University Fellowship to research how temperature affects plant growth. This work may provide ways to breed plants that are more resilient towards climate change.
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Plant Scientists at the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute (JHI) have won funding to establish a partnership with world-class researchers in Australia.
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The public are invited to discover the wonderful world of plants and the people who work with them at an upcoming event at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden
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A novel vaccine production platform that could prove decisive in the battle against Streptococcus is among the University of Dundee innovations recognised in Scotland’s largest company creation programme for the higher education sector.
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Professor Robbie Waugh, a renowned barley geneticist based at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee, has been appointed Director of International Barley Hub (IBH).
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Dr Davide Bulgarelli from the Division of Plant Sciences has been awarded tenure.
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The productivity of cereal crops could get a boost in the future thanks to the discovery of new roles for a master gene regulator that influences the development of barley florets.
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Matthew Parker and Giulia Saredi have been awarded SULSA ECR development funding in the first round of the scheme.
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An international research team including scientists from the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee has reached a milestone on the way to unravelling the species-wide genetic diversity of domesticated barley.
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Two life sciences researchers have been awarded Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Natalie Bamford, a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the lab of Nicola Stanley-Wall, has been awarded a prestigious two-year EMBO Long-term fellowship.
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Dr Sarah Coulthurst, deputy head of the Division of Molecular Microbiology, has had her Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship renewed for a further five years.