Added value and resilience
Lead Research Organisation:
Quadram Institute
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
Food and nutrition security requires safe access to affordable and nutritious food supplies. We aim to enhance grain quality for human health, combat non-communicable diet-related diseases and improve the resilience of wheat production systems to biotic stresses. We address two topics, with shared objectives across this strategic programme and other Rothamsted Research, John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute, Quadram Institute Bioscience and NIAB programmes. Both exploit previous BBSRC investments in germplasm resources and the latest genomic developments, to understand and manipulate the genes and pathways defining wheat grain composition. We will dissect a range of traits exploiting the germplasm and other resources developed within DFW. These traits include the quantity and quality of starch in grain.
Planned Impact
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Publications
Bansal M
(2021)
A robust KASP marker for selection of four pairs of linked leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes introgressed on chromosome arm 5DS from different wheat genomes.
in Molecular biology reports
Gaurav K
(2022)
Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement.
in Nature biotechnology
Ghosh S
(2018)
Speed breeding in growth chambers and glasshouses for crop breeding and model plant research.
in Nature protocols
Hazard B
(2020)
Strategies to improve wheat for human health.
in Nature food
Karimov A
(2019)
Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability
Watson A
(2018)
Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding.
in Nature plants
| Description | • Using the in silico wheat TILLING resource (exome capture and re-sequencing of hexaploid Cadenza mutants) we have selected lines carrying null mutations in each homoeoallele of 5 starch synthase, 3 starch branching enzyme, and 1 debranching enzyme genes expected to influence starch structure and composition. We initiated a crossing program to generate single-, double-, and triple-null mutants for each gene using different combinations of mutant homoeoalleles (Obj. 2.1.1). • We have completed an initial characterization of starch and grain properties of Cadenza ssIIIa single, double and triple mutants and are currently preparing a manuscript describing their development and characterization of starch and grain properties (starch content, amylose content, resistant starch content, protein content, starch chain length distribution, starch granule size distribution, starch granule morphology, germination index, grain hardness, grain weight, grain dimensions, physicochemical properties). We showed that loss of SSIIIa in triple mutants lead to more amylose and resistant starch, and our results indicate that despite the higher levels of resistant starch, other effects on starch and grain properties may hamper the usefulness of ssIIIa mutants in breeding applications (Obj. 2.1.1). • For SSI, SSIIa, SSIIIa, SSIVb, SBEIIa, SBEIIb and ISA1, we have selected homozygous single, double and triple mutants (Obj. 2.1.1). • For SSIIIb and SBEI we have identified triple heterozygous individuals to produce segregating F2 populations for selection of single, double and triple mutants (Obj. 2.1.1). • We obtained sbeIIa/b-A, sbeIIa/b-B and sbeIIa/b-D double gene mutants (Obj. 2.1.1). • We have initiated crosses to combine mutations in ssIIIa and ssIIIb genes (Obj. 2.1.1). • In collaboration with Rothamsted, we have measured arabinoxylan and ß-glucan fibre in durum wheat TILLING mutants to determine pleiotropic effects of sbeII mutations conferring enhanced resistant starch. We also measured fibre components in samples of semolina pudding made with sbeII mutants from our human intervention study focused on glycaemic response. These data were included in a recent publication in the journal Food & Function: 'Effect of semolina pudding prepared from starch branching enzyme II a and b mutant wheat on glycaemic response in vitro and in vivo: a randomised controlled pilot study' (Corrado et al., 2020). We are currently working with Rothamsted to measure arabinoxylan and ß-glucan fibre in the ssIIIa mutants we recently developed. (Obj. 2.1.4 and Obj 2.1.5). 2022 Update: We recently characterized a mutant for the gene Starch Synthase IIIa that encodes a key enzyme involved in starch biosynthesis. We found that lack of SSIIIa in hexaploid wheat affects starch and grain properties (preprint is under consideration at Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1296403/V1). Wholemeal flour of triple-null mutants had more resistant starch (6.0% vs. 2.9% in wildtype sibling controls) and greater levels of non-starch polysaccharides. Our analyses also revealed interesting gene dosage effects which could be used for fine-tuning starch properties; both double- and triple-null ssIIIa mutants differed from the wildtype in starch structure and composition including fewer long-amylopectin chains and more amylose. |
| Exploitation Route | - We expect the null starch mutants to exhibit distinct starch structural properties. In collaboration with Molecules for Nature ISP (Obj. 3.2A) and Food Innovation and Health ISP (Obj. 1.1) we will explore the role of each homoeologue in amylose and amylopectin synthesis and how this relates to starch digestibility. - We have developed a panel of mutants for different genes in the starch biosynthesis pathway. We anticipate this panel will be used in studies at Quadram Institute to make wheat-based foods and determine effects on starch digestion and on health outcomes like glycaemic response. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| Description | A member of the Science Board of the G20 wheat initiative set up by the G20 agricultural ministers to coordinate wheat research across the G20 countries |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | By coordinating wheat research to address food security issues across the G20 countries, it makes more effect use of the funding by G20 government agencies |
| Description | Discussions David Exwood NFU |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Helped shape Precision Breeding Bill |
| Description | Genome Editing debate Switzerland |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Provide UK example of how we are regulating precision bred organisms |
| Description | Grant Writing Workshop |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Visit by Green Party Norfolk County Councillors |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | BBSRC Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Partnership studentship |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | International Wheat Yield Partnership |
| Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | OpenPlant Fund |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/L014130/1 |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Responsive Mode |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P019072/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Title | Wheat Expression |
| Description | The majority of RNA-seq expression studies in plants remain underutilised and inaccessible due to the use of disparate transcriptome references and the lack of skills and resources to analyse and visualise this data. We have developed expVIP, an expression Visualisation and Integration Platform, which allows easy analysis of RNA-seq data combined with an intuitive and interactive interface. Users can analyse public and user-specified datasets with minimal bioinformatics knowledge using the expVIP virtual machine. This generates a custom web browser to visualise, sort and filter the RNA-seq data and provides outputs for differential gene expression analysis. We demonstrate expVIP's suitability for polyploid crops and evaluate its performance across a range of biologically-relevant scenarios. To exemplify its use in crop research we developed a flexible wheat expression browser (www.wheat-expression.com) which can be expanded with user-generated data in a local virtual machine environment. The open-access expVIP platform will facilitate the analysis of gene expression data from a wide variety of species by enabling the easy integration, visualisation and comparison of RNA-seq data across experiments. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This database provides open access to over 400 RNAseq studies in wheat and the underlying algorithms are all available to adapt to any species with a reference genome. Over 11,000 sessions from >5,000 and >50,000 pageviews |
| URL | http://www.wheat-expression.com |
| Title | Wheat Training |
| Description | This website provides background information and practical resources to help both budding wheat scientists as well as researchers looking to expand their work into wheat. There is a need to improve crops to feed the world's growing population with the backdrop of climate change. Translation of fundamental plant biology research (e.g. from Arabidopsis thaliana) into crops such as wheat provides a potential route to deal with this challenge. However learning even simple tasks such as growing and crossing wheat plants requires time and effort, while material and methods sections in published articles are often short and cannot substitute teaching aids. This is also true for more complex topics such as the genomics aspect of wheat. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | >4,500 sessions from >2,700 users |
| URL | http://www.wheat-training.com/ |
| Description | A meeting between CIMMYT and DFW funded by BMGF to discuss collaboration projects |
| Organisation | International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I organised a meeting funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought together members of the BBSRC's coordinated wheat programme (Designing Future Wheat) with members of CIMMYT (who breed wheat for the resource poor in the developing world), discuss potential opportunities for interaction. These opportunities are taken forward by writing proposals for Newton , GCRF or IWYP funding calls |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above |
| Impact | This interaction is still ongoing between members of BBSRC's coordinated wheat programme (Designing Future Wheat) and researchers within CIMMYT with proposals being written for IWYP and Newton calls |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | CIMMYT Wheat and Maize Quality |
| Organisation | International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I partnered with the leaders of the wheat and maize quality groups at CIMMYT to apply for joint funding opportunities. The research areas focused on enhancing starch quality in wheat and maize for human health. The impact of the work focused on reducing dietary risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CIMMYT contributed their expertise in breeding for wheat and maize quality, support and facilities for growing multi-environmental field trials, producing grain for food and health studies, introgressing starch traits into breeding lines, wheat quality evaluations, and knowledge for developing effective pathways to impact. |
| Impact | 1) Organized an international workshop at CIMMYT in Mexico 'Improving Staple Crops and Foods to Tackle Global Nutrition and Health Challenges' (28 Jan - 4 Feb 2017). 2) Hosted visiting worker from CIMMYT during May to gain preliminary data on variation in resistant starch and starch digestibility of native maize landraces and how this changes through processing in traditional Mexican foods (May 2017). 3) Initiated multi-environmental field trials in Mexico to investigate genotype by environment interactions in relation to starch properties and digestibility in wheat. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with Imperial College London for Human Intervention Study on Resistant Starch Wheat |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I collaborated with Imperial College London to run a pilot study investigating acute glycemic response of wheat with enhanced resistant starch. My PhD student designed and characterized a test food made with high-resistant starch wheat. |
| Collaborator Contribution | My partner at Imperial College London used our high-resistant starch test food in an acute intervention study to measure blood glucose after a meal. |
| Impact | The outcome of this collaboration was primary in vivo data related to potential health impact of high-resistant starch wheat. This data will be used to inform design of future studies and define target levels of resistant starch required to have an impact in vivo. It will also be used as preliminary data to support future grant proposals and protocols for other intervention studies. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Increasing water use efficiency in plants |
| Description | The invention relates to methods of increasing water use efficiency (WUE) in plants by modulating the stomatal blue light response. The invention further relates to plants having increased WUE, identifying plants with increased WUE and to related methods of increasing drought tolerance and producing food or feed products under water-limited or drought conditions |
| IP Reference | US20220251590A1 |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | n/a |
| Description | Breeders Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Breeders Day is an event organised by the John Innes Centre for to hear first-hand from JIC scientists about the science carried out on site and how it impacts crop breeding and farming. Breeders day takes place at JIC conference centre and at JIC Field Station with talks both indoors and outdoor while walking between plots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/MarinaCorrad/status/1004666473904734208 |
| Description | Cereal and Grains Annual meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Cereals & Grains meeting brings together a broad audience to discuss advancement in cereals and grains science. We presented a oral presentation during the Starch Technical Session and a poster presentation during the Health Benefits of grain-based macro-and micronutrients. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference organiser of PAG San Diego attracting 3800 plant and animal researchers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I am on the organising committee of the largest plant and animal ag genomics conference attracting some 3800 researchers, policy makers, industry etc |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Core skills workshop for Bioinformatics Community of Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Core skills workshop for Bioinformatics Community of Practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DFW Presentation to DEFRA chief science advisor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A discussion of the outcomes and impact of WISP and DFW programmes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DFW Training Course: Bioinformatics Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DFW Training Course: Bioinformatics Session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Discussion on gene editing and regulations with BSPB, Royal Society, UKPSF, breeders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on gene editing and regulations with BSPB, Royal Society, UKPSF, breeders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Farmers Club Event London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with ministers, shadow ministers, NFU, DEFRA and other government officials on genome editing at Farmers Club London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Fera Science Symposium 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at Fera Science Symposium 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Figure generation workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Figure generation workshop for lab members |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | From Seed to Pasta III |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | From Seed to Pasta" is a multidiscplinary conference focused on the remarkable progress in durum wheat science and the increasing concern on the future availability of durum grain due to climate change, a matter with fundamental socio-economic implications in the Mediterranean countries where durum-derived products are a staple. Oral presentation on "digestibility of processed durum wheat with increased resistant starch" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | German Plant Breeding Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | German Plant Breeding Society: keynote |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Global Food Security: WORKING GROUP OF CROP BREEDERS AND CLIMATE MODELLERS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Global Food Security: WORKING GROUP OF CROP BREEDERS AND CLIMATE MODELLERS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Grant Writing Workshop NRP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Grant Writing Workshop for NRP scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Hosted student from Year 10 science camp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | My lab hosted a year 10 student for a day to learn about research in our lab. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Hosted undergraduate student for 3rd year research project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | My laboratory hosted an undergraduate student to conduct their 3rd year research dissertation project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Hosted visiting worker from CIMMYT to learn starch analysis methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | My lab hosted a visiting worker from CIMMYT during May to provide training on starch analysis for maize samples. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Hosted visitor from Agri |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I hosted a visitor from Agri to present about my research and identify opportunities for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Interactive activities for Open Day event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | My laboratory participated in an Open Day event which hosted members of the local general public. We designed interactive activities for visitors to learn about wheat in the food chain and starch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Computation Biology Society: Africa meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | International Computation Biology Society: Africa meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview SRF Genome Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for main news report by major Swiss TV SRF. Discussion on genome editing and opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor-10/video/regulierung-von-gentechnikverfahren-bei-pflanzen?urn=urn:... |
| Description | Interview for Feast Norfolk magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for article in Feast Norfolk Magazine aimed at informing the general public about the research happening at Quadram Institute Bioscience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview for Vegetable Farmer Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I participated in an interview for Vegetable Farmer Magazine. For the interview I discussed my research on developing healthier wheat starch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | JIC Breeders' Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented on Genome Editing at JIC Breeders' Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | JIC Science Innovation Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at JIC Science Innovation Showcase with over 100 industry representatives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Jersey Farming Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jersey Farming Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | John Innes Centre open day to the public |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To show the general public plant science research in practise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lecture for postgraduate course (Target traits for crop improvement) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a lecture for a postgraduate course on target traits for crop improvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | MSc course on Model to Crop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | MSc course on Model to Crop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| Description | MSc lectures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Three lectures to UEA/JIC MSc students on plant breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MSc on Wheat Yield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | MSc course on Wheat Yield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| Description | Meet the Molecules Blog article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Meet the Molecules blog article on Resistant Starch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.jic.ac.uk/blog/meet-the-molecules-resistant-starch/ |
| Description | Meeting with visitors from ICRISAT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | I participated in a meeting with visitors from ICRISAT to present about my research and identify opportunities for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Member of the board of the G20 wheat initative |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I am a board member of the G20 wheat initiative set up by the G20 agricultural ministers to facilitate coordination of wheat research in the G20 countries. We organise working group to facilitate such coordination, and to identify priorities for funding by funding agencies within the G20 countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |
| Description | Member of the management board of CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARD) to breed wheat for the resource-poor in the developing World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A management board member of CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARD) to breed wheat for the resource-poor in the developing World |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Molecules to Landscape Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Committee member for Landscapes to Molecules |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Monogram 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Monogram Network meeting is the annual get together for the small-grain cereal and grass research community. Academics, commercial scientists and plant breeders meet to hear about the latest advances, exchange ideas and discuss collaboration. We presented a poster on" Digestibility of processed durum wheat with increased resistant starch" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Norfolk Spring Fling 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Norfolk Spring Fling is a regional event that welcomes more than 6000 people. We directly interacted with hundreds of them were we explained our research, how our scientific knowledge is being translated to bring healthier food to everyone's table. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://springfling.rnaa.org.uk/ |
| Description | Norfolk forum Science festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To provide the general public with an insight into plant science research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Norwich School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on food security, genome editing and GM to pupils of Norwich School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Organisation a day workshop at Eucarpia meeting , Clermont_Ferrand Paris, with INRA (French) and Proweizen (German ) and CIMMYT researchers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The worship was to discuss possible collaborations which could lead to bids into the EU for funding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Participation in Breeder Day event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | My laboratory participated in a Breeder's Day event which hosted breeders and other industry stakeholders. We presented a summary of our research next to our research plots in the field. This was followed by questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Pint of Science public presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Pint of Science festival aims to deliver interesting and relevant talks on the latest science research in an accessible format to the public - mainly across bars and pubs. I gave a presentation on my research in an informal pub setting to the general public. The presentation was followed by questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at the conference for the UK Millers and bakers (NABIM-london) on DFW |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Was asked to provide further information on the coordinated DFW programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation for WGIN Stakeholder meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I presented my research at the annual WGIN Stakeholder meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation for the University of the Third Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | U3A (The University of the Third Age) is a UK-wide movement which brings together people in their 'third age' to develop their interests and continue their learning in a friendly and informal environment. Members of U3A visited Quadram Institute Bioscience in April 2017 for a presentation by myself and PhD student on developing healthier wheat starches. The presentation was followed by questions and further discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation on DFW at the DEFRA stakeholders WGIN meeting at RRES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Request for more information on the programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation on WISP/DFW to ACC1 Cereals and Grains conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The presentation was to inform the cereal grain (rice, maize and wheat) processes community on the step change which has occurred in wheat research and the involvement of WISP/DFW in the step change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation on WISP/DFW to the BBSRC legume community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation was to describe how the UK coordinated wheat programme was put together, and the impact the programme has had on the step change which has occurred in wheat research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation on WISP/DFW to the BBSRC rice community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation described how the coordinated WISP/DFW UK wheat programme was put together, and the impact the programme has had on the step change which has occurred in wheat research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation skills to CIMMYT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop (online) for presentation skills to CIMMYT scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Reepham Food Festival - Fun Food Science Activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The food festival was made of a range of events, with chef demonstrations, market stalls, schools displays and activities. The Hazard group organised a stand about cereal research and health with hands-on activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/MarinaCorrad/status/1000743709397438465 |
| Description | School visit (NDPS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | discussion with year 6 students on gene editing and genetics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Scientific Soft Skills workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Scientific Soft Skills workshop in Cairo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Supervisions University of Cambridge Plant Sciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Supervisions University of Cambridge Plant Sciences third year students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Swiss TV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on genome editing with Swiss TV RTS, the French-speaking Swiss public broadcaster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | TV episode for Food Unwrapped |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I participated in filming a TV episode for the popular TV show Food Unwrapped. The episode focused on the research my lab is doing to develop bread with more resistant starch (fibre). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Three modules in Cambridge Plant Science undergraduate course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Three modules in Cambridge Plant Science undergraduate course (last year course PLL1) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Tour and presentation for UKRI institute visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | I hosted members of UKRI for a tour of the JIC Church Farm field. This included a presentation on the research my lab is doing to develop healthier wheat starch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Training Workshop on Wheat Genetics and Genomics in Kazakhstan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Training Workshop on Wheat Genetics and Genomics in Kazakhstan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Training on Experimental Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Training on Experimental Design for graduate students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit by seed company to discuss research on starch trait development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | My lab hosted a visitor from a seed company to discuss our research on starch trait development in wheat. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit with Norfolk's Lord-Lieutenant |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Norfolk's Lord-Lieutenant to discuss research at the John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute BIoscience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Westminster Forum: Novel foods in the UK - regulation, innovation and market development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at the Westminster Forum: Novel foods in the UK - regulation, innovation and market development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Women in Wheat training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Women in Wheat training |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Women in Wheat training: enhancing your CV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Women in Wheat training: enhancing your CV |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | core skills workshop (2 days) as part of AfriPlantSci workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | core skills workshop (2 days) as part of AfriPlantSci workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | member of the G20 wheat Initiative Science board during 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The members of the science board discuss how to better coordinate the wheat research activities in the G20 countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | member of the management board of the CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARDA) to breed wheat for the resource poor in the developing world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I offer advice to the management team of the wheat CGIAR programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | member of the organising committee for PAG 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Suggest plenary speakers for inviting to speak at PAG 2020 meeting attracting 3000 animal and plant researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |