Germplasm

Lead Research Organisation: John Innes Centre
Department Name: UNLISTED

Abstract

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Technical Summary

We will accelerate the discovery and deployment of genes and alleles of high value for breeding, thus maximising impact from discoveries within the 'Increased efficiency and sustainability', the 'Added value and resilience' projects, WISP and 20:20 Wheat strategic programmes. Tangible outputs for this purpose are referred to as ‘toolkits’, one composed of pre-breeding germplasm and the other the molecular markers needed to exploit that germplasm. We will specifically address two topics. The first advances the genetic and genomic characterisation of foundation germplasm. This germplasm, together with the derived segregating populations and associated methodologies, will supply new toolkit genes, alleles, and markers. In the second the new genes, alleles and markers are validated and tested for their value in breeding. This gene discovery funnel produces packages of traits with molecular markers assembled into the two toolkits. We will channel new genes and alleles based on the discoveries of this porgramme and previous wheat programme outputs, into commercial wheat breeding. The breeders' toolkits and associated information will be improved and expanded, for the benefit of breeders and the wider plant community.

Planned Impact

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Publications

10 25 50
 
Title SEED: Grow, Splice Discover 
Description Advisor to All Seeing Eye in development of "SEED: Grow, Splice, Discover", a Virtual Reality computer game, finalist and winner of the Wellcome Trust/Epic Games Developing Beyond competition 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2018 
Impact Increased engagement of general public with plant breeding in general and in the role of crop improvement in social, economic and food security. 
URL http://allseeing.co/seed/
 
Description The Germplasm Work Package has established a set of key resources and approaches essential for the delivery of research outputs in the UK wheat programme to progress in wheat breeding. These are precise genetic stocks. Modern bread carrying segments of chromosome from wheat wild relatives, ancient wheat landraces, resynthesised (synthetic) bread wheat, and mutagenized populations containing new versions of genes. We have made major contributions to the development of experimental breeding approaches, accelerating the progression of wheat generations and using molecular marker data to predict the performance of new wheat progeny. In all cases high throughput genotyping has been used to 'paint' the chromosomes of the new germplasm produced so that new and useful variation can be tracked from it's creation in the work package to it's ultimate deployment in plant breeding. New genotyping methodologies addressing areas of need for academics and breeders have been developed. In many cases the germplasm and associated resources produced here feeds back into DFW WPs 1 and 2 to further accelerate the more fundamental biological research conducted there and show how it can be applied in modern wheat varieties. The sharp end of this process is the Breeders Toolkit which is the formal mechanism by which commercial wheat breeders agree on the merit of DFW outputs for joint study.

Our ability to identify new and useful genetic variation in primary, secondary, and tertiary germplasm has increased over this reporting period. For example, at NIAB 1300 chromosome segment substitution lines have been genotyped by the University of Bristol and grown in the field for the first time as experimental plots. This should facilitate gene discovery in introgressed segments of the tetraploid genome. NIAB nominated high yielding synthetic derivatives based on data collected there and at 2018 Rothamsted trials conducted at Woburn. Two were voted onto the Breeders Toolkit and are now represented on 8 commercial breeding sites as fully replicated yield trials along with one landrace derivative near isogenic line. Lines from the University of Nottingham, NIAB, and JIC now mean that alien introgressions, synthetic wheat, and landrace derived NILs are being assesed in the same large scale experimental plots at Rothamsted (Redbourn site). They are being phenotyped using phenomics technologies by a partnership of the Rothamsted team with the phenomics group from the Earlham Institute. All data is collated and stored for analysis of significant beneficial effects of introgressed chromosomal segments. High performing lines for which the beneficial allele is is tagged by a diagnostic haplotype have now been shown to outperform the parental genotype over multiple years and evironments , demonstrating how robust this gene discovery and deployment pipeline is across academic and commercial sites around the UK. Prioritised loci are being intercrossed to show how the genetic gains achieved can be multiplied. All the material discussed is genotyped by the University of Bristol with data accessible at Cereals db and the DFW website. All germplasm is publicly available via the Germplasm Resource Unit.

New methods of sampling these very large gene discovery population have been successfully tested and rolled out for application in WP1 and 2 of DFW for the discovery of new genes and alleles controlling mineral content and aspects of yield and performance.

We have analysed skim-sequencing data for over 600 Paragon gamma-radiation deletion mutants originally developed within WGIN. We have identified homozygous deletions across large parts of the genome and are working with WP4 (Earlham and EBI) to generate a visualisation interface for users. We identified over 20,000 deletions that cover over 64,000 genes, which represent 90.5% of the genes in non-repetitive regions. We have phenotyped the Ae. tauschii open wild wheat collection for spike, grain size and shape characteristics. We will conduct the association genetics analyses shortly and follow up on putative targets relating to these traits. We have progressed 9 backcrossing streams in Breeders Toolkit development. Axiom high density genotyping has been conducted on several DFW germplasm sets. The D genome chromosome segment substitution library is now complete and being grown under field conditions. The DFW Academic Toolkit now comprises 935 lines and the Breeders Toolkit 31 lines. All these materials have been tested under field conditions at JIC, Rothamsted, and NIAB. New disease resistances have been identified in the Breeders Observation Panel (BOP). WP3 members have supported WP1 and 2 in germplasm provision, QTL analysis, molecular marker design and validation. This has resulted in new markers and germplasm for: increased grain yield; increased dietary fibre; reduced height; increased loaf volume; increased iron and Zinc; delayed senescence; and increased Nitrogen Use Efficiency. The Breeders Toolkit mechanism received nominations for more than 25 loci. Nominations were received from all of the DFW work packages (except for WP which would not be expected to generate nominations) and external nominations. The commercial breeding members remain highly engaged with this process and conducted high quality Breeders Toolkit Trials on 9 sites. The GRU has been active in servicing DFW germplasm requests to commercial and academic users.

We have analysed skim-sequencing data for over 600 Paragon gamma-radiation deletion mutants originally developed within WGIN. We have identified deletions across large parts of the genome and have developed an interactive visualisation with Earlham Institute as part of WP4 (http://wheat-deletion.cyverseuk.org/tgac_browser/). We identified over 20,000 deletions that cover over 64,000 genes, which represent 90.5% of the genes in non-repetitive regions.
We have phenotyped the Ae. tauschii open wild wheat collection for spike, grain size and shape characteristics. We conducted genome wide association analyses and identified novel variation which we are following up. Part of this work is published within the Guarav et al 2021 bioRxiv manuscript. All new Academic Toolkit lines have continued to be genotyped using Axiom 35 K technology. We continue to upgrade our genetic maps using Axiom genotyping (from KASP) and now impute the full genome sequence of these variants based on the re-sequencing of parental lines carried out within the WP and from external sources.

The Breeders Toolkit continues to attract nominations which feed into the DFW-Commercial Breeding interaction and are tested in the Breeders Toolkit multi site trials ran by the 8 commercial breeding companies who participate in the BTK. In addition the Breeders Observation Panel (BOP) screens germplasm panels provided by DFW for disease resistance with exciting new results achieved for Yellow rust and Septoria, both major problems for UK farmers. All of this work has been accelerated by development in whole genome sequencing of DFW germplasm presenting over delivery compared the exome capture work originally proposed. New KASP markers covering the genomes of wild relatives facilitate new possibilities for marker assisted selection in for these challenging pre-breeding parents.
Exploitation Route The most important way the outputs of Germplasm are taken forward by other is in the form of the Breeders Toolkit which is a recommended list of prebreeding germplasm with proven potential for breeding. In addition the gene discovery resource of Germplasm are fully available to the wider community under the stewardship of the Germplasm Resource Unit. Associated data adds value to the germplasm produced and existing germplasm used to benchmark progress. Genotypic data if fully available from the WP4 via the CerealsDB website, the most frequently accessed cereals research database in the world. The Breeders Toolkit model is being adopted by other wheat programmes in the US, Germany, Canada, and France. Frequent follow up requests are made for molecular markers and more germplasm. UK breeders have made strong statements of support for DFW.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Education

Environment

URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/toolkit.htm
 
Description The Breeders Toolkit has been supplied to nine commercial wheat breeding partners upon request who have conducted multi site trials of this material. The Toolkit is accompanied by molecular markers which tag the loci of interest. These resources have been used within commercial breeding programmes to introgress the new versions of genes represented in the toolkit into elite germplasm. Multiple downloads of genotypic data sets have been made on CerealsDB. Germplasm resources such as NILs, NAM populations, chromosome segment substitution lines,mutagenized lines, and lines carrying wheat wild relative segments have been requested by multiple academic and commercial partners. A new panel, upstream of the BTK, has been established. It is called the Breeders Observation Panel. NIAB, Nottingham, and JIC have contributed over 200 lines to this panel to allow proactive breeder led screening to identify new leads that will feed into the BTK. It is a sign of the maturity of WP3 germplasm development work and the Toolkit pipeline that 2 Breeders Toolkit lines are now wild relative introgressions from Ambylopyrum mutica. This represents the most challenging aspect of introgression for WP3. The Breeders toolkit committee met in February 2020 at NIAB. The Committee overseas continued multi site commercial and academic trials of the DFW Breeders Toolkit. In an anonymous survey to commercial members of the Breeders Toolkit Committee 100% of respondents stated that they are using the Breeders Toolkit within their commercial programmes and that they thought it was likely that their use of the Breeders Toolkit would have a beneficial effect on their commercial outputs. Together with WP1 we have introduced new allelic variation (alongside the perfect KASP markers) into the Breeder's Toolkit including near isogenic lines with the novel: grain length mutations, triple mutants for ARF2.1, triple mutants for GW2 and combined mutants for GW2 and the grain length effect; crop height genes; semi dwarfing alleles; increased fibre genes; and spike fertility genes. Our findings have stimulated trait prioritisation and focus for commercial and academic partners alike. We have increased the emphasis on nutritional quality and invited representatives of the National Association of British and Irish Millers as observers on the Breeders Toolkit Committee to help develop this area in line with commercial needs. In spite of COVID commercial breeders continued to grow the DFW Breeders Toolkit. The September meeting went ahead and the harvest 2021 Breeders Toolkit was selected, distributed to breeders, and sown on commercial sites. New resources were developed such as As part of WP1 we have introduced new allelic variation (alongside the perfect KASP markers) into the Breeder's Toolkit including near isogenic lines with novel mutations in a grain length and specific weight gene (P1). We have also identified novel haplotypes across chromosome 6A which could be of potential agronomic value in UK environments. Within WP3 these are being introduced into two different UK backgrounds to assess their effects. Full sets of KASP markers have been developed allowing the selection of wild wheat introgressions in breeding. Breeders have used to populations to screen for disease resistance in the Breeders Observation panel. This has resulted in the discovery of new resistances for yellow rust and barley yellow dwarf virus. Breeders have requested numerous molecular markers developed within WP3 to trach these traits and others. In 2022 we see new pre-breeding selection producing very high yields in the Breeders Toolkit with breeders providing testimonies on the way in which they incorporate these outputs into their own breeding programmes. New molecular markers for landraces and wild relatives have been taken up by many breeders.
First Year Of Impact 2017
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education
Impact Types Societal

Economic

Policy & public services

 
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 Bioinformatics Community of Practice (Eight-month training at BecA)
Geographic Reach Africa 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Bioinformatics Community of Practice (Eight-month training at BecA)
URL https://acaciaafrica.org/bioinformatics-community-practice/
 
Description Bioinformatics Training Workshop pre-Monogram
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Bioinformatics Traning Workshop pre-Monogram
 
Description Bioinformatics for Plant Biology Course 2018
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Bioinformatics for Plant Biology Course 2018
 
Description Discussion with DEFRA on gene editing
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
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 MSc course on Model to Crop
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description MSc course on Wheat Yield
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description PhD lecture on Wheat genomics to Catholic University in Chile
Geographic Reach South America 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact PhD lecture on Wheat genomics
 
Description Problems caused by introgessions
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Wheat breeding companies were made aware about the effect that introgressions have on recombination and why this may lead to difficulties in the future, this has caused some companies to re-examine their breeding strategies
 
Description RTB ISC
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL http://www.rtb.cgiar.org/independent-steering-committee/
 
Description Three lectures for PLL1 last year Plant Science course
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Three lectures for PLL1 last year Plant Science course (2022)
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Three modules in Cambridge Plant Science undergraduate course
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Three modules in Cambridge Plant Science undergraduate course
 
Description Undergraduate course UEA MSc
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Undergraduate course UEA MSc
 
Description Visit by Adam Stains, Matt Freeman and Harriet Trewin, BBSRC: Discussion on latest developments in crop breeding techniques
Geographic Reach National 
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 Visit from the Board of GenOk, Norway (senior advisors to Government in Norway and Finland) with Harwood W. to discuss advances in genetic modification and genome editing.
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Visit of Norman Lamb MP
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Workshop on Soft Skills, BGRI Meeting
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Workshop on Soft Skills, BGRI Meeting
 
Description 18-BTT: Induction of double haploids in wheat using CENH3 mutants and genome editing
Amount £222,680 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/S020888/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2019 
End 03/2021
 
Description A pipeline for efficient recombination in wheat
Amount £200,364 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/W003317/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2021 
End 03/2023
 
Description BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Award (FTMA)
Amount £25,000 (GGP)
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2019 
End 12/2019
 
Description BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme: Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) - Partner Grant
Amount £162,045 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/Y000064/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
End 03/2028
 
Description DataHarvest: delivering large-scale research field trial capabilities to the UK crop R&D sector
Amount £343,969 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/S019596/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2019 
End 06/2020
 
Description Glidepath
Amount £349,848 (GBP)
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
End 03/2024
 
Description IWYP Call 2 - Isolation of genetic variation for flowering morphology for hybrid wheat production.
Amount £679,165 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/S012796/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2018 
End 11/2022
 
Description IWYP Call 2: Rooty-A root ideotype toolbox to support improved wheat yields
Amount £151,462 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/S012818/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2018 
End 11/2021
 
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 International workshops
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2019 
End 08/2019
 
Description PolyBléD - Quelles nouvelles polyploïdisations réaliser pour améliorer l'adaptation du blé tendre aux contraintes à venir?
Amount € 467,331 (EUR)
Organisation French Wheat Research Fund (FSOV) 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country France
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2021
 
Description Research & Technology Catapult Grant (Innovate UK Edge) - for Piatrika workshops
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2022 
End 02/2023
 
Description Strategic Training Award for Research Skills
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2018 
End 02/2020
 
Description Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies
Amount £7,035,021 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/P027970/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2017 
End 12/2022
 
Description University of Nottingham Beacon fellowship
Amount £45,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Nottingham 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2018 
End 04/2019
 
Description University of Nottingham internal GCRF awards
Amount £150,344 (GBP)
Organisation University of Nottingham 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2021 
End 07/2021
 
Description Unlocking genetic variation in wild species for durum wheat
Amount £300,100 (GBP)
Funding ID RPG-2022-044 
Organisation The Leverhulme Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2022 
End 05/2027
 
Description Wheat floral organ size and its effects on grain size
Amount £549,750 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/S016945/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2019 
End 05/2022
 
Description Yellowhammer: A multi-locus strategy for durable yellow rust resistance in wheat, in the face of a rapidly changing pathogen landscape
Amount £548,682 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/R019231/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2023
 
Title Breeders tool kit meeting 
Description Novel wheat lines and novel wheat molecular markers to be transferred to the commercial sector 
Type Of Material Biological samples 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Novel materials and markers to be supplied to the wheat breeding community 
 
Title Development of molecular markers for the detection and characterisation of wheat/wild relative introgressions 
Description Development of molecular markers (KASP assays) that will allow the identification and characterisation of wheat/wild relative introgressions 
Type Of Material Technology assay or reagent 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This work is enabling us and other research groups to determine which lines carry introgressions and also their location within the wheat genome. 
URL https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/wrc/news/news.aspx
 
Title New markers and new genotyping platform for wheat breeding 
Description New Axiom markers for use in wheat breeding 
Type Of Material Technology assay or reagent 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact New markers and new GbyS genotyping platform for screening and genotyping wheat 
 
Title CerealsDB 
Description The CerealsDB web-site was created by members of the Functional Genomics Group at the University of Bristol. The site provides a range of facilities for the study of the wheat genome. The site has been designed with breeders in mind, and we hope that is will be easy and straightforward to use. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact There have been over 1,528,817 unique visits to the websites and our various datasets have been downloaded 48,295 times (35K Wheat breeders Array: 45,445 downloads and 820K High Density Wheat Array; 2,850 downloads). The trend of increased numbers of researchers visiting our web site shows no sign of slowing down; running as it is at greater than 50,000 unique visits per month. 
URL http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/
 
Title DFW landrace pillar website, data repository, and user guide. 
Description This is where all data generated for landrace cultivars within WP3 (Germplasm) of DFW is made available to the wider community. This includes the composition of the Breeders Toolkit, The AE Watkins whole collection, The AE Watkins core collection (1050), the Gediflux historic collection of winter wheats (430), Paragon x Watkins NAM populations (12000), over 90 genetic maps, QTL data, a large number of near isogenic lines developed from Watkins landrace cultivar alleles, and detailed descriptions of how these resources can be applied to diverse questions in wheat research and breeding and how to access them. Although some genotypic information is presented here the main route for accessing the information is by linkage to Cerealsdb. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The website is the portal by which a number of research groups have queried DFW germplasm and then requested these resources. Germplasm requests are now handles by the derived germplasm specialist within the Germplasm Resource Unit. 
URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/
 
Title Dataverse repository of nested association mapping populations including high density genotyping and genetic maps aligned to wheat genome 
Description Segregating populations made with key CIMMYT parents and linking to UK wheat programme parents. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This is the first CIMMYT NAM population. Over 250 downloads. Does not use DOIs but 'handles' see hdl:11529/10996 
URL https://data.cimmyt.org/dataverse/iwypdvn
 
Title Introgression plotter added to Cerealsdb 
Description Software to allow users to screen wheat germplasm for potential introgressions from wheat relative 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact At the request of the wheat breeding companies we have made this tool available via Cerealsdb so that breeders can check on the presence of possible introgressed regions in the bread wheat genome 
 
Title NIAB DFW WP3 Github 
Description Repository for NIAB DFW WP3 genotype, germplasm and phenotype data following curation and QC but prior to publication and deposition into GRU (germplasm) and Grassroots (data) 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Ongoing dialogue with commercial plant breeders about germplasm of interest 
URL https://niab.github.io/niab-dfw-wp3/
 
Title PolyMarker 
Description Update on Primer design for polyploid species 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact New biology 
URL http://bar.utoronto.ca/efp_wheat/cgi-bin/efpWeb.cgi
 
Title QTL database 
Description Upload of QTL database to Cerealsdb 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Breeders and academics are now able to download/examine various QTL-based datasets 
 
Title SeedStor DFW contribution 
Description Visibility of DFW germplasm and data linkages has been upgraded through new accession numbers and browsing windows within the SeedStore database of the Germplasm Resource Unit. This includes new categories for the prurified Watkins collection, DFW Toolkit, and DFW Breeders Toolkit. 
Type Of Material Data handling & control 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This transition ensures that the DFW germplasm visibility, distribution and maintenance is conducted to a very high standard in the long term. 
URL https://www.seedstor.ac.uk/search-browsecollections.php
 
Title Supporting data for "CropSight: a scalable and open-source information management system for distributed plant phenotyping and IoT-based crop management." 
Description High-quality plant phenotyping and climate data lay the foundation of phenotypic analysis and genotype-environment interaction, providing important evidence not only for plant scientists to understand the dynamics between crop performance, genotypes, and environmental factors, but also for agronomists and farmers to closely monitor crops in fluctuating agricultural conditions. With the rise of Internet of Things technologies (IoT) in recent years, many IoT-based remote sensing devices have been applied to plant phenotyping and crop monitoring, which are generating terabytes of biological datasets every day. However, it is still technically challenging to calibrate, annotate, and aggregate the big data effectively, especially when they were produced in multiple locations, at different scales.
CropSight is a PHP and SQL based server platform, which provides automated data collation, storage, and information management through distributed IoT sensors and phenotyping workstations. It provides a two-component solution to monitor biological experiments through networked sensing devices, with interfaces specifically designed for distributed plant phenotyping and centralised data management. Data transfer and annotation are accomplished automatically though an HTTP accessible RESTful API installed on both device-side and server-side of the CropSight system, which synchronise daily representative crop growth images for visual-based crop assessment and hourly microclimate readings for GxE studies. CropSight also supports the comparison of historical and ongoing crop performance whilst different experiments are being conducted.
As a scalable and open-source information management system, CropSight can be used to maintain and collate important crop performance and microclimate datasets captured by IoT sensors and distributed phenotyping installations. It provides near real-time environmental and crop growth monitoring in addition to historical and current experiment comparison through an integrated cloud-ready server system. Accessible both locally in the field through smart devices and remotely in an office using a personal computer, CropSight has been applied to field experiments of bread wheat prebreeding since 2016 and speed breeding since 2017. We believe that the CropSight system could have a significant impact on scalable plant phenotyping and IoT-style crop management to enable smart agricultural practices in the near future. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
 
Title Upgrade to cerealsdb (cerealsdb3) 
Description We have carried out a significant upgrade of cerealsdb to include new analytical tools and a much larger data set 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Increased level of data downloads and use of tools to detect introgressions in wheat 
URL http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/cerealgenomics/CerealsDB/indexNEW.php
 
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 TILLING 
Description This resource consists of TILLING populations developed in tetraploid durum wheat cv 'Kronos' and hexaploid bread wheat cv 'Cadenza' as part of a joint project between the University of California Davis, Rothamsted Research, The Earlham Institute, and John Innes Centre. We have re-sequenced the exome of 1,535 Kronos and 1,200 Cadenza mutants using Illumina next-generation sequencing, aligned this raw data to the IWGSC Chinese Spring chromosome arm survey sequence, identified mutations, and predicted their effects based on the protein annotation available at Ensembl Plants. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2016 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Over 5000 access 
URL http://www.wheat-tilling.com/
 
Title Wheat TILLING in EnsemblPlants 
Description Update of sequenced mutants and coordination with ensemblPlants 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact over 7000 mutants distributed from over 300 orders 
URL http://plants.ensembl.org/Triticum_aestivum/Info/Index
 
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/
 
Title Wheat Training 
Description Wheat Training website to help new researchers engage with wheat 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact http://www.wheat-training.com/ 
URL http://www.wheat-training.com/
 
Title eFP expression browser 
Description Expression browser for wheat data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact New biology 
URL http://bar.utoronto.ca/efp_wheat/cgi-bin/efpWeb.cgi
 
Description 10 Pangenome Project 
Organisation University of Saskatchewan
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaboration for 10 pangenome project
Collaborator Contribution Collaboration for 10 pangenome project
Impact Sequencing of 10 wheat varieties
Start Year 2017
 
Description A Genetic Diversity Toolkit to Maximize Harvest Index by Controlling the Duration of Developmental Phases a three month vist to CIMMYT headquarters 
Organisation International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)
Country Mexico 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution I worked with CIMMYT staff to develop ideas and approaches for future research.
Collaborator Contribution They showed me how the CIMMYT physiology and breeding programmes operate.
Impact Submission of a grant application to the International wheat yield partnership (IWYP).
Start Year 2017
 
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 Bayer 
Organisation Bayer
Department Bayer CropScience Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Wheat genetics and genomics
Collaborator Contribution Wheat breeding and molecular knowledge
Impact joint projects
Start Year 2012
 
Description Bayer 
Organisation Bayer
Department Bayer CropScience Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Wheat genetics and genomics
Collaborator Contribution Wheat breeding and molecular knowledge
Impact joint projects
Start Year 2012
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation Bayer
Department Bayer CropScience Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation DSV
Department DSV UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation Elsoms Seeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation KWS UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation LS Plant Breeding
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation Limagrain
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation RAGT Seeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee 
Organisation Syngenta International AG
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Germplasm WP works closely with the Germplasm Resource Unit (BBSRC National Capability) to produce and maintain the Breeders Toolkit Germplasm.
Collaborator Contribution The Breeders Toolkit Committee is composed of DFW Commercial breeding representatives from KWS, RAGT, Limagrain, DSV, LSPB, Syngenta, Elsoms, and Bayer. From DFW it has leaders (1-4), and further institutional representation from NIAB, Bristol University, and Nottingham University. The committee decides which genetic effects are entered as Toolkit candidates and then Breeders Toolkit.
Impact This group has been central to the formation of Breeders Toolkit and it's assessment on eleven independent sites in the UK and France.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboartion with Syngenta to exchnage knowledge on trasformation and double haploid production 
Organisation Syngenta International AG
Department Syngenta Ltd (Bracknell)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution exchange of personal to improve our technology in double haploid production
Collaborator Contribution Spent time at Syngenta providing input into transformation technolgy
Impact Better transformation and double haploid technology available to Bristol
Start Year 2019
 
Description EIAR 
Organisation Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Country Ethiopia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are currently sequencing 200 teff genomes
Collaborator Contribution They have provided access to germplasm and DNA
Impact none so far
Start Year 2020
 
Description ICARDA MOU 
Organisation International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
Country Syrian Arab Republic 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution A long term agreement has been made (including an MOU) between the University of Nottingham and ICARDA to supply germplasm generated in the research program to ICARDA for large scale phenotypic analysis in Africa.
Collaborator Contribution ICARDA are providing information on trait analysis of the lines we have generated. This will enable us to identify key germplasm that will be used for the development of superior varieties
Impact Germplasm has been sent to ICARDA and germplasm has been sent from ICARDA to Nottingham
Start Year 2015
 
Description IWYP European Winter Wheat Hub 
Organisation International Wheat Yield partnership
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution NIAB hosts the European Winter Wheat Hub on behalf of IWYP, offering a marker-assisted breeding service for early generation material, to transfer traits (chosen by breeders) into relevant elites (chosen by breeders) and hand-off to breeders for trait validation under European WW conditions
Collaborator Contribution Four commercial plant breeders provide financial inputs and take on material for testing within their programmes. Intellectual input comes from all partners including senior IWYP staff
Impact First crossing cycles still ongoing
Start Year 2020
 
Description India 
Organisation Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution A long term agreement (above and beyond the present program) has been made between the University of Nottingham and the IIWBR to supply India with germplasm generated in the research program for large scale phenotypic analysis in India.
Collaborator Contribution The IIWBR are providing information on trait analysis of the lines we have generated. This will enable us to identify key germplasm that will be used for the development of superior varieties
Impact Germplasm has been supplied to India and phenotypic data has been provided to Nottingham
Start Year 2015
 
Description KWS 
Organisation KWS UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Genetics and genomics
Collaborator Contribution Breeder know how and germplasm
Impact joint projects
Start Year 2009
 
Description MOU - CIMMYT 
Organisation International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)
Country Mexico 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution A new memorandum of understanding and agreement has been signed by the University of Nottingham and CIMMYT. Germplasm generated in the research programm is now being supplied to CIMMYT for large scale phenotypic analysis in Mexico.
Collaborator Contribution CIMMYT are providing information on trait analysis of the lines we have generated. This will enable us to identify key germplasm that will be used for the development of superior varieties
Impact Germplasm has been sent from Nottingham to CIMMYT for analysis
Start Year 2015
 
Description MOU-University of Sydney 
Organisation University of Sydney
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are providing germplasm to the University of Sydney/Plant Breeding Institute
Collaborator Contribution The University of Sydney are screening our germplasm for drought tolerance, water use efficiency and for genes resistant to rust.
Impact Introgression lines currently being analysed for drought tolerance and disease resistance in Australia.
Start Year 2012
 
Description NIAB / DSV 
Organisation DSV
Department DSV UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Germplasm and associated genotype / phenotype information; ongoing discussions
Collaborator Contribution Significant in-kind field trials and other testing
Impact Research grants and PhD studentships
Start Year 2014
 
Description NIAB / Elsoms 
Organisation Elsoms Seeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Provision of germplasm and associated genotype / phenotype information
Collaborator Contribution In-kind field testing and access to data
Impact Collaboration has led to research grant proposals and opened up dialogue for collaboration in other crops
Start Year 2015
 
Description NIAB / KWS 
Organisation KWS UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Access to germplasm plus associated genotype and phenotype information
Collaborator Contribution Testing material at own cost and sharing performance data plus information and know-how
Impact Several grant proposals (including unsuccesful) and PhD studentships
Start Year 2007
 
Description NIAB / Limagrain 
Organisation Limagrain
Department Limagrain UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Germplasm and associated genotype / phenotype / pedigree information
Collaborator Contribution Testing of derived lines and information regarding breeding value and utilisation
Impact Collaboration has led to involvement in several research grants and PhD studentships
Start Year 2007
 
Description NIAB / RAGT 
Organisation RAGT Seeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Access to germplasm and linked genotype / phenotype information
Collaborator Contribution Feedback on suitability of material for different environments and end-use
Impact This has led to further research grants and PhD studentships
Start Year 2007
 
Description NIAB / Syngenta 
Organisation Syngenta International AG
Department Syngenta Crop Protection
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Germplasm and associated genotype / phenotype information. Seed from crosses between proprietary Syngenta material and NIAB material
Collaborator Contribution Information on testing NIAB material in different environments Seed of DH population derived at Syngenta's expense from proprietary Syngenta x NIAB germplasm
Impact Research proposals, new germplasm
Start Year 2012
 
Description Punjab Agricultural University 
Organisation Punjab Aricultural University
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Know how on wheat genomics and genetics, training.
Collaborator Contribution Gernplasm, local knowledge
Impact Have helped partners implement marker technology.
Start Year 2011
 
Description RAGT 
Organisation RAGT Seeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Genetics and genomics
Collaborator Contribution Wheat germplasm and know how
Impact Shared projects
Start Year 2009
 
Description Syngenta 
Organisation Syngenta International AG
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Have shared germplasm for use in their breeding programmes.
Collaborator Contribution Have taken up JIC IP to use in their breeding operations.
Impact This has just started.
Start Year 2017
 
Description University of Passo Fundo 
Organisation The University of Passo Fundo
Country Brazil 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution information on genetic basis of resistance to wheat blast
Collaborator Contribution information on research tools and data relating to specific resistances
Impact student secondment to my laboratory for nine months
Start Year 2017
 
Description Utilisation of wheat wild relatives to develop novel, resilient, high-yielding wheat varieties adapted to environmental change for low- and middle-income countries 
Organisation Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Country Malawi 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Nottingham is providing germplasm (wheat/wild relative introgression lines) for field trait analysis in Malawi. Nottingham is also providing molecular markers and data developed by the Wheat Research Centre for introgressions from wheat wild relatives which will enable their transfer into Malawian wheat genotypes as a tool for marker-assisted selection and breeding.
Collaborator Contribution Lilongwe University of Agricultural and Natural Resources will undertake field phenotyping of the wheat/wild relative introgression lines developed at Nottingham for biotic and abiotic stresses of significant importance in Malawi.
Impact Following glasshouse analysis at Nottingham, wheat/wild relative introgression lines shown to be high in grain zinc were crossed into 3 Malawian wheats. The lines generated were entered into field trials in Malawi and the resulting grain tested for mineral content including zinc and iron. 98% of the lines screened were shown to contain higher grain zinc than all the wheat checks from the field trial. Eleven of the lines were found to have a higher yield as well as higher grain zinc compared to the wheat checks and 7 of the 11 lines were shown to also contain higher grain iron. The most promising of the lines are being incorporated into the wheat breeding programme at Lilongwe University of Agricultural and Natural Resources.
Start Year 2021
 
Title Breeders Toolkit 
Description Near Isogenic Lines and mutant lines carrying introgressed alleles selected for multi site assessment by breeding companies, as decided by the DFW Breeders Toolkit Committee 
IP Reference  
Protection Protection not required
Year Protection Granted
Licensed No
Impact Transfer of new alleles discovered in Prebreeding LOLA,WISP and DFW to commercial breeding prgrammes.
 
Title Crop Haplotype 
Description The Crop Haplotypes website provides an interactive graphic visualisation of the shared haplotypes between the wheat genome assemblies generated as part of the 10+ Wheat Genome Project (Brinton et al, 2020; Walkowiak et al, 2020). We used chromosome-level genome assemblies of nine wheat cultivars (ArinaLrFor, Jagger, Julius, Lancer, Landmark, Mace, Norin61, Stanley, SY-Mattis) and the Chinese Spring RefSev1.0 assembly alongside scaffold-level assemblies of five additional cultivars (Cadenza, Claire, Paragon, Robigus and Weebill). For more details on the cultivars and overall context of the project see this link and the manuscript describing these assemblies (Walkowiak et al, 2020). To call haplotype blocks we used a combination of whole chromosome level NUCmer alignments and gene-based pairwise alignments using BLASTn. Briefly, we defined haplotype blocks as physical regions with =99.99% sequence identity (across a fixed bin size of 5-, 2.5- or 1-Mbp) between pairwise comparisons of cultivars in the 10+ Wheat Genome Project. More details on this haplotype analysis and the underlying methodologies can be found in the manuscript "A haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding" (Brinton et al, 2020). 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2020 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact We used this software for two publications (Brinton et al 2020 Comms Biology and Walkowiak et al 2020 Nature) 
URL http://www.crop-haplotypes.com/
 
Title Expression Browser in wheat 
Description Expression browser for wheat gene expression data 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2018 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact New biology 
URL http://www.wheat-expression.com/
 
Title PolyMarker 
Description PolyMarker is an automated bioinformatics pipeline for SNP assay development which increases the probability of generating homoeologue-specific assays for polyploid species. PolyMarker generates a multiple alignment between the target SNP sequence and the selected reference genome (from the drop off menu in green below). It then generates a mask with informative polymorphic positions between homoeologs which are highlighted with respect to the target genome. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2021 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Over 160,000 pageviews over the past 24 months 
URL http://www.polymarker.info/
 
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. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2019 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Roughly 1000 pageviews per month from across the world 
URL http://www.wheat-training.com/
 
Description ABC (Spain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Descifrado el genoma del trigo, el cereal más cultivado del planeta
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://abci-descifrado-genoma-trigo-cereal-mas-cultivado-planeta-201808162031_noticia.html
 
Description AICC Conference keynote 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact AICC Conference keynote
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Advisory board feedback for USDA CAP 
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 As a member of the three person advisory board we hear updates on the progress of USDA CAP and provide feedback for the consortium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.triticeaecap.org/about/t-cap-scientific-advisory-board/
 
Description Agricultural Industries Confederation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Agribusiness Meeting: A step change in plant breeding to achieve a UK competitive advantage
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Argentinian International Wheat Congress (keynote) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Opening keynote Argentinian International Wheat Congress
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Article in Farmers Guardian 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Interview for an article published in Farmers Guardian "Genetic techniques will change varieties available by 2027" offering insights into the way in which research will shape the future of UK farming.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.fginsight.com/news/news/genetic-techniques-will-change-varieties-available-by-2027-21106
 
Description Association of French Breeders workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact NIAB hosted Association of French Breeders workshop on wheat pre-breeding including talks, glasshouse and field demonstrations at NIAB Sophi Taylor (6/7/17). Increased international coordination on pre-breeding and shared examples of best practice and impact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Australian, UK scientists solve 30-year wheat rust genetics puzzle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Australian, UK scientists solve 30-year wheat rust genetics puzzle
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uos-aus082418.php
 
Description BBC News 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Wheat gene map to help feed the world
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45173968
 
Description BBC World 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact BBC World: wheat genome (Pallab Ghosh)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description BBSRC Cross-Institute Breeding Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance at BBSRC Cross-Institute workshop on predictive plant & animal breeding at Roslin Institute 08/10/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description BBSRC Food Priming Partnership Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BBSRC Food Priming Partnership Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description BBSRC 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 Visit of Steve Visscher (Head of International Strategy, BBSRC) to discuss pre-breeding & visit plots 9/6/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description BCPC talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 11/7/19: Invited talk "What accelerated plant breeding has to offer" BCPC Conference - presenting the progress in crop improvement and tools & technologies available at an industry-focused event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BMGF Grand Challenges workshop 
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 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "Grand Challenges" meeting, Berlin, Germany flipchart "Tools & technologies to accelerate cereal crop genetic gain" 15/10/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Borlaug Dialogue 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Bolaug Dialogue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Breeder engagment on resistance to slug damage in Watkins cultivars 
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 Consultation with representatives of wheat breeding companies to decide next steps in research and prebreeding for slug resistance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee Drilling Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact This committee analyses trait data from Academic Toolkit Trials at Rothamsted, JIC, and NIAB to nominate the Beeders Toolkit to be drilled at commercial sites.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://designingfuturewheat.org.uk/breeders-toolkit/
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee Drilling Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact This committee analyses trait data from Academic Toolkit Trials at Rothamsted, JIC, and NIAB to nominate the Beeders Toolkit to be drilled at commercial sites.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://designingfuturewheat.org.uk/breeders-toolkit/
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee Maeeting at Bayer CropScience Cambridge 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Breeders Toolkit Committee met to decide on which of the nominated alleles and lines should be included in the Breeders Toolkit for the production of derived germplasm by the GRU and DFW WP3 and future commercial multi site trials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/toolkit.htm
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Committee meeting at Limagrain UK Woolpi Suffolk 25th February 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Breeders Toolkit (BTK) Committee considered nominations of new loci for inclusion in the Toolkit and BTK. Targets were selected for height reduction, increased dietary zinc in wheat grains (x2), and increased grain size. The Committee agreed the development of new segregating populations with WP3 of DFW based on exciting leads for aphid resistance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/toolkit.htm
 
Description Breeders Toolkit Visits 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Breeders Toolkit visits to commercial breeding sites growing the 2021 Breeders Toolkit Kit (Syngenta, RAGT, DSV, LSOB, Limagrain, Elsoms, RAGT, KWS) and the academeic hubs (Nottingham, NIAB, and Rothamsted).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://designingfuturewheat.org.uk/breeders-toolkit/
 
Description Breeders Toolkit commercial visits 
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 From the 4th to the 6th July DFW and Germplasm Resource Unit scientists visited 9 commercial and academic sites where the DFW Breeders Toolkit was being grown.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/toolkit.htm
 
Description Breeders Toolkt site visits 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visits to commercial and academic sites conducting experiments/trials using the DFW Breeders Toolki
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://wisplandracepillar.jic.ac.uk/toolkit.htm
 
Description CAU teaching course 
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 Chinese Agricultural University, Beijing, China teaching "Modern Crop Science" short course (1 week) December 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description CIMMYT wheat breeding visit to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CIMMYT wheat breeding visit to NIAB: Alexey Morgounov and Tom Payne (16/6/17) including meeting and field visit to inspect breeding material in the field.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description CIMMYT-UK Bill and Melinda Gates World Cafe 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact World café discussion on future collaboration between DFW and CIMMYT
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description CIMMYT-UK wheat meeting, Windsor 
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 Attendance at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation UK-CIMMYT wheat workshop exploring linkages between ongoing work and opportunities for future funding/collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description CPM Magazine 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact CPM Magazine interview on wheat genome and genetics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/2018/08/21/genetics-hope-future-wheat/#
 
Description CSIRO talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 30/06/2018 Invited talk "Progress in wheat pre-breeding and trait genetics at NIAB" at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cambridge-Africa 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 Attendance at Cambridge-Africa 10th Anniversary meeting (1/5/18) and presentation of a poster detailing NIAB's work on germplasm development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cereals 2017 event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Participation in NIAB display at Cereals Event, Lincolnshire showing developed germplasm (in field plots) and posters describing key aims. Direct interaction with farmers and industry stakeholders including discussions of the impacts of research on UK and international agriculture
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/
 
Description Cereals Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 13/6/19 Cereals Event, Cambridgeshire for farmers and agricultural industry stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cereals Event 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Cereals Event talk on plant breeding technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chelsea Flower Show 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Chelsea Flower Show - demonstrated on Genetics Society "A flowering of genetics" Discovery Garden over 3 days: discussing genetics with the general public and demonstrating how plants are a fascinating way to visualise and understand genetics. Highlighting the many different aspects of plant and crop genetics that contribute to everyday life.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://genetics.org.uk/news/centenary-garden-exhibit-at-chelsea-flower-show-2019/
 
Description Cibus 2018, Salone internazionale dell'alimentazione 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Cibus 2018, Salone internazionale dell'alimentazione
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 Content contributed to publication 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Arable Farming article and other developed content used in article "NFU view on plant breeding innovation" published in Food, Science and Technology by Tori Morgan
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.nfuonline.com/cross-sector/science-and-technology/biotechnology/nfu-view-on-plant-breedi...
 
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 CropTec 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited talk at CropTec "Designing Future Wheat" 28/11/2018, Peterborough, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DBT-BBSRC Smart Agriculture Conclave 
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 DBT-BBSRC Smart Agriculture Conclave
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description DFW Breeders Toolkit Questionnaire 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact An anonymous questionnaire gauging the perception and use of the DFW Breeders Toolkit within breeding companies. The outcome of the survey shows that the BTK process is highly valued by the breeding industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-KB9YKHCMV/
 
Description DFW Breeders Toolkit tour 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosted NIAB field nursery visit as part of the Designing Future Wheat Breeders Toolkit tour - displaying germplasm being developed and selected at NIAB (2/7/19)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DFW Open Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Field presentation on NIAB pre-breeding at DFW Open Day at Rothamsted Research - highlighting NIAB's pre-breeding germplasm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 DFW field tour 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosting visits from collaborators (commercial plant breeders and academics) plus visiting equivalent trials at breeders and academics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/breederphil/status/1547235344743124992
 
Description Daily Mail Online 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Genetic make-up of wheat has been decoded for the first time: Scientists say it could lead to low allergy varieties and crops that need less water
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6068177/Genetic-make-wheat-decoded-time.html
 
Description Discussion Norman Lamb, MP 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion Norman Lamb, MP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
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 Discussion on gene editing with AHDB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with AHDB
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with Mid Anglia branch of the Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with Mid Anglia branch of the Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Anglia (full membership) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Anglia complete membership
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Anglia Crop Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Anglia Crop Board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Midlands 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU East Midlands
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU National Crops Board 
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 Discussion on gene editing with NFU National Crops Board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU National Regional Crops Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU National Regional Crops Board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU National SouthWest Regional Crops Board 
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 Discussion on gene editing with NFU National SouthWest Regional Crops Board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU South West 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU South West
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion on gene editing with NFU West Midlands 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion on gene editing with NFU West Midlands
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Discussion with Gov Office Science 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion with Gov Office Science
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Discussions with Syngenta 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussions on collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DivSeek 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DivSeek UK node meeting and invited talk "Phenotyping for Seed Diversity" 30/10/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description EBI visit 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with EBI staff on future opportunities for collaboration in agri-data (NIAB) 21/09/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Eastern Daily Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact How Norwich scientists' wheat DNA breakthrough could help feed the world
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming/john-innes-centre-norwich-wheat-genome-1-5655948
 
Description El Confidencial (Spain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact El pan del futuro ya está aquí: científicos secuencian los 107.891 genes del trigo
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/2018-08-16/secuencian-genoma-trigo-pan-futuro_1604...
 
Description El Mundo (Spain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact El genoma del trigo harinero ayudará a crear variedades más resistentes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2018/08/16/5b75ab13468aeb3d7e8b458b.html
 
Description El Pais (Spain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact El genoma del alimento que da a la humanidad una de cada cinco calorías
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/08/16/ciencia/1534414224_631189.html
 
Description Engagement with industry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Meeting with service providers for genotyping technical development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Engagement with industry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussion with technology provider regarding optimisation of new technology for wheat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Engagement with industry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussion with breeder regarding marker development for tracking introgressions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Engagement with industry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Transfer of markers to technology provider to aid the development of a new genotyping platform
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Engagement with industry 
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 Meeting with technology provider regarding a new genotyping platform and its application
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Engagement with industry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Germplasm exchange for technical development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Ensembl4breeders - focus group on Ensembl resources and how it could be improved for the breeding community 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Tally Wright was a participant in Ensembl4breeders - focus group on Ensembl resources and how it could be improved for the breeding community, a workshop held on 22/02/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Eric Danquah visit to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit to NIAB of Eric Danquah, Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement to discuss partnership opportunities (2/5/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Essex lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Invited guest lecture "Wheat breeding and genetics" University of Essex 2nd Year Undergraduate Plant Sciences (22/01/2019)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description FSOV meeting presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk at GIEC FSOV meeting "Differentially penalized regression improves genomic prediction of wheat flowering time"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description FSOV-Paris 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Meeting with French breeders to discuss FSOV activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017,2018
 
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 Farmers Weekly 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Scientists apply for GM wheat and Crispr brassica field trials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/scientists-apply-for-gm-wheat-and-crispr-brassica-field-trials
 
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 Field demonstration - NABIM visitors 
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 Visit from industry representatives, National Association of British and Irish Millers (NABIM) to field plots to discuss modern varieties, wheat pre-breeding and the potential for exploiting increased genetic diversity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Field demonstration at Cereals Event 
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 Demonstration of wheat genetic diversity from NIAB's work within Designing Future Wheat programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.niab.com/news-views/news/news-wheat-disease-control-focus-niab-cereals-2022-stand
 
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 Filming for BBC Countryfile - yet to be screened 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Visit from BBC Countryfile team to take footage of field activities and interview staff about NIAB wheat germplasm. Follow up visit made later in year. Programme yet to be broadcast
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Finalist in BBC Food and Farming Awards, Food Innovation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with Dan Saladino, BBC R4 Food Programme, as part of the judging for the BBC Food and Farming Awards, followed up by invitation to awards dinner in Cardiff
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001d4wj?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 
Description GFS working group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Co-chair of a Working Group (convened by UKRI Global Food Security) of crop breeders and climate modellers with a purpose to improve communication and information sharing between groups and to establish the current and potential capability for future work. Over two interactive workshops a report is being developed to address opportunities in research, practice, data and policy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/activity/working-group-of-crop-breeders-and-climate-modellers/
 
Description GRDC visit 
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 Supporters
Results and Impact Visit & talk for GRDC Australia visitors to NIAB: Craig Ruchs (Senior Regional Manager) and Stephen Loss (Manager Nutrition and Soils) "A trait-based understanding of wheat nitrogen response" 04/10/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Garnet York 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Garnet York 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Gatbsy Plant Science Students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Can wheat genomics help alleviate food insecurity?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Gender equality talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Talk on career history to 'Women in Wheat'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Genetics & Breeding research overview 
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 Meeting with Kristian Bennetsen & Griff Williams - to provide an overview of NIAB Genetics & Breeding research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Genoma completo del trigo augura mayor rendimiento y seguridad alimentaria al mundo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Genoma completo del trigo augura mayor rendimiento y seguridad alimentaria al mundo
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=496697
 
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 Groundswell event - session on plant breeding for regenerative agriculture 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Phil Howell delivered a presentation and chaired a session entitled 'The Challenges Of Breeding The Best Varieties For Regenerative Agriculture'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://groundswellag.com/sessions/the-challenges-of-breeding-the-best-varieties-for-regenerative-ag...
 
Description Heredity Podcast 
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 Heredity Podcast "The crop specialist: an interview with Dr Alison Bentley": understanding the work that NIAB do and the motivations behind pursuing a career in applied crop science. Also a highlight on the need for large-scale field work to understand what happens in the field.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
 
Description Hugo Oliviera 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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit of Hugo Oliviera from University of Manchester to discuss collaborative opportunities in wheat genetics and pre-breeding (20/4/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description IARI, India lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Technology-driven plant breeding" invited lecture at Department of Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research institute, New Dehli, India to 50 faculty members/staff/students and Department of Biotechnology representative
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description IWGSC Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IWGSC Webinar on new genomic tools in wheat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description IWYP visit 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosting International Wheat Yield Partnership Programme Conference - visit to NIAB, including talks, glasshouse and field tour (80 international visitors) 12/6/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description India plenary 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Plenary lecture by Ian King at the 4th International Group Meeting on 'Wheat productivity enhancement through climate smart practices' at CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University. Discussions about collaborations are currently ongoing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Arable Farming magazine 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Interview for comments/quotes published in 'Tools for a new plant breeding era', Andrew Blake, Arable Farming, June 2017 p26 - 27.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Interview with CPM magazine 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Picking up on a social media post, Tom Allen-Stevens (CPM) arranged to visit NIAB and discuss our work as part of a larger feature on DFW
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/2020/09/08/future-wheats-growing-opportunities-for-next-gen-wheats/
 
Description Interview with Times Newspaper on wheat diversity and climate resilience 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Visit from Rhys Blakely, Science correspondent for the Times Newspaper, for an article on the impact of climate change on UK agriculture and the need for long-term research into developing climate resilience in our crops. Included interviews with key NIAB staff Sigrid Heuer and Phil Howell.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-climate-proof-wheat-help-feed-a-hotter-world-lr033lbtl
 
Description Invited lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited lecture at the International Wheat Congress, Saskatoon, Canada
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited lecture UEA - wheat 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited MSc lecture at University of East Anglia "Wheat projects at NIAB" including specific focus on wheat pe-breeding (Germplasm), cereal nitrogen response (CINTRIN) and development of pollination control bags (12/12/19)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited online panel discussion - Cambridge Global Food Security 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Part of invited panel to debate the subject "What's wrong with wheat?", which engendered significant discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/news/event-report-breaking-bread-whats-wrong-wheat
 
Description Invited seminar (Cranfield University) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited seminar at Cranfield University "Technology-driven plant breeding" followed by Q&A and networking event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited seminar (Indian Institute of Science) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk on "Developments in wheat genetics and breeding" at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (24/5/17) including a detailed Q&A and visits to a number of key departments to discuss future collaborative opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited seminar (The University of Bristol, Biological Sciences) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited seminar (3/4/17) followed by networking lunch at The University of Bristol to describe work with a view to sharing knowledge and establishing new collaborative partnerships
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited seminar (The University of Southampton DTP summer school) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited seminar on "Developments in wheat genetics and breeding" at University of Southampton Food Security Doctoral Training Programme summer school (27/4/17) including 1 hour seminar, Q&A and attendance at networking dinner allowing extended discussions with Food Security PhD students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited seminar University of Leeds 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited seminar University of Leeds "Diversity and trait discovery for wheat improvement" including full day of discussion about opportunities for wider collaboration. Leading to further exchange of information, access to field trials and collaborative experiments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited speaker University of Reading 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on the genetics of adaptation in wheat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited speaker at PlantGen2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on genetics of adaptation in bread wheat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=a4WmWpCDJ6GUgAaRpKLwDg&q=plantgen+2017&oq=plantgen+2017&gs_...
 
Description Invited speaker at Rank Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on the identification of new and useful genetic variation for improving nutritional value of wheat.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited talk (Hutchinsons Arable Conference) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited talk on "Future Seeds & Technology" at Hutchinsons Arable Conference, Northampton (~220 agronomists)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited talk (Hutchinsons Winter Technical Conference) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited keynote talk at Hutchinsons Winter Technical Conference talk "Breeding tools & traits for sustainable productivity" including Q&A session plus stand with demonstration plants and printed material.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.hlhltd.co.uk/winter-technical-farming-conference-2017-presentations.html
 
Description Invited talk - postdoc retreat 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 8/5/19: Invited talk at University of Cambridge/NIAB Post-doc retreat "NIAB Research & Development" to group of post-doctoral research scientists from University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Lab Cambridge and NIAB. Talk covering work at NIAB, including applied R&D, germplasm development and characterisation. Follow-up requests for fellowship hosting and collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at John Innes Centre 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited talk at JIC "21st Century Crop Science Women" (23/4/19) covering the integration and application of plant and crop science to a group of ~30 post-graduate scientists. Highlighting gender issues and the importance of institutional support structures, particularly for early career scientists.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at MonoGram 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 30/4/19: Invited talk at the 2019 Monogram UK cereals community meeting in Nottingham entitled "Decoding wheat flowering time variation"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/meeting-report-monogram-2019/
 
Description Invited talk at PhenomUK workshop (hybrid in-person and online meeting) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk on seed phenotyping in pre-breeding. Has already led to invitation to collaborate in new proposal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited talk at Rothamsted Research Plant Sciences Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk at Rothamsted Plant Sciences Research Day "Technology-driven plant breeding" (13/7/17) covering research areas, findings and future directions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited talk at University of Leicester 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited seminar University of Leicester "Bridging the gap - development of resources underpinning crop improvement" (15/5/19). Also included a full day of discussions on future collaborations leading to preparation of joint experiments and student training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Italian Society of Genetics (SIGA) and Plant Biology (SIBV) Joint meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Keynote at PISA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description JIC Annual Science Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact JIC Annual Science Meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description JIC Breeders Day 
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 JIC Breeders day is a field based exhibition of JIC applied science outputs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description JIC Breeders Day 
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 Tours of JICs experimental farm (Church Farm) with presentations by project leaders to show how their research can be applied in plant breeding.
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 National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact JIC Breeders day is a field based exhibition of JIC applied science outputs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description JIC Breeders Day 8th June JIC 
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 JIC Breeders day is an annual invitation targeting the plant breeding industry to exploit outputs from JIC research. The event is organised by Simon Griffiths, Julie Ellwood, and Cathy Mumford. The focus for 2018 was on human nutrition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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 Open day 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact JIC Open Day
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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 JIC update on genetics of low protein bread making 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Update on gene stacking experiments fro wheat functionality QTL.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
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 Jesus College, Cambridge conference on Food, Farming and Climate Change 
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 Jesus College, Cambridge conference on Food, Farming and Climate Change
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
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 KWS Lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact KWS Lecture
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description KWS Wheat network discussions 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussion with KWS scientist and breeders on wheat networks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Kazakhstan wheat scientists visit to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit of Kazakhstani wheat scientists (x2) to NIAB to discuss UK-Central Asia collaboration (19/12/2018)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Keynote presentation at 2019 Monogram 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote, plenary lecture at Monogram 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Keynote: Canadian Wheat Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Canadian Wheat Symposium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Keynote: From Seed to Pasta III 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact From Seed to Pasta III
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Lecture "Wheat breeding and genetics" University of Essex 2nd Year Undergraduate Plant Sciences 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Delivery of undergraduate level lecture on the importance of applied wheat R&D which lead to questions and discussion on career in agriculture.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Lecture to JIC Crop Improvement MSc students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Approx 12 students attended two back-to-back lectures, the second of which included sections on research opportunities. 4-5 students came up afterwards for further discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Lecture to postgraduates on JIC/UEA MSc course 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Talk covering the NIAB programme of wheat pre-breeding research including wheat resynthesis and wide crossing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Lectures to UEA MSc students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Two talks to 2021-22 cohort of UEA MSc students on i) NIAB organisation and opportunities and ii) wheat pre-breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Lectures to University of Essex undergraduates 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Lectures about wheat, genetics, pre-breeding drawing on examples from NIAB DFW germplasm, in a module led by Prof Tracy Lawson
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
 
Description Local radio interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact BBC Radio Cambridgeshire interview with Phil Howell following up on the Times newspaper article and looking at impact of hot dry summer weather on local farming
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/niabgroup/status/1555553478130515969
 
Description MP 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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Visit from Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner and senior MP Sir Keir Starmer to look at facilities and discuss impact of Brexit on R&D
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description MSc Domestication 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact MSc course on Domestication
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 Meeting with South African deligation to discuss meiosis, genotyping and wheat breeding 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Meeting with British Council lead South African delegation to discuss wheat breeding and possible further links
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with international experts in wheat breeding and recombination 
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 Meeting of international experts in wheat breeding and recombination/marker development to consider future prospects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Melissa Garcia visit 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosted visit from Melissa Garcia (University of Adelaide, Australia) to discuss collaboration, access to existing data and further germplasm resources (1/11/19)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Bioinformatics 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 Monogram Bioinformatics Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description NFU Combinable Crops board 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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Tour of demonstration field to discuss wheat varieties and the role of pre-breeding in developing wheat for the future
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description NFU conference presentation "GM & beyond: enabling innovations for plant breeding" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation as part of a formal panel at the NFU Annual Conference discussing the role of new breeding technologies for boosting agricultural productivity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description NIAB Breeders Toolkit tour 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosting of Breeders Toolkit field visit to NIAB for partners from JIC and industry partners from Syngenta and LS Plant Breeding (5/7/17)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description NIAB Open 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 25/6/19 - field demonstration at NIAB Open Day including work on wheat nitrogen response (CINTRIN), use of large-scale trial data (DataHarvest) and development and selection of pre-breeding material (Germplasm)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.niab.com/shop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2920
 
Description NIAB Open Day 2017 
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 NIAB Open Day (27/6/17) including formal presentation of a seminar on the future of plant breeding innovation plus Q&A, tours of breeding material in the field and poster displays.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Next-gen wheat breeders 
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 Co-organised "Next-gen wheat breeders" workshop at University of Saskatchwen, Canada including securing funding from the International Wheat Intitiative and organising the programme and speakers. The attendees were selected to represent all major wheat geographies and disciplines. The speakers/mentors were selected for their abilities to inspire and share knowledge with early career scientists. The workshop involved talks, a field visit and interactive discussions to highlight the many opportunities available for cutting edge technology to impact future wheat breeding and research. The workshop was co-developed with Dr Lee Hickey and Dr Kai Voss-Fels from University of Queensland with this partnership building on the NIAB UK-Australia Partnering Award.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Nuffield Bioethics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 18/6/18 Invited talk "Will new plant breeding technologies feed the world" at Nuffield Bioethics event on food sustainability, London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Objects: wheat 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Participation in "Objects: Carriers of Knowledge (Wheat)" a multi-disciplinary conversation led by Gloknos and Cambridge Global Food Security. The project assembled a small groups representing the natural, physical, and social sciences as well as the humanities, to discuss wheat as it relate to global food security. Activities included a transdisciplinary discussion at the 2019 Cambridge Science Festival followed by a filmed session in the glasshouse at NIAB which will be released in 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/keyprogs/objects
 
Description Online seminar for NIAB Western agronomy group (growers and agronomists) on challenges for breeding varieties to suit low input farming 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Approx 10 attended online for a two hour presentation including ongoing discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Online webinar AHDB / OF&G 
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 Part of a webinar panel discussion "Seeds and Deeds - collective plant breeding for reduced input farming" including a presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshdDlibiic
 
Description Opening Lecture Eucarpia Congress (Budapest) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Opening Lecture@ Eucarpia (Budapest)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Oral presentation by Fiona Leigh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on NIAB DFW germplasm at annual DFW meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Oral presentation to Cambridge University Botanic Gardens 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited talk at University of Cambridge Botanic Gardens 'Festival of Plants' open event outlining NIAB's wheat pre-breeding research in layman's terms
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 Oxford Farming Conference talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Oxford Farming Conference talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp0QJDivWgA
 
Description Oxford Real Farming Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Part of a 4-person panel chaired by Dan Saladino on the subject of "The Future of Bread", including a presentation about NIAB wheat pre-breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description PAG plenary 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Plenary lecture by Julie King at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, January 2019. Discussions about potential collaborations are now in progress.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Panel discussion at AHDB stand, Groundswell agricultural event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Brought NIAB's involvement in BBSRC public-good pre-breeding into a debate around the statement "This house believes that genetic diversity is key to profitable cereals production in the UK"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://groundswellag.com/sessions/genetic-diversity-of-grains/
 
Description Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for International Development. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for International Development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Pint of Science 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Norwich Science Festival
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Plenary lecture (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Plenary invited lecture on "Crop Genetics & Breeding" (25/5/17) at University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India as part of the Directorate of Post Graduate Studies "Post Graduate Science Week" 23-26th May 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Poster presentation by Bethany Love at DFW annual meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Poster presentation at DFW annual meeting. Lots of questions around future plans for NIAB DFW germplasm
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Poster presentation by Bethany Love at Monogram 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Poster presentation on NIAB DFW germplasm at Monogram 2022 meeeting, Leeds
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Poster presentation by Fiona Leigh at Monogram 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Poster presentation on NIAB DFW germplasm made at Monogram meeting, Leeds 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Poster presentation by Tally Wright at DFW Annual Meeting, Norwich, March 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Engagement with audience about work carried out on NIAB DFW germplasm, discussion about possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Poster presentation by Tally Wright at XVIIIth Eucarpia Biometrics in Plant Breeding Conference, Paris, Sept 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 Poster presentation. Outcomes include exchange of ideas for analysis and for future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://eucarpiabiom22.sciencesconf.org/
 
Description Poster presentations at NIAB Poster Day 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Two posters on DFW germplasm and experiments at NIAB internal 'Poster Day' showcasing research and work across the whole NIAB Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation at CropTec 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on breeding advances in varietal pest and disease resistance given to technical meeting, same talk to different audiences across 2 days
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.croptecshow.com/seminar/
 
Description Presentation at EUCARPIA meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on F1 hybrid wheat pre-breeding as part of EUCARPIA Cereals meeting CBB6
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://static.akcongress.com/downloads/cbb/cbb6-final-program.pdf
 
Description Presentation at Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Update on progress in INEW project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/cerealgenomics/INEW/index.html
 
Description Presentation at JIC annual science meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Describing the DFW Breeders Toolkit to JIC staff and science impact advisory board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation at NIAB Outlook Conference, Durham 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk on genetics and breeding research at NIAB, including speculation about the next 100 years
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://members.niab.com/civicrm/event/info?id=2846&reset=1
 
Description Presentation at Plant and Animal Genome Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation was W257 Developmental and Physiological Dissection of QTLs in Wheat NAM Populations
Stefano Bencivenga, Luzie U. Wingen, Scott Boden and Simon Griffiths, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxvi/meetingapp.cgi/Person/49737
 
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 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 Presentation to Openfield grower group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation on NIAB genetics and breeding research to grower group guided by Openfield
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation to University of Cambridge postgraduate students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Lecture to University of Cambridge students on the M Phil (Crop Science) course on wheat pre-breeding at NIAB through wide crossing and resynthesis with good discussion afterwards
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation to the OF&G National Organic Crops Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation by Phil Howell on challenges of breeding varieties for lower-input scenarios, followed by participation in a panel discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ofgorganic.org/news/line-up-announced-for-of-gs-national-organic-combinable-crops-2022
 
Description Press Release - Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for worldwide wheat 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact This press release was picked up by160 news outlets with an online reach of 795 million (calculated in monthly visits to the websites on which the story appeared) outlets included Mail Online and many local and regional news outlets across UK. This is because the story was picked up by the Press Association the wire used by all the regional press. The press release was also covered in the international media.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.jic.ac.uk/press-release/landmark-study-generates-first-genomic-atlas-for-worldwide-wheat...
 
Description Previously grainy wheat genome comes into focus 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Previously grainy wheat genome comes into focus
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.jic.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/08/wheat-genome-focus/
 
Description Public dialog and debate 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A pint of science debate on the price of bread and wheat breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Pulse community workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 10/6/18 Invited talk "The UK cereals community & NIAB wheat resources" to UK Pulse Community workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description RANK Prize meeting talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Separating the wheat from the chaff: diversity as a driver/destroyer of genetic gain" Invited talk at RANK Prize Fund mini-symposium on "The Shape of Wheat to Come", Windermere, UK (21/2/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Rachel Lambert, Senior Livelihoods Adviser, Agriculture Research DFID 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Rachel Lambert, Senior Livelihoods Adviser, Agriculture Research DFID
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Radio Cardiff 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Radio interview for genome paper: Radio Cardiff
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.mixcloud.com/pythagoras_trousers/pythagoras-trousers-episode-421-mapping-the-wheat-genom...
 
Description Radio Extramadura (Spain) 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview in spanish regarding wheat genome sequence
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.canalextremadura.es/alacarta/radio/audios/principio-de-incertidumbre-la-secuenciacion-del...
 
Description Radio broadcast Farming today 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Interview for farming today on wheat breeding and its importance; 14th July 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Radio interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact One hour question and answer interview with Salaam Radio.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Radio interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact One hour question and answer interview with Salaam Radio talking about the wheat/wild relative introgression work at The University of Nottingham.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Radio interview - BBC Crowd Science 
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 BBC Crowd Science - 'Can we turn poisonous plants into edible plants?'. A half hour radio programme trying to answer a question sent in by a listener from the general public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/prpgrammes/w3ct1pqc
 
Description Rank Prize acceptance speech 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rank prize (2018) acceptance speech
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.rankprize.org/index.php/prizes/prizes-2018
 
Description Rank Symposium on "The shape of wheat to come" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The Rank Symposium of "The shape of wheat to come" was a four day event organised by Edwards and Higgins to promote the area of recombination to a wide range of international scientists ranging from PhD students to retired professors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Redburn 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Talk at Redburn investment bank
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Research presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Research presentation on data obtained in this grant to 4 breeding companies. As a result of these presentations seed has been requested for the IWYP CIMMYT wheat hub, the IWYP winter wheat hub at Kansas and the IWYP winter wheat hub in the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Robert Jackson; presentation 'Research trials: impact on agriculture' at NIAB agronomy day 
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 Presentation to NIAB Agronomy Day 'Research trials: impact on agriculture' by Dr Robert Jackson.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Royal visit 
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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Royal visit of HRH The Queen to NIAB to celebrate NIAB's Centenary. Included an overview of NIAB pre-breeding and genetics research and a demonstration of wheat pre-breeding germplasm in the glasshouse (9/7/19). National and International press coverage of the visit and the work of NIAB.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SIGA Congress Angelo Bianchi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Over 100 attendants and discussion of new tools for wheat genomic research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
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 Science 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Wheat's complex genome finally deciphered, offering hope for better harvests and nonallergenic varieties
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/wheat-s-complex-genome-finally-deciphered-offering-hope-bette...
 
Description Science and Faith 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Is it ethical to oppose modern plant breeding technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
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 Seminar Ghent Biosciences 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Seminar Ghent Biosciences
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Seminar University of York 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Seminar University of York
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Seminar University of Zurich 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Seminar University of Zurich
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Seminar with Eastern Agronomy group (farmers and agronomists) discussing chalenges in breeding varieties for lower input farming 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A two hour presentation with discussion and questions along the way
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Sensako visit 
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 Visit of Marizanne Horn from Sensako, South Africa to discuss pre-breeding collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Spiegel Online 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Researchers crack wheat puzzles - and hope for fewer hunger victims
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/weizen-forscher-entschluesseln-genom-und-wollen-hunger-eind...
 
Description Steve Thomas visit to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit of Steve Thomas (Rothamsted Research) to discuss DFW germplasm exchange and collaborative opportunities (9/5/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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 Talk Aarhus 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Talk at Aarhus University
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Talk at BCPC meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk at BCPC integrated pest management meeting, discussing the potential of breeding / pre-breeding to deliver benefits against pest damage within IPM programmes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bcpc.org/events/4th-pests-beneficials-review-2019
 
Description Talk at French FSOV-funded project meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk describing novel progress in analysis methods entitled: "From SNP to GEBV: the use of marker and trait data in genomic prediction" (21/4/17) in Paris, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Talk to Association of Independent Crop Consultants, July 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk to AICC summer technical event attended by arable advisors from across the UK. Areas covered included implications of Precision Breeding Act, NIAB pre-breeding in wheat and legumes and request for samples and reports of yellow wheat blossom midge
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://aicc.org.uk/news/post.php?s=2023-07-06-aicc-summer-technical-event-2023-niab
 
Description Talk to Cambridge University undergraduates 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Approx 60 second year undergraduates, considering Plant Sciences for 3rd year, visited NIAB including a talk on our pre-breeding programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Televised report presented on France24 
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 A television report describing the importance of wild relatives for crop production and global food security. In addition, the 'Wheat Research Centre twitter account has had over 1000 views of the report to date.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://france24.com/en/europe/2020
 
Description Television interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Television interview on the changing environment and the future use of wheat/wild relative introgressions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description The Atlantic 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Contribution to The Atlantic commentary "Scientists Finally Crack Wheat's Absurdly Complex Genome" given on 16/08/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/wheat-genome-is-best-thing-since-sliced-bread/56...
 
Description The Atlantic 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Scientists Finally Crack Wheat's Absurdly Complex Genome
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/wheat-genome-is-best-thing-since-sliced-bread/56...
 
Description The Economist 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Revealing the wheat genome could lead to hypoallergenic bread
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/08/18/revealing-the-wheat-genome-could-lead-to...
 
Description The Guardian 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Scientists sequence wheat genome in breakthrough once thought 'impossible'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/16/scientists-sequence-wheat-genome-in-breakthrough-onc...
 
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 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 in "Bioinformatics to advance wheat breeding" 
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 Training in "Bioinformatics to advance wheat breeding"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
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 Turgrass Science Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Turgrass Science Symposium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Tv interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview with East Midlands today discussing the changing environment and the future use of the wheat/wild relative introgressions being developed at The University of Nottingham.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description UCAM seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited seminar at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge "21st Century Crop Science Women" (17/10/19) including discussion of opportunities for collaboration and enquiries about fellowship placements at NIAB.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UKSBS group visit to NIAB 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Participation and presentation to "Research Sector" visit to Cambridge arranged by Linda Holliday (Director of Capacity and Skills Development, Medical Research Council, Chair of cross-research sector forum on immigration), Graeme Ross (Head of Immigration at University of Cambridge) and Stephen Longson (Head of Immigration at UKSBS/RCUK). Objective to allow staff from across government departments to experience the global, collaborative nature of science and research taking place in the UK, highlighting some of the interdependencies between immigration policy, research funding, Research Organisations and key stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description UWA talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk at University of Western Australia "Wheat pre-breeding: germplasm into practice" (10/9/19) followed by tour of facilities and discussion about collaborative opportunities. Additional visit to Curtin University to discuss collaboration in wheat pathogen research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Undergraduate Industrial lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Invited industrial lecture (12/12/18) on "Wheat genetics & breeding" at University of Essex (2nd Year undergrads) giving them context within their Food Security coursework
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Velcourt Agronomist annual conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Velcourt Agronomist annual conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Video presentation for virtual Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Festival of Plants event 
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 Presentation on NIAB pre-breeding delivered for a general audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/festival-of-plants-2020/festival-of-plants-day-1-plant-science/plant-s...
 
Description Video tour of pre-breeding trials 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Video describing low input field trial of pre-breeding under mid-season drought conditions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.niab.com/virtual-event-hub/plant-breeding-and-genetics/tour-niabs-wheat-breeding-researc...
 
Description Visit by French wheat breeder delegation Association des Selectionneurs Francais (ASF) 
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 NIAB hosted a meeting from this French trade delegation. This included a field tour of breeding nurseries and a presentation on NIAB pre-breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit from DEFRA Chief scientist 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Participation in site visit by Prof Henderson, DEFRA Chief Scientist, including demonstration of growing facilities and importance of genetic diversity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/niabgroup/status/1507291245177102340
 
Description Visit from Innovate UK CEO 
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 Group from UKRI - Innovate UK including CEO visited to discuss NIAB science, technology and interaction with industry, and view facilities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/niabgroup/status/1527586349846609920
 
Description Visit from Nottingham postgraduates 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Approx 40 postrgaduate students (MSc and PhD) visited NIAB. As part of their visit I gave a talk on wheat pre-breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit from Wageningen MSc students 
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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Group of approx 40 MSc students visited to discuss NIAB pre-breeding and look at demonstration plots
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of Agrii to NIAB 
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 Visit of Agrii to NIAB (20/7/17) to tour wheat pre-breeding plots and discuss potential collaborations taking material forward to commercialisation for specific end-uses.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of GRDC (Australia) to NIAB 
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 Supporters
Results and Impact Hosted visit of the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to NIAB (28/9/17) to explore partnering opportunities and to promote collaborations in crop breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of HarvestPlus representative to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit to NIAB of Jenny Walton (HarvestPlus) to discuss collaborative plant breeding opportunities (1/2/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit of KWS Biostatistics team 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit to NIAB of KWS Biostatistics team (based in Germany) 4 visitors to discuss statistical progress and collaborative opportunities (24/1/18)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit of KWS wheat breeders to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit of Mark Dodds and Lisa Bergstein, KWS wheat breeding to NIAB pre-breeding plots to select material to progress (12/7/17)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of Prof Ian Edwards (University of Western Australia) to NIAB 
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 Hosted visit of Prof Ian Edwards, University of Western Australia to NIAB to discuss collaborative NUE results and progress.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of SRUC scientists to NIAB 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit to NIAB Jos Houdijk and JR Adams from SRUC (Edinburgh) with discussion of plant breeding & animal feeding opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of Wageningen University Plant Breeding students to NIAB 
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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Visit of Wageningen Plant Breeding students to NIAB (11/7/17) - including talk (overview of NIAB research and Q&A), glasshouse and field tour
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit of working group from Government of Punjab (Pakistan) 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk delivered to Government of Punjab (Pakistan) visitors (20) "Pre-breeding at NIAB" and glasshouse tour (7/12/17) including Q&A and discussion of collaborative opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit to Nestle R&D facility, Tours 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to discuss collaborative research. Gave a presentation describing ongoing work in the context of previous pre-breeding work
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to field plots from Sourdough School 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Visit from Sourdough School students - including bakers, growers and health practitioners - to look at field plots and discuss the impoirtance of genetic diversity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description WGIN yield stability workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Phil Howell gave an online presentation on lessons learned from NIAB germplasm regarding yield stability / resilience traits
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://nbicloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/lister_nbi_ac_uk/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%...
 
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 Whealbi pre-breeding workshop 
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 Two presentations given, on MAGIC populations (in quantitative genetics session) and on pre-breeding with wheat relatives (in main session)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.whealbi.eu/trainings-crop-management-innovative-cropping-systems-practical-assisted-pre-...
 
Description Wired Magazine 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact AFTER 13 YEARS, SCIENTISTS FINALLY MAP THE MASSIVE WHEAT GENOME
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.wired.com/story/after-13-years-scientists-finally-map-the-massive-wheat-genome/
 
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
 
Description podcast Wheat Genome 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Dewing Grain podcast Wheat Genome
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.dewinggrain.co.uk/podcast-item/?id=34
 
Description • EPSO-EC Conference at EXPO Milano 
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 EU meeting on new breeding technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015