Building Robustness in Crops: Exploiting the complexity of gene regulation in crops
Lead Research Organisation:
John Innes Centre
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
In Work Package (WP) 2 will provide mechanistic understanding of how genes regulate phenotypic traits and will thus enable the design of improved alleles to facilitate the control of important crop traits such as vernalisation and reproduction. A major challenge to predict and improve crop traits is understanding how gene output is regulated as plants adapt to changing external environments. In the previous GEN ISP we have discovered that chromatin-regulating factors and non-coding RNAs underlie many gene regulatory events during plant development and environmental responses. However the molecular mechanism by which these non-coding pathways regulate gene transcription and translation and how they are controlled in changing external environments are still largely unclear. Elucidating these mechanisms will have immense impact on improving crop yield by controlling vital processes such as flowering time fertility photosynthetic capacity and the circadian clock and to develop tools that will aid in transgene stability. Moreover the polyploid nature of many crops provides yield benefits over diploid relatives in terms of for example vigour and organ size and understanding the mechanisms by which individual homeologue expression is controlled will facilitate the ability to predict trait outcomes. In this work package we aim to dissect the mechanistic basis of chromatin-based gene regulation and its environmental modulation. The results directly link to WP 4 providing solutions to improve crop sustainability and resilience to abiotic stresses such as drought and heat. We will take a multiscale approach from studying single gene loci and gene clusters to the interactions within and between nuclear and plastid genomes and employ multidisciplinary approaches such as machine learning single-cell and single-molecule sequencing and cryogenic electron microscopy. Through these studies we will be able to precisely predict and edit gene output and crop traits.
Planned Impact
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Organisations
- John Innes Centre (Lead Research Organisation)
- Quadram Institute Bioscience (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL (Collaboration)
- ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Vanderbilt University (Collaboration)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- University of Saskatchewan (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- University of Cambridge (Collaboration)
- Diamond Light Source (Collaboration)
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Collaboration)
- Medical Research Council (MRC) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA (Collaboration)
- RAGT Seeds (Collaboration)
- Leiden University (Collaboration)
- International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) (Collaboration)
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Collaboration)
- ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (Collaboration)
- KWS UK (Collaboration)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Collaboration)
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Collaboration)
- Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Collaboration)
Publications
Antoniou-Kourounioti RL
(2023)
Integrating analog and digital modes of gene expression at Arabidopsis FLC.
in eLife
Ball N
(2023)
3' Untranslated Region Structural Elements in CYP24A1 Are Associated With Infantile Hypercalcemia Type 1
in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Barros-Galvão T
(2024)
The paternally derived genome opposes seed dormancy induction by the mother plant in Arabidopsis
Bell O
(2023)
Heterochromatin definition and function.
in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology
Briffa A
(2023)
Millennia-long epigenetic fluctuations generate intragenic DNA methylation variance in Arabidopsis populations.
in Cell systems
Briffa A
(2024)
Dissecting Mechanisms of Epigenetic Memory Through Computational Modeling.
in Annual review of plant biology
Cheng S
(2024)
Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding.
in Nature
| Description | Commercialisation licensing agreement - vitamin B12 fortified pea shoots |
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| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Contribution to the regulatory framework for products of precision breeding technologies |
| Description | Took part in workshop with ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency to further programme on food security and climate change |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Training at PlantEd Transformation and Genome Editing Training School |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Enabled international participants to undertake genome editing in their home countries to improve crop development and food security. |
| Description | A Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits and Yield (PROBITY) |
| Amount | £1,568,698 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10097973 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2024 |
| End | 06/2027 |
| Description | BBSRC Responsive Mode - Defining the molecular basis of chloroplast transcription of photosynthetic genes |
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| Funding ID | BB/Y003802/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2024 |
| End | 05/2027 |
| Description | Grants for Exceptional Researchers |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Gatsby Charitable Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Light, temperature and circadian clock signal integration during leaf senescence |
| Amount | £193,111 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/X014711/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | Light, temperature and circadian clock signal integration during leaf senescence |
| Amount | £743,976 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/X014711/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 12/2026 |
| Description | Mechanistic basis of nucleation and spreading underlying a Polycomb-mediated epigenetic switch (EPISWITCH) |
| Amount | € 2,100,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 833254 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Predicting plant growth in naturally fluctuating conditions |
| Amount | £306,747 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/Y513945/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Predicting plant growth in naturally fluctuating conditions |
| Amount | £253,562 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/Y513945/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 02/2026 |
| Description | Royal Society Research Grants 2019 |
| Amount | £19,734 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RGS\R2\222157 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | Royal Society Research Professorship |
| Amount | £114,859,637 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RSRP\R\231006 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | The Bacillus subtilis circadian clock: from molecules to mutualism |
| Amount | € 8,301,946 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101166968 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2031 |
| Description | The Bacillus subtilis circadian clock: its metabolic regulation and crosstalk with plants |
| Amount | £741,149 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/Z516636/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - Structure and function of the chloroplast transcription machinery |
| Amount | £1,914,136 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/X033481/1 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2024 |
| End | 04/2028 |
| Description | University Research Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,829,894 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | URF\R1\241271 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 10/2032 |
| Title | APRF1 proteomic interactors and polyadenylation sites |
| Description | The CPSF phosphatase module links transcription termination to chromatin silencing bioRxiv 2023.07.06.547976. To find protein partners of APRF1, we immunoprecipitated APRF1-3xFLAG and undertook proteomics - with the APRF1-FLAG proteomics deposited at PRIDE code: PXD049114). We also determined the polyadenylation sites in ColFRI, aprf1-9FRI, Col-0, and fld-4, with quant-seq also deposited at SRA code: PRJNA978558. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Further understanding on the link between RNA 3' processing/termination & delivery of chromatin modifications to repress further transcription |
| Title | ChIP-seq raw data for VEL proteins |
| Description | For Distinct accessory roles of Arabidopsis VEL proteins in Polycomb silencing. Genes & Dev PMC7615239 In this work we mapped the chromatin association of the Arabidopsis thaliana proteins VIN3 and VRN5 and investigated how their distinct roles confer PRC2-mediated epigenetic silencing in the Arabidopsis genome. The ChIP-seq raw data generated in this study has been deposited in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under project number PRJNA973989. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This helps the exploration of Polycomb silencing in the Arabidopsis genome |
| Title | Dataset on genome wide circadian gating of temperature responses in bread wheat |
| Description | The dataset arose from a study of the circadian gating of cold temperature responses in bread wheat. This comprises a large time-series transcriptomic dataset that has been made available for reuse. The data are deposited at the European Nucleotide Archive as accession PRJEB56923. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It is too early to know how others might be using the data. |
| URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010947 |
| Title | MERFISH dataset in wheat inflorescence tissue |
| Description | Spatial transcriptomics viewer for 200 genes expressed in developing wheat inflorescences across four developmental timepoints. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Others have adopted methods and used data in publications |
| URL | https://www.wheat-spatial.com/ |
| Title | Sequencing data for in vivo COOLAIR structural analysis |
| Description | For In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals COOLAIRRNA structural diversity. Nature PMC9452300 The sequencing data on COOLAIR RNA structures and control RNA structures, e.g., 18S rRNA, HIV and other RNA riboswitches have been deposited in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under BioProject ID number PRJNA749291. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | PacBio sequence data for COOLAIR isoforms subjected to DMA accessibility analysis will help understand the functional significance of RNA structure |
| Title | Structural model of the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase transcription elongation complex |
| Description | Single particle cryo-EM dataset for the structural basis of transcription in the plant chloroplast doi.org/10.2210/pdb8RDJ/pdb https://www.emdataresource.org/EMD-19023 https://www.ebi.ac.uk/empiar/EMPIAR-12279/ |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Dataset revealed the structural basis of chloroplast transcription in plants; data relevant to selecting for, or engineering, improved photosynthetic capacity of crops for agriculture and biotechnology. |
| URL | http://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8RDJ/pdb |
| 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 | Biomolecular condensates regulating Arabidopsis FLC |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Geng-Jen Jang generated all the gene fusions and transgenic lines expressing each fusion at endogenous protein levels. He also did initial characterization on confocal microscopes at John Innes Centre, and performed molecular analysis to investigate the RNA-protein interactions and protein-protein interactions driving condensate formation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof Mark Leake and his post-doctoral fellow Dr Alex Payne-Dwyer analysed the plant samples we sent using a modified Slimfield microscopy. SlimVarA can enhance the image contrast in complex multicellular samples that are several tens of microns deep to enable the quantification of the molecular stoichiometry and dynamic spatial localization of functional molecular assemblies on a nanoscopic length scale. Such single-molecule sensitivity combined with stepwise photobleaching was then be used to obtain the number of molecules in the FCA, VIN3 and VRN5 assemblies. |
| Impact | Publications will be the main outcome of this collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | CEPAMS |
| Organisation | Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Direct CEPAMS, a partnership between John Innes Centre and CAS, China. Manage the 16 CAS funded JIC PLs in Beijing and Shanghai, enhancing strong scientific UK-China collaborations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research and development. |
| Impact | Regular meetings, research and translational projects and publications. A newsletter. Plant and microbial biology centre. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | CGIAR |
| Organisation | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
| Country | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provide molecular markers for yellow rust and blast resistance genes; provide germplasm with improved traits. |
| Collaborator Contribution | provide field phenotyping and delivery into wheat cultivars |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | CGIAR |
| Organisation | International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provide molecular markers for yellow rust and blast resistance genes; provide germplasm with improved traits. |
| Collaborator Contribution | provide field phenotyping and delivery into wheat cultivars |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with Electron Bioimaging Centre (eBIC) |
| Organisation | Diamond Light Source |
| Department | Electron Bio-Imaging Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Samples of chloroplast gene expression complexes prepared by the Webster Group at JIC are imaged with a Titan Krios cryo-TEM by collaborator Vinod Vogirala at Electron Bioimaging Centre (eBIC, Harwell). Data processing, structural model construction, data interpretation and preparation of manuscripts are performed by the Webster Group at JIC. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Imaging of samples with a Titan Krios cryo-TEM by collaborator Vinod Vogirala at Electron Bioimaging Centre (eBIC, Harwell) |
| Impact | 10.1016/j.cell.2024.01.036 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with Kyoto University on using AI approaches to investigate circadian time-series |
| Organisation | University of Kyoto |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of experimental work, expertise, data analysis, manuscript writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution of experimental work, expertise, data analysis, field site access, manuscript writing. |
| Impact | No specific outputs from this new project yet. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with LMU (Munich) |
| Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Investigation of the circadian clock in Bacillus subtilis. The Dodd team is contributing data, methods, analytical approaches, data interpretation and paper writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Investigation of the circadian clock in Bacillus subtilis. The LMU team is contributing data, methods, analytical approaches, data interpretation and paper writing. |
| Impact | A variety of publications: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh1308 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01443 https:/doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2086 doi:10.3390/biology8020041 |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Collaboration with Leiden University |
| Organisation | Leiden University |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration is investigating the circadian clock in Bacillus subtilis. The Dodd team contributes data, data analysis, data interpretation and manuscript writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaboration is investigating the circadian clock in Bacillus subtilis,. The Leiden--based team contributes data, data analysis, cell strains, data interpretation and manuscript writing. |
| Impact | Publication of a variety of papers: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh1308 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01443 https:/doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2086 doi:10.3390/biology8020041 |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Collaboration with Quadram Institute Bioscience |
| Organisation | Quadram Institute Bioscience |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The project has developed approaches for fortifying salads with vitamin B12. The Dodd lab is contributing expertise in plant physiology and development to the collaboration, including the transfer of the approaches to the commercial sector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project has developed approaches for fortifying salads with vitamin B12. The Warren lab at Quadram Institute Bioscience is contributing expertise in analysis, quantification and metabolism of vitamin B12 to the project, and developing a certification mark for commercial deployment of the approaches developed. |
| Impact | Current outputs are governed by confidentiality agreements. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with UC Santa Cruz |
| Organisation | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of data concerning circadian rhythms in plants to a broader investigation of circadian entrainment across living organisms |
| Collaborator Contribution | Conception and coordination of investigation of circadian entrainment across living organisms |
| Impact | No outputs yet, work is still in progress |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with University of Birmingham |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epigenetic and phenotypic characterization in wheat. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in epigenetics. |
| Impact | Work is still in progress so no outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with Vanderbilt University |
| Organisation | Vanderbilt University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of writing and data analysis leading to a collaborative publication on circadian clock evolution: doi.org/10.1177/0748730423121920 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution of writing and data analysis leading to a collaborative publication on circadian clock evolution: doi.org/10.1177/0748730423121920 |
| Impact | doi.org/10.1177/0748730423121920 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with the University of Bristol |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The BBSRC responsive mode-funded project is investigating the role of the circadian clock, light signalling and temperature signalling in leaf senescence. The project has just started, and its aim is to use discovery science to understand how short light treatments can be used to extend the shelf life of salads. The Dodd lab at JIC is contributing the circadian biology aspects of the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BBSRC responsive mode-funded project is investigating the role of the circadian clock, light signalling and temperature signalling in leaf senescence. The project has just started, and its aim is to use discovery science to understand how short light treatments can be used to extend the shelf life of salads. The Franklin lab at the University of Bristol is contributing the light signalling aspects of the project. |
| Impact | So far, no specific outputs from this new project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Dissecting DNA methylation dynamics in Arabidopsis |
| Organisation | Institute of Science and Technology Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | My team has developed detailed mathematical models of DNA methylation dynamics. The complexity of the feedback processes involved means that without this modelling the experimentally observed epimutation dynamics are impossible to properly interpret. |
| Collaborator Contribution | My experimental partners (Zilberman group, IST, Austria) have provided the data on which the model is based and validated model predictions. |
| Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration. My team: mathematical/biophysical modelling; Zilberman group: experimental approaches. Millennia-long epigenetic fluctuations generate intragenic DNA methylation variance in Arabidopsis populations A Briffa, E Hollwey, Z Shahzad, JD Moore, DB Lyons, M Howard, D Zilberman Cell Systems 14 (11), 953-967. e17 Concepts, mechanisms and implications of long-term epigenetic inheritance E Hollwey, A Briffa, M Howard, D Zilberman Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 81, 102087 Extensive de novo activity stabilizes epigenetic inheritance of CG methylation in Arabidopsis transposons DB Lyons, A Briffa, S He, J Choi, E Hollwey, J Colicchio, I Anderson, X Feng, M Howard, D Zilberman Cell Reports 42 (3) |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Dissecting crossover specification dynamics in Arabidopsis |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | My team has provided mathematical modelling of HEI10 dynamics that specify crossover positions via a coarsening mechanism |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Henderson group in Cambridge has provided over and under-expression lines for HEI10 that have helped test model predictions. |
| Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration. My group mathematical modelling, Henderson group experimental investigation Diffusion-mediated HEI10 coarsening can explain meiotic crossover positioning in Arabidopsis C Morgan, JA Fozard, M Hartley, IR Henderson, K Bomblies, M Howard Nature communications 12, 4674 |
| 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 | 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 | Linking transcription termination to delivery of inactive chromatin |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Genetics and molecular data on transcription-coupled chromatin silencing of the Arabidopsis FLC gene |
| Collaborator Contribution | Structural expertise on complexes mediating transcription termination and polyadenylation |
| Impact | Submitted publication |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Nuclear organization at FLC |
| Organisation | Uppsala University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are supplying the mechanistic information on FLC regulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Stefanie Rosa is continuing work started as a post-doc in Norwich, to determine changes in FLC nuclear position at different phases of the epigenetic silencing process |
| Impact | Several publications |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Partnership with NISD and UEA on future climate scenarios for break crops |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions underway to inform research programme understanding the climate, soil and financial influences on growing a range of break crops in the UK |
| Collaborator Contribution | Modelling work, GIS, mapping and correlating datasets. Discussions |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| 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 | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Teff genomics |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on teff genomics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided germplasm and genome sequences |
| Impact | teff community workshop in March 2024 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | The study of polymerization domains and their role in epigenetic memory |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Functional testing of role of polymerization domain in plant epigenetic memory |
| Collaborator Contribution | Crystal structure of Arabidopsis VEL domains by Mariann Bienz's lab at MRC LMB |
| Impact | Several publications |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Tillering |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | knowledge on wheat genomics and genetics |
| Collaborator Contribution | germplasm for branching |
| Impact | Field trials and manuscript in preparation |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Title | Single-molecule RNA structure profiling |
| Description | Method for profiling single-molecule RNA structure at the nucleotide resolution. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2024 |
| Licensed | No |
| Title | MERFISH dataset in wheat inflorescence tissue |
| Description | This spatial transcriptomics resource features MERFISH data from a 200-gene panel targeting wheat inflorescence tissues of hexaploid bread wheat (cv 'Paragon'). |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Others have used and cited in publications. |
| URL | https://www.wheat-spatial.com/ |
| Company Name | Rnashield Limited |
| Description | RNA Shield develops RNA structure-based antivirals to provide environmentally-friendly protection against plant viruses. |
| Year Established | 2023 |
| Impact | This will provide an alternative to the now banned neonicotinamide insecticides that targeted the viral vector, the peach potato aphid. This work received additional financial support during the reporting period through a £50K Royal Society award for commercialisation. |
| Website | https://rnashield.co.uk/ |
| Description | BBSRC impact case study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBSRC prepared an impact case study that summarised this project that has developed salad products that are fortified with vitamin B12. The impact case study emphasised the benefits of collaboration within the Norwich Research Park (between JIC and QIB), and also with industry partners. The impact case study also demonstrated how several different lines of BBSRC funding led up to the award of a Follow on Fund grant that has ultimately supported the commercialisation of this product. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/how-we-are-doing/research-outcomes-and-impact/bbsrc/supplement-salad... |
| Description | Biophysics and Biology workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Zoe Waller and Dr Yiliang Ding organized a two-day workshop on biophysics and biology that promote the scientific communications between Norwich Research Park, UCL and Imperial College. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Breeders Day 2024 |
| 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 | A demonstration day focused aimed at Plant Breeders and related agri-businesses to demonstrate JIC research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Conference poster and short talk at UK Clock Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Post-doc Jack Dorling from the Dodd group at JIC gave a poster and short oral presentation at the UK Clock Club conference in September 2023. The poster/presentation was entitled, "A novel circadian phenotype in Bacillus subtilis colony expansion." Dr Dorling won both the first prize for the poster, and first prize for the oral presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Conference poster and short talk at UK Clock Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PhD student Deirdre Lynch from the Dodd group at JIC gave a poster and short oral presentation at the UK Clock Club conference in September 2023. The poster/talk was entitled, "The effect of seed set temperature upon circadian clock-associated phenotypes," and won runner-up poster prize. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Conference poster at UK Clock Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Graduate student Richard Dekeya from the Dodd group at JIC gave a poster presentation at the UK Clock Club conference in September 2023. The poster was entitled, "Circadian regulation of rhizosphere interactions." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Discussions with Industry |
| 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 on the potential of gene edited crops with industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Economist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Economist article on Genome Editing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/eat-your-ge-greens |
| Description | Editorial Career Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The JIC Post-Doc Voice Committee coordinated a discussion about potential careers in journal editorial work, to showcase this as a potential career to JIC post-docs and PhD students. Antony Dodd participated in the discussion panel in his capacity as an editor at the plant sciences journal New Phytologist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Find My Futures |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | An event organised by JIC and UEA to raise awareness of science as a career to secondary school children. Participated in meet a STEM professional which raises awareness of the range of jobs on offer in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Formation of and contribution to ongoing BioClocksUK Network |
| 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 | Antony Dodd is part of the group of volunteers that have formed the BioClocks UK network. The aim of the network is to support the circadian clock community inc reading bridges between chronobiological research and real-world impact. It aims to consolidate, engage and expand circadian biology research to establish and nurture robust cycles of discovery and impact. The team will also coordinate and lead training for the next generation of chronobiologists. BioClocks UK was started by volunteers from universities, the BBSRC-supported institutes JIC and IBERS, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. BioClocks UK was recently awarded a 5-year BBSRC responsive mode grant to support its activities, held at the University of Leicester with grant PI Bambos Kyriacou. Antony Dodd leads and edits the newsletter for BioClocks UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Frontier Agriculture visit to JIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Frontier brought a group of 15 junior agronomists to hear about the latest science and build relationships with JIC. This led to delivering a presentation at the Eastern Area Conference in 2024 on our science relevant to farming and agronomy and genome editing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interview and article for Axios News, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd was interviewed by Axios News (an online publisher similar to The Atlantic) about his research on circadian rhythms in plants, with a focus on a recent publication in Nature Plants about the clock and low temperature responses. The article was entitled, "Cold can't stop crops." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for local TV news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview about discovery of new wheat dwarfing genes on BBC Look East TV news. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview with BBC Farming Today (Radio 4) about a specific publication from the laboratory |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Dodd lab published a study in Nature Plants concerning a cell signalling pathway in plants that integrates low temperature and circadian signals. This was of interest to the BBC Farming Today radio program, because of the discovery's potential implications for the responses of crops to fluctuating temperatures. A reporter from Farming Today visited JIC to interview Antony Dodd and visit the research facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview with BBC world service |
| 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 | Antony Dodd contributed to a discussion within the Unexpected Elements programme on the BBC World Service. The discussion was a Q&A about whether plants sleep, based on Dodd's expertise in the field of chronobiology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited oral presentation at Royal Society UK/Brazil bilateral conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd was invited to the Royal Society UK-Brazil bilateral conference, held at The Royal Society in London during October 2023. The conference had a focus topic on agriculture. Antony Dodd gave an oral presentation entitled, "Circadian clocks adapt crops to a rotating planet." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited oral presentation at a Royal Society Theo Murphy conference on circadian regulation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In September 2023, a Royal Society Theo Murphy conference "Time to take time seriously: circadian rhythms in infection and immunity" occurred in Newcastle, UK. Antony Dodd was invited to this meeting and gave a presentation entitled, "Harnessing circadian rhythms for a healthy planet." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited oral presentation at a mini-symposium at the University of Helsinki |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd gave an invited oral presentation at a mini-symposium held at the University of Helsinki, during December 2023, focused on light signalling in plants. This formed part of the training program for the PhD students in Helsinki, and also provided excellent opportunities to develop a new network with invited scientists from across Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited oral presentation at the Annual Symposium of the UCSD Center for Circadian Biology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited oral presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Center for Circadian Biology of the University of California, San Diego. The talk was entitled, "Circadian gating for signal integration." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited oral presentation at the kick-off symposium of a new collaborative project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A kick-off symposium was held for a new project funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science grant "Key-Molecule-Network in Plant Reproduction" Symposium held at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Antony Dodd gave a presentation at this symposium entitled, "Integration of circadian and environmental cues" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk - IPK, Gatersleben |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Morgan delivered an invited Genetics seminar at the IPK research institute in Gatersleben, Germany in November 2024. The talk sparked discussion and the subsequent sharing of knowledge and research ideas/resources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited talk - University of Warwick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd gave an invited talk at the University of Warwick medical school, on the topic of the circadian clock in the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Following the discussions that occurred during the visit, it was decided that there were some interesting areas of scientific overlap that have led to plans to write a collaborative sLoLa grant. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited talk at Kyoto University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd was invited to give a research seminar to the Center for Ecological Research of Kyoto University. The topic of the presentation was the circadian clock in the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Leadership of the circadian clock session at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, 2023 |
| 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 | Antony Dodd organized and led the session on circadian rhythms at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, 2023, held in Chiba, Japan. Tokitaka Oyama from Kyoto University co-organized the session with Dodd. The session was entitled, "Understanding circadian regulation in unpredictable environments." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with all-party parliamentary group on Nutrition for Development |
| 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 | JIC hosted a visit of the APPG on Nutrition for Development. Antony Dodd met with the group to summarise and discuss a project that has developed and commercialised pea shoots that are fortified with Vitamin B12. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Met with DAniel Zeichner MP |
| 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 | Discussions on the Germplasm resource unit and the transformation platform. Introducing genome editing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Morley Innovation Day 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussing ongoing research and research findings with farmers and local agri-businesses at the 2024 Morley Innovation Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | New Plant Breeding Technologies opportunities and challenges with RAGT global wheat breeders |
| 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 | New Plant Breeding Technologies opportunities and challenges with RAGT global wheat breeders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Oral presentation at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd gave an oral presentation at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, held in Chiba (Japan) during June 2024. The talk was entitled, "Integration of circadian and environmental cues." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation and Discussion with Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and Discussion with Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at JIC Breeders Day on Genome editing |
| 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 | Presentation on genome editing to plant breeders, growers, agri-industries to raise awareness and understand challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Press Release ERC grant to investigate biological clocks |
| 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 | 47 stories in national and international media 82m people reached online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.jic.ac.uk/press-release/dreams-come-true-for-researchers-as-they-win-major-european-fund... |
| Description | Press Release: Breakthrough AI model can translate the language of plant life |
| 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 | A press release on new AI model which was distributed through 45 national and international stories including The Independent, Yahoo Canada, The Times of India reaching 1.8bln people online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.jic.ac.uk/news/breakthrough-ai-model-can-translate-the-language-of-plant-life/ |
| Description | Radio 4 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 with Radio4 Farming Today about novel wheat dwarfing gene that could improve growth in dry climates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Royal Society Brian Cox School Experiments YouTube Videos |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I participated in filming an educational video as part of the Royal Society School experiments videos. The film's topic was Gene Editing for Improved Crop Nutrition. The video was presented by Brian Cox. The video is aimed for educational purposes for school children aged 11-14 and can be used by teachers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/wfghDz2jm9A?si=X9Z6qhQOaeTE8vHP |
| Description | SciDev podcast - Scientists harness gene editing for climate-resilient wheat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast on using genome editing for climate-resilient wheat |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.scidev.net/global/podcast/scientists-harness-gene-editing-for-climate-resilient-wheat/ |
| Description | Talk to the Norfolk branch of the Institute for Agricultural Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Antony Dodd was invited to give an evening talk to the Norfolk branch of the Institute for Agricultural Management, held at a local agricultural college (Easton College). The talk was entitled "How and why do living organisms tell the time." The meeting was attended primarily by local agricultural practitioners, including farmers and farm managers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talking Biotech 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed for a podcoast about a new dwarfing gene we discovered in wheat that could enhance yields in dry climates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.colabra.app/podcasts/talking-biotech/373-genes-controlling-plant-size/ |
| Description | Through the Microscope workshop with Edible East and Gressinghall Farm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Exploring ways to present our research, relevant to agriculture through artistic media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Uncovering the secrets of wheat: are three genes better than one? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presented to Gatsby undergraduate summer school about research in polyploid crops and its importance for sustainable agriculture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ65oUjRkwY |
| Description | Visit to Centre of the Cell, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | To discuss approaches to engagement and inform our outreach and engagement work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Visit to KWS UK |
| 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 | Gain insights into the KWS Plant Breeding Company |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |