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Only a week to go until Barley Away Days 2026! A 2- day workshop centred around the barley research at JHI / IBH to a combined internal and invited external audience.
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@novogene-europe.bsky.social
@thermofishersci.bsky.social
LGC Biosearch
Diageo
SSCR

It was great to welcome @szytynska.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk to the @hutton.ac.uk and @plantecohutton.bsky.social. We look forward to working together to focus on plant-microbe-insect interactions to ensure sustainable barley production.

We hosted a visit from Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social (University of Manchester) who presented a seminar and discussed her research on plant, microbe, aphid interactions in barley to people in the group.

Excited to be looking at roots of wild barleys

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YouTube video by ISRR-International Society of Root Research 'Between the Roots' ISRR Mini Symposium 2026

We hosted the ISRR Mini Symposium last week with 14 talks on roots from a whole range of research fields. If you want to catch up on this the link to the recording is here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqD...

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Gwen is going with a group from Hutton to UAE next week to make connections with research organisations in the Emirates.
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@gwenkirschner.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱
#ISRR
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@hutton.ac.uk

Call to join the Bere barley participatory network - Scottish Business News Researchers at The James Hutton Institute, in partnership with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), are exploring how different Bere barley varieties perform

Take a look at some articles in various places that have been picked up about our Bere barley participatory network 🌾
1. scottishbusinessnews.net/call-to-join...
2. www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/ne...
3. www.agcc.co.uk/news-article...

#berebarley
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Home - OP2026 Organic Phosphorus Workshop Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada July 13-17, 2026 Welcome Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the upcoming Organic Phosphorus Workshop 2026, which will b...

Registration for the Organic P Workshop in Charlottetown, Canada is now open Home - OP2026. Hope to see you there.
op2026.com

Have a great Christmas break and see you in 2026!

Tim was elected President of EPSO (European Plant Science Organisation). Join us to help the plant science voice be heard in Europe. 🌾🌿
epsoweb.org
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Bean root system, text: "Dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science: Mini Symposium of the ISRR, January 28th 2026"

Rooting for roots?
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Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social

Register here for free:

tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx

Programme👇

Tim has been inducted as a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science.

Join us for the ISRR Mini Symposium in January get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
Also don’t forget to become a ISRR member!
@RootScientists #ISRR

Congratulations to Oludare Durodola on passing his viva this month, and for also getting another paper published www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tim and Tracy attended the AAB meeting “Roots to Regenerative Agriculture” which saw a robust debate on the promise and problems with regenerative systems.
web.cvent.com/event/6f375f...

Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

3. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

2. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD...

1. EASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

See opportunities to join us as a PhD student:
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾

Tim George @plantecohutton.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk is our keynote for Session 2: The Rhizosphere and Microbiome 🌱🦠

🌾 Root soil interactions for improved resource acquisition and sustainability 🌾

Gwen has taken up her new permanent position in the team in the last week or so. Looking forward to building a thriving group with her in the coming months and years.

Stefan Pulver and team from St Andrews, visited us today to look at options for looking at beetle behaviour in transparent soil.

We just had a great week at the @Root2Res in Ireland visiting @teagasc new facilities in Johnstown Castle. Lots of new ideas to take forward in the project.

Reporting Period 2 report for @Root2Res is complete and submitted, thanks to all those that contributed to getting this document together, see you in Ireland next week!

Members of the team have been out for our biannual sampling of the Grieves House long-term tillage trials 🚜🌱.

Tim spoke about Science and Innovation at the NFU Scotland Autumn Meeting in Edinburgh last week week.

YouTube video by James Hutton Institute 46th TB Macaulay Lecture | Doughnut Economics: From theory to practice - Kate Raworth

Some of us attended the 46thMacaulay Lecture in Edinburgh, where were heard from Kate Raworth about doughnut economics.
youtu.be/gnyBgXHmnt8?...

Academic Journals - Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science - uganda’s barley value chain: opportunities, challenges, and strategic solutions Thirty-five years after barley's introduction to Uganda, its largely brewery-based value chain continues to face several challenges. An underdeveloped seed system, poor agronomic and post-harvest ...

George has had his first paper published Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science. Well done George! 🌾
academicjournals.org/journal/JPBC...

Molly and Susan have been involved in some site visit and sampling trips to the borders for the Diagman project, funded by Diageo to look at impacts of green manure on soil health indicators