Plant pathogens destroy around one-quarter of food production, significantly threatening our ability of achieving food security for an ever-growing global population. Septoria tritici Blotch (STB) is caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici and is the most damaging disease of wheat Read More …
The ‘Plant Power Station’ was a public engagement and scientific outreach project presented at the 2018 Green Man Festival. This followed on from a similarly successful project held the previous year, that attracted around 3000 participants over the four days. Read More …
Gareth Thomas has recently finished his UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Policy internship, which took place at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). The role of SPICe is to provide impartial information to the Scottish Parliament on a range of Read More …
35 BBSRC PhD students from across the UK enjoyed a four-day intensive Skills School earlier this month. The BBSRC-funded Grand Challenges for Technologies and Methods for Drug Discovery Skills School took place at the Cosener’s House in Abingdon and ended with students pitching to a panel ‘Dragon’s Den’ style. This event was organised by the SWBio DTP in collaboration with Read More …
