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Mapping campus biodiversity – A TLDF funded project
You have the oppotunity to take part in a paid project to develop a mapping app with students from Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Typography and Systems Engineering. The placement is open...
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i4Life Update
Today we were pleased to be able to complete the final claims for the i4Life project by posting the Form C cost claims to the European Commission. The i4Life project helped build both the...
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The first Wisteria sinensis in Europe
John Reeves, East India Company inspector of tea in Canton from 1812-1831, was comissioned by Joseph Banks to acquire plants for the Horticultural Society of London. During this time he obtained at...
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Today I was mostly thinking about social media….
Thanks to CQSD and the University of Reading Teaching and Learning Development Fund a group of 26 staff spent the morning swapping ideas on the use of social media in teaching and learning. You can...
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Advent Botany 2015 – Day 20: Sugar
By Jeanne Osnas and Katherine Preston (Botanists in the Kitchen) @BitKBlog Sugar is an excellent preservative. Editor’s note: Botany meets the chopping board today in the first of two stories by the...
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Congratulations to Maria Christodoulou – Apple ID to PhD
Maria with her thesis and some of her apple images Maria Christodoulou successfully defended her PhD viva voce today with examiners Professor Richard Sibly and Dr Stephen Harris (Oxford). Her spritied...
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End of my RHS media placement
My time working with the RHS Media team has come to an end; it has been a pleasure to work with and get to know everyone in the office. Through this period I have experienced being a part of the...
View ArticleMicrosatellite markers for DNA based identification of Narcissus cultivars
The first major refereed paper to emerge from Kalman’s thesis was published online today: MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR HOOP-PETTICOAT DAFFODILS (NARCISSUS SECT. BULBOCODII; AMARYLLIDACEAE) Applications...
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Science and Plants for Schools
Contribution to the powdery mildew citizen science scheme has recently been added as an optional activity for GCSE teachers to involve their students in. I have managed to collaborate with Alistair...
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Grand Challenges in Plant Pathology Interdisciplinary Study Group
This weeks BSPP conference was followed by the first ever BSPP study group. Attended mainly by PhD students, the three-day workshop intended to address challenging plant pathology issues the world must...
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PhD Conferences 2013-2017
During my time as a PhD student at the University of Reading I have been lucky enough to attend a number of conferences, summer schools, and annual meetings and take part in various other outreach...
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A hunt for some of the UK’s most rarely recorded fungal treasures
Here is the poster I delivered at the State of the World’s Fungi (SOTWF) Symposium 2018. This was a grand and audacious event incepted and hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The poster...
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A personal reflection on Wild about Weeds – author Jack Wallington
By Tomos Jones The aim of my PhD is to identify which ornamental plants might become invasive in the future, possibly as a result of climate change. Gardeners have an important role in preventing...
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