Earlham Institute
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
A hub of #lifescience research, training, and innovation focused on understanding the natural world through the lens of #genomics.
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
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Innovations in spatial imaging could unlock higher wheat yields
Scientists at the Earlham Institute and the John Innes Centre are pioneering powerful single-cell visualisation techniques that could unlock higher yields of global wheat.
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🆕 Out now in @theplantcell.bsky.social scientists from Earlham Institute and
@johninnescentre.bsky.social use #spatial transcriptomics to map the expression of 200 genes across four stages of wheat development, revealing new insights to help boost wheat production.
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#genomics 💻🧬
@johninnescentre.bsky.social use #spatial transcriptomics to map the expression of 200 genes across four stages of wheat development, revealing new insights to help boost wheat production.
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#genomics 💻🧬
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Article out about our work on #protists at the Earlham Institute🦠🧬
#protistsonsky
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
@nrpdtp.bsky.social
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
#protistsonsky
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
@nrpdtp.bsky.social
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
🦠 Neither plant, animal, nor fungi: protists are beautiful, bizarre, and behaviourally complex.
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Article out about our work on #protists at the Earlham Institute🦠🧬
#protistsonsky
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
@nrpdtp.bsky.social
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
#protistsonsky
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
@nrpdtp.bsky.social
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
In our new blog, Sally and Santa share their insights, technical challenges, and scientific curiosities of working with protists.
Read more below! 👇
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Read more below! 👇
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How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists
From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
In our new blog, Sally and Santa share their insights, technical challenges, and scientific curiosities of working with protists.
Read more below! 👇
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Read more below! 👇
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PhD student Santa meanwhile is building on this work, #sequencing and mapping species to enzyme and genome databases to find potential metabolic pathways suited to #biotechnology applications.
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
PhD student Santa meanwhile is building on this work, #sequencing and mapping species to enzyme and genome databases to find potential metabolic pathways suited to #biotechnology applications.
For Sally, who started working on Protists at Earlham Institute as part of the Darwin Tree of Life, her current focus is understanding protist diversity in natural environments and generating large-scale genome data for lineages underrepresented in the #treeoflife.
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
For Sally, who started working on Protists at Earlham Institute as part of the Darwin Tree of Life, her current focus is understanding protist diversity in natural environments and generating large-scale genome data for lineages underrepresented in the #treeoflife.
🦠 Neither plant, animal, nor fungi: protists are beautiful, bizarre, and behaviourally complex.
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🦠 Neither plant, animal, nor fungi: protists are beautiful, bizarre, and behaviourally complex.
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
A great opportunity to gain experience in automation and #engbio in #plantscience with our fantastic team at the Earlham Biofoundry!
More details below, applications close 31 March!
@cgrandel.bsky.social
More details below, applications close 31 March!
@cgrandel.bsky.social
Applications now open for Summer Studentships 2026!
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
A great opportunity to gain experience in automation and #engbio in #plantscience with our fantastic team at the Earlham Biofoundry!
More details below, applications close 31 March!
@cgrandel.bsky.social
More details below, applications close 31 March!
@cgrandel.bsky.social
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🧬🌍 Abstract submissions for #ISMB2026 are open!
Share new, in-progress, or recently published work with a global audience at the largest international meeting in #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology!
📅 Deadline: April 9
📥 Details: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
Share new, in-progress, or recently published work with a global audience at the largest international meeting in #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology!
📅 Deadline: April 9
📥 Details: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
🧬🌍 Abstract submissions for #ISMB2026 are open!
Share new, in-progress, or recently published work with a global audience at the largest international meeting in #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology!
📅 Deadline: April 9
📥 Details: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
Share new, in-progress, or recently published work with a global audience at the largest international meeting in #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology!
📅 Deadline: April 9
📥 Details: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
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Abstract submission is now open for the Single-cell and Spatial Symposium, where our group leader Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social will give a keynote talk! 📣
Abstract submission deadline: 10 May 2026 ⏰
Abstract submission deadline: 10 May 2026 ⏰
Abstracts are open for submission for our #singlecell and #spatial symposium this summer!
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026
Bringing together the international single-cell and spatial community for a two-day discussion across model and non-model systems.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Abstract submission is now open for the Single-cell and Spatial Symposium, where our group leader Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social will give a keynote talk! 📣
Abstract submission deadline: 10 May 2026 ⏰
Abstract submission deadline: 10 May 2026 ⏰
Abstracts are open for submission for our #singlecell and #spatial symposium this summer!
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026
Bringing together the international single-cell and spatial community for a two-day discussion across model and non-model systems.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Abstracts are open for submission for our #singlecell and #spatial symposium this summer!
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
This is a great opportunity to meet and network with peers, and present your research to an engaged and supportive community.
More details 👉
Registration open!
Led by our #DNAReplication Group, this online course covers principles and practice of modified base detection, visualisation, and experimental considerations for ultra long #sequencing reads. 🧬💻
🗓️ 13-14 May 2026
📍 Online (via Zoom)
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Image: @nanoporetech.com
Led by our #DNAReplication Group, this online course covers principles and practice of modified base detection, visualisation, and experimental considerations for ultra long #sequencing reads. 🧬💻
🗓️ 13-14 May 2026
📍 Online (via Zoom)
👉 buff.ly/3ac0FPQ
Image: @nanoporetech.com
Detection of DNA base modification using nanopore sequencing 2026
In this comprehensive two-day course, participants will learn how to use nanopore sequencing to detect DNA base modifications.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Registration open!
Led by our #DNAReplication Group, this online course covers principles and practice of modified base detection, visualisation, and experimental considerations for ultra long #sequencing reads. 🧬💻
🗓️ 13-14 May 2026
📍 Online (via Zoom)
👉 buff.ly/3ac0FPQ
Image: @nanoporetech.com
Led by our #DNAReplication Group, this online course covers principles and practice of modified base detection, visualisation, and experimental considerations for ultra long #sequencing reads. 🧬💻
🗓️ 13-14 May 2026
📍 Online (via Zoom)
👉 buff.ly/3ac0FPQ
Image: @nanoporetech.com
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NEWS: Mum Knows Best – how maternal messages prime seeds for success
🧵 Mothers often guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This is true for plants too, according to new research from our researchers and colleagues @earlhaminst.bsky.social: www.jic.ac.uk/news/mum-kno... 🌱
🧵 Mothers often guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This is true for plants too, according to new research from our researchers and colleagues @earlhaminst.bsky.social: www.jic.ac.uk/news/mum-kno... 🌱
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
NEWS: Mum Knows Best – how maternal messages prime seeds for success
🧵 Mothers often guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This is true for plants too, according to new research from our researchers and colleagues @earlhaminst.bsky.social: www.jic.ac.uk/news/mum-kno... 🌱
🧵 Mothers often guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This is true for plants too, according to new research from our researchers and colleagues @earlhaminst.bsky.social: www.jic.ac.uk/news/mum-kno... 🌱
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Catch up on the interview with JIC's Professor Steve Penfield, and Dr Iain Macaulay and Dr Andrew Goldson from Earlham Institute, from 03.08.
Farming Today - 05/02/26 EFRA Committee report on EU/UK agri-food trade deal, seed science, starting out in agriculture - BBC Sounds
MPs call for a 'national conversation' on EU/UK agri-food trade agreement.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Catch up on the interview with JIC's Professor Steve Penfield, and Dr Iain Macaulay and Dr Andrew Goldson from Earlham Institute, from 03.08.
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📣 Abstract submissions are open 📣 for the Norwich Single-Cell & Spatial #Symposium 2026, hosted at @earlhaminst.bsky.social 🧬! We’re bringing together researchers across #singlecell and #spatial #biology for two days of science, discussion, and networking. 🔗Link: www.earlham.ac.uk/events/norwi...
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
📣 Abstract submissions are open 📣 for the Norwich Single-Cell & Spatial #Symposium 2026, hosted at @earlhaminst.bsky.social 🧬! We’re bringing together researchers across #singlecell and #spatial #biology for two days of science, discussion, and networking. 🔗Link: www.earlham.ac.uk/events/norwi...
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In my recent blog @earlhaminst.bsky.social I reflected on delivering the first hands-on single-cell training courses in #LATAM 🧬🌎🇧🇷 Highlighting insights from our recent review in @cellpress.bsky.social on the #singlecell research landscape across #LatinAmerica ! 🔗 ➡️ www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In my recent blog @earlhaminst.bsky.social I reflected on delivering the first hands-on single-cell training courses in #LATAM 🧬🌎🇧🇷 Highlighting insights from our recent review in @cellpress.bsky.social on the #singlecell research landscape across #LatinAmerica ! 🔗 ➡️ www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🆕 A study from scientists at @johninnescentre.bsky.social and Earlham Institute has applied #singlecell methods to uncover the role of maternal plants in passing on environmental adaptations to their seeds, in the form of plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). 🌱
Read more 👇
#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
Maternal wisdom – how mother plants prime their seeds for success
A new study in the journal PNAS addresses longstanding questions in biology: Can plants sense the environment directly in their developing seeds, or is seasonal information acquired by their parents…
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February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🆕 A study from scientists at @johninnescentre.bsky.social and Earlham Institute has applied #singlecell methods to uncover the role of maternal plants in passing on environmental adaptations to their seeds, in the form of plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). 🌱
Read more 👇
#PlantScience
Read more 👇
#PlantScience
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We made the front cover of @theplantcell.bsky.social!
Huge congratulations to co-first authors @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister, corresponding author @cristobaluauy.bsky.social and everyone at JIC, @earlhaminst.bsky.social and @vizgen.bsky.social who collaborated on this exciting work 👏
Huge congratulations to co-first authors @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister, corresponding author @cristobaluauy.bsky.social and everyone at JIC, @earlhaminst.bsky.social and @vizgen.bsky.social who collaborated on this exciting work 👏
February 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
We made the front cover of @theplantcell.bsky.social!
Huge congratulations to co-first authors @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister, corresponding author @cristobaluauy.bsky.social and everyone at JIC, @earlhaminst.bsky.social and @vizgen.bsky.social who collaborated on this exciting work 👏
Huge congratulations to co-first authors @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister, corresponding author @cristobaluauy.bsky.social and everyone at JIC, @earlhaminst.bsky.social and @vizgen.bsky.social who collaborated on this exciting work 👏
Great to see our recent study with @johninnescentre.bsky.social make the cover of January's @theplantcell.bsky.social! 🌟
Well done to Ashleigh Lister, Katie Long, and the whole research team from Earlham Institute, JIC, and @vizgen.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: buff.ly/QN57HXG
Well done to Ashleigh Lister, Katie Long, and the whole research team from Earlham Institute, JIC, and @vizgen.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: buff.ly/QN57HXG
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Great to see our recent study with @johninnescentre.bsky.social make the cover of January's @theplantcell.bsky.social! 🌟
Well done to Ashleigh Lister, Katie Long, and the whole research team from Earlham Institute, JIC, and @vizgen.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: buff.ly/QN57HXG
Well done to Ashleigh Lister, Katie Long, and the whole research team from Earlham Institute, JIC, and @vizgen.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: buff.ly/QN57HXG
💬 "This is an exciting opportunity to use this technology to help customers with different applications, as well as develop AirSeq's continued use in agriculture, the wider #foodindustry and in #biosecurity.”
Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch tech startup Agnos Biosciences.
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Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch tech startup Agnos Biosciences.
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Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch deep tech startup Agnos Biosciences™
The Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum, London have today announced a joint venture spin-out company Agnos Biosciences™ and its cutting-edge rapid DNA air sequencing technology, AirSeq™, to…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
💬 "This is an exciting opportunity to use this technology to help customers with different applications, as well as develop AirSeq's continued use in agriculture, the wider #foodindustry and in #biosecurity.”
Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch tech startup Agnos Biosciences.
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Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch tech startup Agnos Biosciences.
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In 2023, PhD student Anita Scoones was invited to help us shape and deliver the first hands-on single-cell genomics course we delivered in Latin America.
In this fabulous article, she shares her experiences of working on developing such an impactful course in her home country. 🔽
In this fabulous article, she shares her experiences of working on developing such an impactful course in her home country. 🔽
💬 "Being involved in such an impactful project would have been meaningful on its own; returning to my home country to do it made it even more so."
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
In 2023, PhD student Anita Scoones was invited to help us shape and deliver the first hands-on single-cell genomics course we delivered in Latin America.
In this fabulous article, she shares her experiences of working on developing such an impactful course in her home country. 🔽
In this fabulous article, she shares her experiences of working on developing such an impactful course in her home country. 🔽
💬 "Being involved in such an impactful project would have been meaningful on its own; returning to my home country to do it made it even more so."
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
💬 "Being involved in such an impactful project would have been meaningful on its own; returning to my home country to do it made it even more so."
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
Connecting communities to empower #singlecell #genomics in Latin America
👉 buff.ly/tbeUTFB
@eventswcs.bsky.social
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Calling all teachers!!!
This one's for you guys.
Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education.
🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend.
🧑🔬🧪
This one's for you guys.
Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education.
🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend.
🧑🔬🧪
EVENT - Norfolk Science Teaching Conference
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏰ 9:00am - 12:30pm
Join us for this FREE event featuring hands-on workshops, useful resources and inspirational talks designed to enhance your science teaching
Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/norfol...
@sawtrust.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏰ 9:00am - 12:30pm
Join us for this FREE event featuring hands-on workshops, useful resources and inspirational talks designed to enhance your science teaching
Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/norfol...
@sawtrust.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Calling all teachers!!!
This one's for you guys.
Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education.
🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend.
🧑🔬🧪
This one's for you guys.
Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education.
🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend.
🧑🔬🧪
📰 Got 5 minutes to read up on some science?
Check out our January newsletter to catch up on our latest research, and sign up to receive future updates! 📥️
➡️ Read here: buff.ly/Yz9Efyx
☑️ Subscribe to updates: buff.ly/JfzX3DO
Check out our January newsletter to catch up on our latest research, and sign up to receive future updates! 📥️
➡️ Read here: buff.ly/Yz9Efyx
☑️ Subscribe to updates: buff.ly/JfzX3DO
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📰 Got 5 minutes to read up on some science?
Check out our January newsletter to catch up on our latest research, and sign up to receive future updates! 📥️
➡️ Read here: buff.ly/Yz9Efyx
☑️ Subscribe to updates: buff.ly/JfzX3DO
Check out our January newsletter to catch up on our latest research, and sign up to receive future updates! 📥️
➡️ Read here: buff.ly/Yz9Efyx
☑️ Subscribe to updates: buff.ly/JfzX3DO
Now, as the course participants and trainers publish a review in Cell (buff.ly/Z6pstSA) of the opportunities and challenges facing single-cell genomics in LatAm countries, Anita has shared her reflections on what it meant to return to her home country as a UK-based scientist.
Connecting communities to empower single-cell genomics in Latin America
Latin America (LatAm) holds extraordinary potential for single-cell and spatial genomics research. The region's unique genetic diversity, environments, and endemic diseases present unique…
www.earlham.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Now, as the course participants and trainers publish a review in Cell (buff.ly/Z6pstSA) of the opportunities and challenges facing single-cell genomics in LatAm countries, Anita has shared her reflections on what it meant to return to her home country as a UK-based scientist.
In 2023, then-PhD student at Earlham Institute - Anita Scoones - was invited to help shape and deliver the first hands-on single-cell #genomics course in Latin America, organised by @connectingscience.bsky.social in collaboration with Brazil's National Cancer Institute.
@anitascoones.bsky.social
@anitascoones.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
In 2023, then-PhD student at Earlham Institute - Anita Scoones - was invited to help shape and deliver the first hands-on single-cell #genomics course in Latin America, organised by @connectingscience.bsky.social in collaboration with Brazil's National Cancer Institute.
@anitascoones.bsky.social
@anitascoones.bsky.social