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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Jun 6

Request for tender: Developing recombination technologies in wheat/barley for accelerated genetic gain

New technologies for targeted recombination in breeding programs

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · May 13

When waiting for rain, sometimes the sky delivers something just as special #agsky

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Apr 17

grdc.com.au/events/list/... Apply for GRDC support to attend this workshop 👇Training for the next generation of Plant Breeders @nextgenbreeders.bsky.social

Breeding Horizons 2025

The ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding's inaugural face-to-face training event, Breeding Horizons 2025, will be held at Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland from 21-25 July.

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Caitlin Byrt @botanicgeek.bsky.social · Apr 4

CEO role opening up hubs.ly/Q03ff_Qt0

Aquaporin announces resignation by the CEO - Aquaporin

Company announcement No. 04/2025 Inside information Aquaporin A/S Nymøllevej 78 DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby aquaporin.com Company registration no.: DK28315694 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, April 1, 2025 – A...

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Apr 4

This exciting opportunity to connect 🇦🇺 grains researchers and International collaborators has been extended to applicants with a Masters degree (not limited to PhDs). 👏🌾 Please share with your network, closes 12 June

grdc.com.au/research/par...

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Bettina Berger @bberger-au.bsky.social · Mar 6

BARLEY RESEARCHERS – apply to access the 2025 OzBarley field trial sites in WA, SA, NSW and QLD. Study phenotypic traits or methods on ~220 elite barley lines. More info here www.plantphenomics.org.au/2025-ozbarle... #NCRISimpact #GRDC

2025 OzBarley field trial sites open to researchers

Crop researchers are invited to access the 2025 OzBarley field trial sites in WA, SA, NSW and Queensland to study phenonmic traits and validate…

www.plantphenomics.org.au

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Feb 27

Are you growing as a refuge Renee?

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Feb 25

A great program to develop International collaborations in grains research! Please share with your early and mid-career network

GRDC International Visiting Fellowships Program 2025/26

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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · Feb 10

The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne is recruiting a continuing academic (level B/C) in Biotechnology.
This is a research and teaching role.
Come join us!
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91875...

Details : Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

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Cristobal Uauy @cristobaluauy.bsky.social · Jan 7

1/10 We are thrilled to share our preprint on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes led by the amazing @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister. We resolved expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Pre-print👉 tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf., @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social

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Simon Maechling, PhD @simonmaechling.bsky.social · Jan 24

Europe made a colossal mistake:

They banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) while the rest of the world embraced them.

Now we rely on imports, pay more for food, and miss out on sustainable agriculture.

Here’s the story of Europe’s GMO debacle 🧵:

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Jan 5

Good to see he’s the boss!

jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 9

Freshly dug worms were the favorite (hence high maintenance). Herman was less impressed with the meal worms and crickets we had on hand to feed the frogs. And he had no appetite for the soaked dog food

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 9

This peewee joined us earlier this year. With a healthy appetite, ended up being a bit high maintenance for us! Our local wildlife carer came to the rescue

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 8

#hylesbulkhaul walk of shame after 45mm… canola #harvest24 on hold 🙄 #rainsky #agsky

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great PhD opportunity with @dortizba.bsky.social 👇

Integrating Agricultural Landscape Genomics and Abiotic Stress Resilience in Mungbean

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Eliza Spencer @amelizajane.bsky.social · Dec 5

If any of your students are doing any plant biosec work or studies in regional NSW, please flick me an email! I'm a journo for The Land with a keen interest in biosecurity, always keen to share the amazing work being done in this space 📩 [email protected]

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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · Dec 5

The ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity (@arc-pbtc.bsky.social) has NINE PhD scholarships now open.
Each come with integrated placements in government or industry and professional development for future research leaders. plantbiosecuritycentre.edu.au/phd-opportun...

PhD Opportunities

We’re seeking outstanding PhD applicants to innovate novel approaches to prevent, respond to, and recover from plant pests and diseases that threaten the economy and environment. See the bene…

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Axel Visel @axelvisel.bsky.social · Dec 4

BOOSTER, a newly identified orphan gene, supercharges photosynthesis and, when overexpressed, boosts height of poplars by up to 200% (at least in greenhouse)

To make it even more interesting, part of the gene seems derived from a poplar fungus-farming ant 🐜

Paper: www.cell.com/developmenta...

Figure from the paper, showing BOOSTER-overexpressing poplar plants that are about twice as tall as the negative controls. Googly eyes (not from original paper) look at the taller plants.

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 4

Survived the frost and survived the dry.. now just need to survive the harvest rain. 🤞 #agsky #sharrowpastoral

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Ian Godwin @thegodwinexx.bsky.social · Dec 3

We are looking for a motivated and passionate Crop Physiologist @qaafi.bsky.social

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Matt Dalgleish @meatwatcher.bsky.social · Dec 2

There is a custom feed available for all agriculture interested people. Make sure to add #agsky to any ag based post you put up and follow the #agsky feed so you can keep updated on all Ag related matters.

a woman is driving a tractor on a dirt road with the words farming written above her

ALT: a woman is driving a tractor on a dirt road with the words farming written above her

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 1

After stem frost and dry, it’s certainly been the year that keeps on giving 🙄

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Dec 1

I see your 7 and raise you 60!
67mm #rainsky here

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jesshyles.bsky.social @jesshyles.bsky.social · Nov 30

Will find out in the morning 😬