Malcolm Macaulay
@malcolmacaulay.bsky.social
Barley researcher at The James Hutton Institute and International Barley Hub: Genetics, Genomics, Genotyping, Germplasm, Diversity, STEM, cereal cyclist
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3. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley
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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
www.findaphd.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
3. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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2. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience
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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
www.findaphd.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
2. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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See opportunities to join us as a PhD student:
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
See opportunities to join us as a PhD student:
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾
@hutton.ac.uk 🌾
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We enjoyed a successful BARIToNE Consortium Meeting last week. Thanks to everyone who took part, especially the students who organised and ran the day. More information on our Barley industrial training network and current projects can be found here:
baritone.hutton.ac.uk
baritone.hutton.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We enjoyed a successful BARIToNE Consortium Meeting last week. Thanks to everyone who took part, especially the students who organised and ran the day. More information on our Barley industrial training network and current projects can be found here:
baritone.hutton.ac.uk
baritone.hutton.ac.uk
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‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Valentyna Klymiuk, College of Agriculture & Bioresources Uni of Saskatchewan
📜 Wheat Pre-Breeding: Showcasing Opportunities for Barley Improvement
⏰ Thursday 27th November 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Valentyna Klymiuk, College of Agriculture & Bioresources Uni of Saskatchewan
📜 Wheat Pre-Breeding: Showcasing Opportunities for Barley Improvement
⏰ Thursday 27th November 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Valentyna Klymiuk, College of Agriculture & Bioresources Uni of Saskatchewan
📜 Wheat Pre-Breeding: Showcasing Opportunities for Barley Improvement
⏰ Thursday 27th November 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Valentyna Klymiuk, College of Agriculture & Bioresources Uni of Saskatchewan
📜 Wheat Pre-Breeding: Showcasing Opportunities for Barley Improvement
⏰ Thursday 27th November 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Amazing to see Barley iTAG experiment in action! Well done to
@cheamhigh.bsky.social and their STEM team.
Oregon Wolfe Barley germinating well, DNA extraction and PCR to follow. #barleyitag #STEM
barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...
@cheamhigh.bsky.social and their STEM team.
Oregon Wolfe Barley germinating well, DNA extraction and PCR to follow. #barleyitag #STEM
barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Amazing to see Barley iTAG experiment in action! Well done to
@cheamhigh.bsky.social and their STEM team.
Oregon Wolfe Barley germinating well, DNA extraction and PCR to follow. #barleyitag #STEM
barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...
@cheamhigh.bsky.social and their STEM team.
Oregon Wolfe Barley germinating well, DNA extraction and PCR to follow. #barleyitag #STEM
barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...
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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 🌾
🌾 Root soil interactions for improved resource acquisition and sustainability 🌾
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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 🌾
🌾 Root soil interactions for improved resource acquisition and sustainability 🌾
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📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
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‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
📜 Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals How Sucrose Transport Shapes Wheat Grain Development
🔊 Chen Ji @johninnescentre.bsky.social
⏰ Thursday 13th November 2025 14:00 GMT
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📜 Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals How Sucrose Transport Shapes Wheat Grain Development
🔊 Chen Ji @johninnescentre.bsky.social
⏰ Thursday 13th November 2025 14:00 GMT
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
📜 Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals How Sucrose Transport Shapes Wheat Grain Development
🔊 Chen Ji @johninnescentre.bsky.social
⏰ Thursday 13th November 2025 14:00 GMT
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
📜 Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals How Sucrose Transport Shapes Wheat Grain Development
🔊 Chen Ji @johninnescentre.bsky.social
⏰ Thursday 13th November 2025 14:00 GMT
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Barley nuclear cap-binding complex subunits, HvCBP20 and HvCBP80, play distinct roles in drought adaptation at reproductive phase of development
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Barley nuclear cap-binding complex subunits, HvCBP20 and HvCBP80, play distinct roles in drought adaptation at reproductive phase of development
Drought remains a major constraint to crop productivity. The nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC), composed of CBP20 and CBP80, regulates pre-mRNA splici…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Barley nuclear cap-binding complex subunits, HvCBP20 and HvCBP80, play distinct roles in drought adaptation at reproductive phase of development
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A team led by the Carlsberg Research Laboratory and involving the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has now identified how different versions of the MKK3 gene affect seed dormancy and sprouting risk in barley.
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3v3byfmt
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/32zzemex (Engl.)
➡️PM: tinyurl.com/mts3kukd (German)
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3v3byfmt
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/32zzemex (Engl.)
➡️PM: tinyurl.com/mts3kukd (German)
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A team led by the Carlsberg Research Laboratory and involving the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has now identified how different versions of the MKK3 gene affect seed dormancy and sprouting risk in barley.
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3v3byfmt
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/32zzemex (Engl.)
➡️PM: tinyurl.com/mts3kukd (German)
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3v3byfmt
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/32zzemex (Engl.)
➡️PM: tinyurl.com/mts3kukd (German)
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Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) 2026 Abstract Submission Deadline *EXTENDED* for : Midday (UK time) Monday 10th November 2025 (originally Monday 3rd November 2025)
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November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) 2026 Abstract Submission Deadline *EXTENDED* for : Midday (UK time) Monday 10th November 2025 (originally Monday 3rd November 2025)
wdsc2026.com/abstract-sub...
wdsc2026.com/abstract-sub...
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📆 Save the Date...
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📆 Save the Date...
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
The @hutton.ac.uk Best Crop Project team produced very cool stickers to promote our work using the Germinate database.
Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The @hutton.ac.uk Best Crop Project team produced very cool stickers to promote our work using the Germinate database.
Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/
Join us @vadundee.bsky.social tomorrow to explore how DNA helps shape the incredible variety of plants and crops we see every day. Everything from face painting to DNA extraction!
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
Daffodil Project
A fun, hands-on introduction to the world of DNA
www.vam.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Join us @vadundee.bsky.social tomorrow to explore how DNA helps shape the incredible variety of plants and crops we see every day. Everything from face painting to DNA extraction!
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
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BLOG - Alumni stories: Dr Ruth Bryant, from #plant #breeding to #crop protection
Ruth Bryant studied in the Ridout lab from 2009-2013, and her career has since taken her from Cereal Pathologist, RAGT to Disease Control Scientific Expert, Syngenta.
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/alumni-...
Ruth Bryant studied in the Ridout lab from 2009-2013, and her career has since taken her from Cereal Pathologist, RAGT to Disease Control Scientific Expert, Syngenta.
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/alumni-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BLOG - Alumni stories: Dr Ruth Bryant, from #plant #breeding to #crop protection
Ruth Bryant studied in the Ridout lab from 2009-2013, and her career has since taken her from Cereal Pathologist, RAGT to Disease Control Scientific Expert, Syngenta.
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/alumni-...
Ruth Bryant studied in the Ridout lab from 2009-2013, and her career has since taken her from Cereal Pathologist, RAGT to Disease Control Scientific Expert, Syngenta.
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/alumni-...
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Planning is underway for IBGS15 in Dundee!
Register your interest below to receive updates as we get closer to the event.
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#ibgs15 #welcometodundee #betterbarley
Register your interest below to receive updates as we get closer to the event.
139493613.hs-sites-eu1.com/ibgs15
#ibgs15 #welcometodundee #betterbarley
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Planning is underway for IBGS15 in Dundee!
Register your interest below to receive updates as we get closer to the event.
139493613.hs-sites-eu1.com/ibgs15
#ibgs15 #welcometodundee #betterbarley
Register your interest below to receive updates as we get closer to the event.
139493613.hs-sites-eu1.com/ibgs15
#ibgs15 #welcometodundee #betterbarley
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An international research team led by the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has succeeded in creating a
pangenome of oats. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats.
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/3hpcz852
➡️"Nature": tinyurl.com/28v8e89j
➡️"Nature Communications": tinyurl.com/yf3ada3j
pangenome of oats. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats.
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/3hpcz852
➡️"Nature": tinyurl.com/28v8e89j
➡️"Nature Communications": tinyurl.com/yf3ada3j
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An international research team led by the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has succeeded in creating a
pangenome of oats. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats.
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/3hpcz852
➡️"Nature": tinyurl.com/28v8e89j
➡️"Nature Communications": tinyurl.com/yf3ada3j
pangenome of oats. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats.
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/3hpcz852
➡️"Nature": tinyurl.com/28v8e89j
➡️"Nature Communications": tinyurl.com/yf3ada3j
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‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social
📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering
⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT)
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social
📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering
⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT)
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social
📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering
⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT)
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social
📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering
⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT)
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Welcoming Ruby Biswas from the Laboratory of Pollen Biology (@DavidHonys group) for a short visit focused on barley research .🌾 Looking forward to scientific exchange and collaboration !🤝
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Welcoming Ruby Biswas from the Laboratory of Pollen Biology (@DavidHonys group) for a short visit focused on barley research .🌾 Looking forward to scientific exchange and collaboration !🤝
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Excited to share work from my time with the @tweeticum.bsky.social team! We share a new understanding of how wheat floral development is regulated under low spring temperatures, an important step towards fine tuning wheat development.
Fine tuning wheat development for the winter to spring transition #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Excited to share work from my time with the @tweeticum.bsky.social team! We share a new understanding of how wheat floral development is regulated under low spring temperatures, an important step towards fine tuning wheat development.
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It's not too late to register for this afternoon's seminar.
Details below......
Details below......
October 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It's not too late to register for this afternoon's seminar.
Details below......
Details below......
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‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Klaus Pillen, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
@unihalle.bsky.social
📜 Exploring Wild Barley Alleles to Improve Stress Tolerance in Elite Barley
⏰ Thursday, October 2, 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Klaus Pillen, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
@unihalle.bsky.social
📜 Exploring Wild Barley Alleles to Improve Stress Tolerance in Elite Barley
⏰ Thursday, October 2, 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
🔊 Klaus Pillen, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
@unihalle.bsky.social
📜 Exploring Wild Barley Alleles to Improve Stress Tolerance in Elite Barley
⏰ Thursday, October 2, 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
🔊 Klaus Pillen, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
@unihalle.bsky.social
📜 Exploring Wild Barley Alleles to Improve Stress Tolerance in Elite Barley
⏰ Thursday, October 2, 2025 14:00 BST
🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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The unraveling of purple grains caused by ANT2 in barley. A new story from PRB group @ @leibnizipk.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Analysis of Anthocyanin-Less 2 Diversity in Barley Reveals a Specific Allele to Cause Purple-Colored Grains
The purple color of the barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grain is attributed to anthocyanins which are beneficial for human health. Synthesis of these pigments in both grain and vegetative tissues is contr...
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The unraveling of purple grains caused by ANT2 in barley. A new story from PRB group @ @leibnizipk.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Registration to the 4th International Barley Mutant 🧬Workshop #IBMW26 has opened. More info ibmw26.wordpress.com
iBMW2026
iBMW2026
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September 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Registration to the 4th International Barley Mutant 🧬Workshop #IBMW26 has opened. More info ibmw26.wordpress.com