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Emilie Knight
@emilieknight.bsky.social
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Research assistant in the Borrill lab. I work on wheat genetics and am involved in projects on senescence, micronutrient contents in the grain and developing a method aimed at identifying direct targets of transcription factors in wheat.
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Philippa Borrill @philippaborrill.bsky.social · 6d
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 6d
Happy birthday, Rex!! 🥳🎂

Yesterday, Rex the JIC #Science Cat celebrated his 10th birthday. Rex has been an iconic figure at the JIC for the last five years, greeting visitors at reception and proudly prowling around the NRP 🐾
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 31
#ThrowbackThursday to #NorwichPride 🌈

This year was a very joyful celebration of our NRP #LGBTQ+ community. Our #ProudScientists and colourful lab coats hopefully inspired the next generation to believe that anyone can become a scientist, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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Delfi Dorussen @delfidorussen.bsky.social · Jul 2
I'm excited to share our work investigating transcriptional compensation in polyploid wheat 🌾
It was fun to work on this project led by @philippaborrill.bsky.social and myself, with key contributions from @emilieknight.bsky.social and @simmojsimmo.bsky.social
The key take-aways, a 🧵
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Jul 2
Homoeolog expression in polyploid wheat mutants shows limited transcriptional compensation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.662569v1
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Emilie Knight @emilieknight.bsky.social · May 23
Pleased to have finally got this method to work in wheat! Find out how you can identify direct targets of transcription factors in wheat using protoplasts and the TARGET method:
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · May 17
Really pleased we at the Norwich Research Park celebrated #IDAHoBiT Thursday & showed our support for these members of our community & show the inclusive environment we are a part of here
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · May 2
🌾 Our PhD student Ismael Gutiérrez has completed a research stay at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social exploring wheat responses to drought under climate change via omics data analysis. 📊 Thank you to Dr. @philippaborrill.bsky.social and her team for the warm welcome and training!
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Delfi Dorussen @delfidorussen.bsky.social · Apr 8
I’m very happy to share the published version of our paper on the role of MET1 in wheat 🌾 🧬

It’s been really exciting to discover more about DNA methylation in wheat and it’s huge polyploid genome

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Partial redundancy buffers deleterious effects of mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1) in polyploid wheat
Varying gene dosage through mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1 ) in polyploid wheat generates quantitative changes to CG methylation without the le
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