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monogram-uk.bsky.social @monogram-uk.bsky.social · May 8

Only 8 days left to apply for our ECR Travel Award! Up to £500 to support workshop, training or visits to other members of the community to encourage collaboration. See website for more details.
monogram.ac.uk/index.php/mo...

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · May 1

Long, hot, sticky but thoroughly satisfying day of field data collection. Huge thanks to @lornamca.bsky.social for the help and positivity! It’s a blessing to have such awesome lab members 🙏 #fieldtrials

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

Most of all, thank you to the wonderful ECRs who attended and embraced all the opportunities thrown at them. We have started to create a brilliant community - I look forward to seeing all the conversations, collaborations, and changes that we make together. #MonogramUK2025

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

..Aiswarya Gijira from @ibers.bsky.social who helped with all the logistics such as rooms and food, and our inspirational speakers @tweeticum.bsky.social , Carus John-Bajai and @lornamca.bsky.social. Also, thanks to @sebiology.bsky.social for part-funding this workshop.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

A huge thank you to the @monogram-uk.bsky.social Steering Committee for their incredible support of this project from its conception to the day, Stephanie and @ecarmosilva.bsky.social who helped develop and run the workshops..

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

I was pleased to hear that an ECR presenter felt more confident due to looking out and seeing the friendly faces they’d met during the workshop.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

The feedback we received over the rest of the conference was gratifying. However, it really spoke for itself in that we (ECRs) were able to find familiar faces at the conference wherever we looked, and enjoyed continuing our conversations in conference breaks.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

After these ice breaker sessions, some complimentary drinks and delicious pizzas, we started our science pub quiz. Everything from carnivorous plants to chocolate bar cross sections. Congratulations to our winners, Barley Brigade!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

After some delicious pastries provided by @aberuni.bsky.social, we started workshop 2 on mentorship by Stéphanie Swarbreck and Conference goals by @ecarmosilva.bsky.social. A challenging aspect of the workshop, ECRs embraced being thrown into different groups in order to discuss topics.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

We kicked off first with speakers
🎤 @tweeticum.bsky.social
🎤 @lornamca.bsky.social
🎤 Carus John-Bejai
sharing their career journeys then a Q&A. ECRs really engaged with this session. I certainly left feeling very inspired! Big thanks @ecarmosilva.bsky.social for excellently chairing the session.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 15

This week, I found myself in my proudest moment yet - Implementing the @monogram-uk.bsky.social ECR pre-conference workshop. I really underestimated how it would feel to accomplish something like this, but I was in awe of the community we developed over the day.

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 11

Some great times had with great colleagues at #MonogramUK2025 at @aberuni.bsky.social. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social @surbhigrewal.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 11

We are privileged at @UoNResearch to have Martin Mascher of @leibnizipk.bsky.social talking to us. Thanks @surbhigrewal.bsky.social for hosting!

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congrats Jack!!

SurbhiGrewal @surbhigrewal.bsky.social · Apr 10

My PhD student Jack Walker won best poster for his work on screening for salt tolerance in wheat wild relative introgression lines. Well done Jack.
#Monogram2025
@monogram-uk.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

More great work from the Uauy lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Isabel Faci talks meristems and mixed environmental signals, and highlights teamwork, in the #MonogramUK2025 MECEA presentation session. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Stunning images from @katielong.bsky.social at @johninnescentre.bsky.social for the #MonogramUK2025 MECEA award presentations. Great work! @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congratulations to the ECR New Lecture Rank Prize winner Jim Fouracre from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Beautiful examples of the differing phenology in juvenile to adult plants. Horticultural brain is happy. #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social @rankprize.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Exciting changes coming in wheat production. Nick Bird from KWS talks about a very exciting new and efficient system in hybrid wheat using blue-coloured seed! #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Genetics and bioinformatics 😍. Interesting talk by Lucy Mahoney of @earlhaminst.bsky.social at #MonogramUK2025 looking at regulatory regions in the wheat genome. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

@lornamca.bsky.social

Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

@lornamca.bsky.social

Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

So much exciting work with drones happening in UK field trials at the moment. Andrew Riche from @rothamsted.bsky.social talks about hyperspectral imaging by drones at #MonogramUK2025. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Fascinating presentation by Martin Vickers on the use of drone technology at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Very cool! #MonogramUK2025 @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Incredible seed scan photos

Nikki Walter @nikkiwalter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Kicking off Day 3 of #MonogramUK2025 with Ji Zhou from @niab-uk.bsky.social on linking AI and phenotyping with genetics. @monogram-uk.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social

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