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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 21d

The Germans do a good Kasespatzle but not sure it competes with Scottish macaroni and cheese (its close though :-) ).

Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · 21d

Nice meeting in Bonn last week to discuss BOLDER (BOLD WP7). Great to meet up with old friends and meet some new people. I also found out its a small world! #BOLDcwr #BOLDER @croptrust.bsky.social our invovlement is using our tools to make data available to all! #germinate #gridscore

Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Aug 6

One of these guys crapped on me today #raging #downwiththeswallows

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jul 27

Sad news (albeit perhaps not unexpected for a man who enjoys poisoning things) the scientist and satirical song writer Tom Leher has died. I always remember hearing the Elements Song in chemistry at school then discovering Poisoning Pigeons in the Park that my kids love! www.bbc.com/news/article...

American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report

Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations.

www.bbc.com

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jul 17

A couple of years ago while @bazraubach.bsky.social and myself were out at ICARDA in India we ended up being roped into helping write some text for a book which would be used to teach PGR - its been published now :-) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jul 16

Summer in #scotland with a view from the Sidlaw hills over towards the #angus glens.

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jul 10

A really nice documentary on BBC World Service about landraces, genebanks and all stuff PGR. Also includes some of my colleagues at ICARDA and well worth listening to the amazing work that they are doing! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Documentary - The ark of the dry lands - BBC Sounds

How a seed bank in Morocco is protecting around 150,000 different seed-types

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jun 30

Crop diversity making its way into football with the design of the new Norwegian ladies team kit :-) www.goal.com/en/lists/wom...

Women's Euro 2025 kits: England, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and & all the top teams' jerseys revealed | Goal.com

The ultimate guide to all the kit releases for the 2025 Women's European Championships.

www.goal.com

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Will there be another session or will this one be availble after the event?

Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jun 5

Ron Swanson is great!

Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · Jun 5

This release also fixes issues on iOS devices where date-based traits sometimes auto-selected the current date. This is an iOS issue, but a new setting to prevent auto progression prevents this.
We have also fixed issues with trait deletion and export format issues.

a man is holding a hammer and the words bug are on the screen

ALT: a man is holding a hammer and the words bug are on the screen

media.tenor.com

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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · Jun 5

When exporting in the long-format, you can now include more information about each individual data point. This includes a full timestamp (rather than just the date), the position of this measurement in the set and the person who collected each data point.

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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · Jun 5

Add even more information to each plot by providing treatment, pedigree or a friendly name.
These provide more information to the person collecting the data.

You can also assign a dedicated barcode for each plot that isn't the same as the germplasm name! This helps keep barcode tags shorter.

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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · Jun 5

It's update day for #GridScore 🎉
This release includes improvements to:
📝 Add pedigree, treatment, friendly name and barcode info to plots
💾 Include more information in long-format exports
🍎 Prevent automatic date selection on iOS devices
🐞 Bugfixes

#phenotyping #BOLDcwr
gridscore.hutton.ac.uk

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Jun 5

See below - deadline approaching but still time to apply to work on some cool projects looking at how we apply AI technologies to breeding better barley!

International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · Jun 5

A greener world & excellent career prospects.

Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry.

Deadline 15th June 2025

For more info and a list of our current projects visit:

baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

#barley #research

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 27

You should defintely have a look at this if nothing else than because its got an epic name for a piece of software! #spriggles

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Sebastian Raubach @bazraubach.bsky.social · May 27

We've been working on a small tool for vegetation index estimation from RGB images called Spriggles

🔲 Select area of interest
📝 Export into Excel
📑 If images are taken with #GridScore, export your data straight back into the GridScore trial

#phenotyping #webdev #rse

cropgeeks.github.io/spriggles

A screenshot of Spriggles where an photo of a barley plot is shown. A polygon is used to select the area of interest for vegetation index estimation.

A screenshot of Spriggles showing the geometry transformed selection of the previous screenshot into a right-angled rectangle. The vegetation has been separated from the background and the vegetation index value of ~75% is shown.

A screenshot of a different barley plot showing poor emergence and very low ground coverage. The same polygon selection is made on this image for vegetation index estimation.

A screenshot of the export screen to GridScore. The trial this image belongs to has been selected and the trait "Vegetation index" is selected to export the extracted numeric values into.

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 26

And two opportunities working with myself @bazraubach.bsky.social along with the University of Dundee looking at the practical use of AI in barley research. Feel free to shout out for more information!

International Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · May 26

A greener world & excellent career prospects
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025

For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

#barley #research

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 20

Have a great time! Looking forward to seeing pictures :-) Remember to send @bazraubach.bsky.social anything if you want us to put it on the CPC website :-)

Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 20

Definitely worth popping along to learn a bit about the CPC if you are at #chelseaflowershow!

The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · May 20

Join me today in the Pavilion along with APHA to learn more about our collection. #potato #biodiversity #genebank

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 14

First time back to #floorball in 10 years tonight. Different team, some old teammates, a total lack of fitness and what I assume will be a day hobbling about tomorrow with sore muscles. Was great! Stick tape does not store well for long periods and apparently my equipment was 'vintage'

Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 12

We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The second one is looking at using AI for climate smart cereal breeding supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - BARIToNE: The Kernel of Truth: AI and Climate-Smart Cereal Breeding (Project code 25M) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · May 12

We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The first one is looking at plant pedigrees and is supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · Apr 24

The season has kicked off with great momentum! Keep up to date with our progress through the growing season.
#CPC #Potato #Seed #Biodiversity #Horticulture

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The Commonwealth Potato Collection @huttoncpc.bsky.social · May 8

A busy week for us! From the planting of our pollination parents to the testing of our CPC seedlings. Thanks to Alison and her team for preparing the beds for planting 😀
#potato #biodiversity #seeds #horticulture #genebank

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Paul Shaw @pauldshaw.bsky.social · Apr 29

There are certainly worse ways to spend a few days! IPK/CAAS/JHI IBH workshop on cereals being held at @leibnizipk.bsky.social in #Germany this week.

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