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James Simmonds

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Joined May 2012
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Check out this amazing thread by @KatieA_Long on our latest work using spatial transcriptomics in wheat alongside fabulous colleagues @EarlhamInst @AshleighSLister @whatchamacaulay.
Katie Long (@KatieA_Long) profile pictureKatie Long@KatieA_Long6 Jan 2025
1/9 I am excited to share our pre-print on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes in collaboration with @AshleighSLister. Using MERFISH, we resolved the expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Check out the pre-print 👉tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf
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Freya at #englandmnna #Nationals24
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Eyes on the prize 🏆 #Nationals24
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Great work by @simmojsimmo @NikolaiAdamski @AndyChen_Wheat & Pam to sow our first transgene-free genome edited wheat field trial. We will test cis-regulatory edits on yield components. Science-based regulation to move research into field! @ERC_Research @BBSRC #GiveGenesAChance
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NCNA Academy@NCNAcademy26 Mar 2023
Mega day yesterday for our U15s, only losing to the Mavs U15 teams 💪🏻 Thank you to @MavericksNpl for hosting! 🙏🏻 Players Player - Tara 🙌🏻 Coach’s Player - Poppy 🙌🏻 ❤️🖤
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That's my girl 😘
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It turns out that FANCM promotes class I crossovers and suppresses class II crossovers in wheat. See our latest work nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @uniofleicester @hendersi @CristobalUauy
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~10 years from initial cross. 🥳
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Congratulations to @NikolaiAdamski and @simmojsimmo, our GENius of April. For 9 years research resulting in the recent Plant Cell publication of their cloning and characterisation of the Triticum polonicum P1 and for selflessly helping others. @larsostergaard @JohnInnesCentre
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Delighted to share our pre-print describing trends from 15 years of wheat breeding in the UK. Thanks to the @AHDB_Cereals for making the trial data available. Great working on this with @CristobalUauy @simmojsimmo @wingenl and Keith Gardner @niabgroup biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Trend, Population Structure and Trait Mapping from 15 Years of National Varietal Trials of UK...

Trend, Population Structure and Trait Mapping from 15 Years of National Varietal Trials of UK...

There are now a rich variety of genomic and genotypic resources available to wheat researchers and breeders. However, the generation of high-quality and field-relevant phenotyping data which is...

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The Plant Cell@ThePlantCell3 May 2021
Ectopic Expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 Underlies Elongated Glumes and Grains in Hexaploid Wheat in a Dosage-Dependent Manner #PlantSci @NikolaiAdamski @CristobalUauy doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab1…
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sam mugford@popupcamptrout19 Feb 2021
They didn't put this on the side of a bus
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Replying to @JemimaBrinton
@JemimaBrinton @CristobalUauy @CurtisPozniak @simmojsimmo @homonecloco et al. used genomic data to develop tool for studying and generating wheat cultivars that brings newfound precision and efficient to wheat breeding. @JohnInnesCentre nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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Huge shout out to @NikolaiAdamski and @simmojsimmo who masterminded this project and have been steadily working on the genetics and all other aspects over the past 7 years. Incredible work by the team. Really proud. n=11
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This is Triticum polonicum, a tetraploid wheat subspecies first described by Linnaeus in 1753 and which was instrumental in the study of quantitative variation by early geneticists such as Biffen. We recently cloned P1, the gene responsible for its striking glume morphology. 1/n
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Breeding higher yielding wheat for more of the good stuff 🌾🍞
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Great @JohnInnesCentre blog about @Studio_Flozbox incredible talent; by day a wheat breeder by night an artist/scientific illustrator.
John Innes Centre (@JohnInnesCentre) profile pictureJohn Innes Centre@JohnInnesCentre13 May 2020
BLOG - @Studio_Flozbox is a Science Technician in the @CristobalUauy lab by day and an artist by night. We caught up with him to ask how he is bringing these two passions together and providing scientific illustrations for published papers okt.to/j45X0k
Drawing conclusions; introducing science illustrator Tobin Florio

Drawing conclusions; introducing science illustrator Tobin Florio

Tobin Florio is a Science Technician in the Professor Cristobal Uauy lab by day and an artist by night. We caught up with him to ask how he is bringing these two passions together and providing…

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Pushing working from home to the next level, crossing for increasing spikelet number in wheat @CristobalUauy could do with some LED lights next #lockdown #wheatbreeding
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Ewen Cameron (@EwenDCameron) profile pictureEwen Cameron
@EwenDCameron18 Mar 2020
Australian Prime Minister lets rip. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #StopHoarding #StopPanicBuying
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Four months later then planned, we finally have some experiments in the ground. @CristobalUauy spot my house in the distance #armchairscience #betterlatethannever
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