Philippa Borrill
@PhilippaBorrill
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Plant scientist and group leader interested in wheat grain nutrient content, senescence, polyploidy & genomics. Find me on Bluesky @philippa.borrill.bsky.social
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Joined February 2014
To the wheat and plant sciences community: We want to share across the coming weeks our day-to-day lab protocols, via @protocolsIO (open access, no peer review). First release is: "How to grow wheat" https://t.co/ACVFEDf22E Feedback is welcomed and greatly appreciated! 💬
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Also check out our companion preprint where we found similar within-chromosome regulation of homoeolog expression bias using a panel of ~400 wheat accessions:
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What happens if you cross wheat varieties with different homoeolog expression levels? Found out in our new preprint 😁 ⬇️ Thank you to all authors especially @GlombikM and Arunkumar Ramesh for their leadership in this study 👏 🎉
I am happy to share our latest research from @PhilippaBorrill lab on inheritance of Homoeolog Expression Bias (HEB) in wheat. Pre-print available here:
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Ever wonder what happens if you knock down DNA methylation in a plant with a big genome? Does chaos ensue? Read our latest work on wheat MET1-1 to find out below ⬇️ Thanks to all authors, especially first authors @Delfi_Dorussen and Sam Burrows for superb teamwork & leadership.
Very happy to share our research into the role of DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1) in wheat 🌾🧬 This work was led by myself, Sam Burrows and @PhilippaBorrill, with vital contributions from Joe Crudgington, Giorgia di Santolo, @simmojsimmo and @CatmaCator The key results, a 🧵
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EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (@DSW_ISP) in Practice Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online course providing an entry-level intro to #wheat research 🗓️ 12 - 13 November 2024 ⏰ Deadline - 17 July 2024 Find out more and apply: https://t.co/3GTdmGmZmi
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Fresh off the press @PlantDirectJ
https://t.co/AmfHJTowbq We found NAC5-1 positively regulates wheat senescence. Congrats to all authors @CathPlantSci @Mini_Moggy @JulietCCoates and Charline and Emma (not on twitter). Great summary by @CathPlantSci below 👇
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important source of both calories and protein in global diets, but there is a trade-off between grain yield and protein content. The timing of leaf senescence...
Our preprint is out! Excited to share some of my PhD work with @PhilippaBorrill #BorrillLab – Wheat NAC transcription factor NAC5-1 is a positive regulator of senescence https://t.co/tztHXDwWiu 1/6
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What a great conference! Thank you for the invitation! Wonderful science talks and opportunities to meet the next generation of plant scientists #Mendel_ECR_24
Afternoon session begins with @PhilippaBorrill sharing her lab’s discoveries on gene regulatory networks controlling senescence in wheat #Mendel_ECR_24
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Thank you for the invitation! It was an honour to give the Enid MacRobbie Women in Science lecture today and a pleasure to visit the department (and some of the professors) who inspired my interest in plant sciences ☺️🌾🪴🌳🌴
Many thanks to @PhilippaBorrill for her wonderful talk on the power of polyploidy for crop improvement today. We were delighted that she could present this year’s 'Enid MacRobbie Women in Sciences' lecture as part of our weekly seminar series. 🧬🌾🌱
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Really proud of James Milson @JohnInnesCentre presenting his PhD work on baking quality in hybrid wheat #monogram24. Exciting to see the story coming together!
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Delighted to see @CathPlantSci's work about NAC5-1's role in wheat senescence out as a pre-print ⬇️ . Congratulations to @CathPlantSci for leading this project and all co-authors 🎉. @JohnInnesCentre @PlantSci_UoB
Our preprint is out! Excited to share some of my PhD work with @PhilippaBorrill #BorrillLab – Wheat NAC transcription factor NAC5-1 is a positive regulator of senescence https://t.co/tztHXDwWiu 1/6
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NEWS - Dr Philippa Borrill featured in Royal Society video to inspire a new generation @PhilippaBorrill explains the value of gene editing for developing sustainable, resilient wheat in a new series of @royalsociety videos featuring @ProfBrianCox https://t.co/h7F3IJ5ula
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Dr Philippa Borrill explains the value of gene editing as a tool for developing more nutritious, sustainable and resilient wheat, in a new series of Royal Society videos featuring Professor Brian Cox.
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Such a pleasure to work with @royalsociety on an educational series about new technologies including gene editing to produce better crops! Learn more about our work to produce more nutritious #wheat using gene editing @JohnInnesCentre here:
We are very happy to have teamed up with @ProfBrianCox to bring you a new series of #BrianCoxSchoolExperiments videos! These resources, aimed at students aged 11-14, span topics at the forefront of global scientific research. Take a look: https://t.co/gNR3QsXahn
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Extremely proud of @CathPlantSci passing her PhD viva with flying colours! Many congratulations 👏 🎉 From 0 to 2 PhDs from the lab in 5 days!
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Super proud of my first PhD student @MuhammadAliUoB passing his viva with flying colours. Many congratulations🎉👏! You set a high standard for all future lab members - scientifically and as a much-valued team member. All the best in your new postdoc position Dr Ali!
The most exciting day of my #Phdjourney. I passed my #PhD viva. Thanks to my examiners #Kelly & #Eugenio for the great discussions and my great supervisors @PhilippaBorrill @JohnInnesCentre & @CatmaCator @unibirmingham for ur support throughout my PhD 🎊
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VACANCY - GROUP LEADER 📢 Calling #microbiologists! JIC has an exciting opening for a #Soil #Microbiology Group Leader. Those working/interested in microbiome formation in crops e.g. wheat, barley & pea particularly encouraged to apply https://t.co/4dzWki8I8Y
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Great opportunity for scientific discussions, skills training and networking for early career professionals in applied/agricultural biology. ✅Industry & academia encouraged to attend. ✅Highly subsidized registration/accommodation 📅Deadline 15th Oct ⬇️Apply now!
📢 Launching the 'AAB Early Career Professionals Science and Skills Workshop' -> Science, cross-disciplinary networking, careers, publication advice.... 📅 December 18-19 2023 in Leicester 🕸️ https://t.co/BrOQ2Suytm
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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on effector biology 🧬 of Zymoseptoria🍄populations @UoBbiosciences Collaborators: @McdonaldMeganc Tom Wood @KanyukaKostya Salary: £34,980 - £40,521 Apply by: 24/09/23 Full details: https://t.co/YTE6GVMGsi
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Congratulations Ali @MuhammadAliUoB for submitting your PhD thesis 🎉😁. Time has really flown by since you joined as the first PhD student in the lab. #proudPI
Excited to say that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis. Huge thanks to my supervisors @PhilippaBorrill & @CatmaCator for helping me to get this point. I can’t imagine what this work would be like without ur support & motivation. #Thesis @JohnInnesCentre @unibirmingham @UoBbiosciences
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The 2024 Tansley Medal competition is open! This prestigious annual award recognises early career researchers for outstanding contributions to plant science. Shortlisted candidates are invited to write Tansley insights for publication in @NewPhyt. https://t.co/Px5zQ326Ei
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