Prof Richard Buggs
@RJABuggs
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Senior Research Leader (Plant Health and Adaptation) @KewScience & Professor of Evolutionary Genomics @QMUL
London
Joined August 2011
Just out in @ScienceMagazine: we demonstrate a micro-evolutionary shift in a single generation, involving thousands of genomic loci, giving younger ash trees more resistance to ash dieback, on average, than their parents
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Rapid evolution through small shifts in allele frequencies at thousands of loci is a long-standing neo-Darwinian prediction but is hard to characterize in the wild. European ash tree (Fraxinus...
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Our latest preprint: European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and a diverse genetic basis for low ash dieback susceptibility | bioRxiv
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European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone forest tree species, whose populations are being decimated by Ash Dieback disease (ADB). Uncovering the genetic basis of low susceptibility to this...
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RT @ForestProtectUK: 📢 FINAL CALL📢. 🌳 Applications for our #treehealth and #forestprotection internships close this week! Have you applied….
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RT @YiliangDing: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
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The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
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RT @ForestProtectUK: 🌳 Have you heard about our fantastic new #treehealth and #forestprotection internship opportunities with @Forest_Resea….
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Nice new paper by some of my Kew colleagues at Wakehurst
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New Forests - The threat of ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus), which is decimating European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) populations, has heightened the need for a cheap and simple method to...
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RT @ForestProtectUK: 📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢. 🌳 Our scientists are studying whether resistance to ash dieback helps or hinders ash trees a….
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Just bumped into William Carruthers in the council room @LinneanSociety who articulated a paleo-botanical challenge to Darwin and Haeckel in the 1870s. See
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Science management job: .Centre for Forest Protection Lead.Forestry Commission - Forest Research and Royal Botanic Garden Kew .Deadline: 27th July 2025.Salary:£ 47,252 - £50,927
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Looking forward "Henry Moore: Monumental Nature" at Kew, May to September 2026.
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Show will include 30 monumental pieces displayed across gardens and 90 works filling Shirley Sherwood Gallery
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RT @GregorGorjanc: New preprint: "Genomic models for accurate estimation of breeding values in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr)"….
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Genomics is advancing estimation of breeding values for selective breeding. Traditional pedigree information used in the estimation of breeding values can still be competitive to genomic information...
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RT @ForestProtectUK: 📢 INTERNSHIP ALERT 📢.🌳 Passionate about climate, genetics & forests? Join @kewgardens as a CFP intern! Gain skills in….
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Our latest preprint: Genetic basis of traits and local adaptation in UK silver birch .
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Fresnos silvestres desarrollan resistencia genética frente al hongo letal en Reino Unido
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Una investigación publicada en la revista Science revela que las nuevas generaciones de fresnos silvestres están mostrando una rápida resistencia genética al hongo invasor Hymenoscyphus fraxineus,...
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ScienceAdviser: Ash trees live on thanks to rapid genetic evolution | Science | AAAS
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Today in Science and science: Ash trees live on thanks to rapid genetic evolution, how squids turn transparent, and more
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RT @ForestProtectUK: 📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢. Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then why not check out our exciti….
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RT @DanielNorero: Genetically engineered chestnut tree, grown in Syracuse, moves one step closer to release 🧬🌳 | If approved, Darling-54 -a….
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