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News, research and updates from the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.🌱🔬 🌾

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How can farmers use models to prevent wheat disease?

Watch the video from @camplantepidem.bsky.social to see how subsistence farmers across Africa & South Asia can use forecasting models to protect their crops.

📽️ tinyurl.com/3yecskf4

Funded by @cambridgefestival.bsky.social 🙏

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December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Job opportunity: Horticultural Technician

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Horticultural Technician to join the Plant Growth Facility based at the Crop Science Centre.

- Crop Science Centre, Cambridge
- Fixed term
- Closes on Friday 05 December 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/horticu...
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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The Plant Sciences / Zoology tropical field course is a great opportunity for students to experience tropical rainforest ecology & conservation first-hand.

Read more: tinyurl.com/33t6vewr

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Angie Campbell and other field course students collecting data in selectively logged forest for their final project. Photo by Deddy Nurdin, local Research Assistant at the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP). Tropical Forest near the Danum Valley Field Centre. (Photo by Patrick Cosgrove)
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"Innovation should serve all, not just those who can afford it."

Hear how Crop Science Centre researchers @cam.ac.uk & partners are rethinking how we grow food for a sustainable future.

#COP30 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @jmhibberd.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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PhD Opportunity!

PhD in Ecology and the evolution of tree size

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fixed term
Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025.

www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/esquivel-mue...

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November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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New tool to fine-tune plant genomes without changing their DNA could offer a fast and precise alternative to GM breeding & play a key role in developing resilient crops in response to climate change.

tinyurl.com/5n88wrju

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Conceptual 3D rendering of chromosome. Credit: Koto Feja (Getty Images).
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Prof Uta Paszkowski has been appointed co-Director of ENSA - a global research project using biological nitrogen fixation to sustainably increase crop yields - in joint leadership with Prof Simona Radutoiu @au.dk.

Read more at: tinyurl.com/yeyn8n28

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Professor Simona Radutoiu (left) and Professor Uta Paszkowski (right), new co-Directors of ENSA. Photo credits: Professor Radutoiu by Helen Eriksen and Professor Paszkowski © University of Cambridge.
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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From Part II Plant Sciences to award-winning agri-tech leader & OBE, Belinda Clarke talks about studying Plant Sciences at @cam.ac.uk & how it shaped her career.

Read Belinda's story: tinyurl.com/6up5trcr

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Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-TechE, an independent membership organisation for global innovation in agri-tech, and former student at the Department of Plant Sciences. Photo credit: Agri-TechE.
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Could trees be the future of pest control in agriculture?

A review led by Dr @aliscottbrown.bsky.social @camplantepidem.bsky.social explores how farmland trees & shrubs can contribute to integrated pest management.

Read more: tinyurl.com/mryfhx5u

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Crategus Hawthorn. Photo credit: Alison Scott-Brown. Elderflower. Photo credit: Alison Scott-Brown. Dr Alison Scott-Brown on fieldwork. Photo credit: Paul Burgess. Field in Woodmancote, Sussex. Photo credit: Alison Scott-Brown.
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Read more about how researchers from @camplantsci.bsky.social @cropscicentre.bsky.social are working with international partners to unlock the potential of Bambara groundnut for food security and climate resilience.

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Bambara groundnut. Credit Dr Presidor Kendabie, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia, USA. Bambara groundnut. Credit Dr Presidor Kendabie, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia, USA.
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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We're delighted to share photos from the @cropscicentre.bsky.social International Partnerships event 2025 - a meeting of over 100 partners & collaborators from around the world celebrating the power of international partnerships to deliver impact from science.

Read more at: tinyurl.com/4kmjeuuu
Delegates at the International Partnerships event 2025. Photo credit: Alastair Fyfe. Delegates at the International Partnerships event 2025. Photo credit: Alastair Fyfe. Delegates at the International Partnerships event 2025. Photo credit: Alastair Fyfe. Delegates at the International Partnerships event 2025. Photo credit: Alastair Fyfe.
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge.

It's almost 200 years to the day since Henslow took an oath before the Vice Chancellor as 'King's Reader in Botany' on 10 October 1825.

Find out more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9

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Geological map of Anglesey from J.S. Henslow's 1822 article Geological Description of Anglesea. Credit: Cambridge Philosophical Society. Henslow's botanical drawings. Credit: University of Cambridge.
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Job opportunity!

We are recruiting got a Horticultural Technician:
- Crop Science Centre
- Fixed term
- Closes on Friday 31 October

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/horticu...

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October 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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From space science to dinner plates: the future of farming indoors - on the new paper from an international team reimaging the way we grow food into the future.

Read more at: tinyurl.com/3edf6b93

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Dr Alison Gill from the University of Adelaide looks over a crop grown in a controlled environment. Photo credit: Lieke Van Der Hulst.
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

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October 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Job opportunity!

Research Laboratory Technician in Plant Molecular Engineering

Fixed term
Closes on Wednesday 30 September 2025
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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September 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Can British gardens survive climate chaos? From summer heatwaves to winter downpours, Britain’s climate is becoming more extreme. What does it mean for our gardens? Experts at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social are busy working out which plants are most likely to survive.

Read more: tinyurl.com/55fm35cp
Photo of plants in a border at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Photo by Jacqueline Garget.
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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New climate resilience & sustainability project co-led by @drrenataretkute.bsky.social with @bioversityciat.bsky.social aims to protect banana production in Africa from crop disease.

Read more: tinyurl.com/2dutb4h2

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Banana seed enterprise in Rwanda. Photo credit: Dr Aman Bonaventure Omondi.
July 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Great photos from Anoop Tripathi's recent visit to @keygene.com to demonstrate & discuss grafting technique to improve propagation and breeding in bananas.

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July 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Meet 'the man behind the mangroves', Dr Tom Worthington, new A/Prof of Ecology at @camplantsci.bsky.social.

He talks about his work in environmental monitoring of mangrove forests & salt marshes - playing a key role in the restoration of these precious coastal ecosystems.

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Tom Worthington, Associate Professor of Ecology. Photo by Liam Morgan.
July 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Congratulations to @sebastianevda.bsky.social who has received this year's @ismpmi.bsky.social Early Career Achievement Award - a reflection of the brilliant work of members of his lab, over several years.

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IS-MPMI Early Career Achievement Award presented to Sebastian Eves-van den Akker 2025
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Congratulations to our Part II students who graduated in June. We wish them the very best with the next phase of their careers and are excited to welcome them to our alumni community!

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Some of the Part II class at their graduation party June 2025. Photo by Kat Maltby.
July 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd on his election to the @embo.org announced today!

tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru

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Professor Julian Hibberd in the Department of Plant Science library. Photo by Andrew Benton.
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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#Botanicon2025 is just 1 week away! We are excited to announce our second careers panel with representatives from the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge Botanic Gardens, Wellcome Sanger Institute and APHA, for an engaging discussion with our ECRs🌿🧬
Collated logos of the institutes represented in the Botanicon afternoon careers panel
June 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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We are delighted to announce our first careers panel for #Botancion2025 will have representatives from Wild Biosciences, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge, Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Nature Plants, for an insightful discussion on all things careers!🌿🧬 2 weeks to go 🙌
June 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM