Barley genetics & disease research is coming to Dundee!
IBGS15 & the 3rd International Workshop on Barley Leaf Diseases take place 25–29 Oct 2027, bringing researchers, breeders & industry together from around the world.

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Barley genetics & disease research is coming to Dundee!
IBGS15 & the 3rd International Workshop on Barley Leaf Diseases take place 25–29 Oct 2027, bringing researchers, breeders & industry together from around the world.
‼️ IBH Seminar Alert ‼️
📜 Application of Single-Cell and Spatial Omics in Wheat and Barley Functional Genomics Research
🔊 Cong Tan, Yazhouwan National Lab (YNL) and BGI-Research, China.
⏰ Wednesday, 14th October 2026, 09:00 - 10:30 GMT
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8461a3...
It's not too late to register for this afternoon's seminar. Details below.....
‼️ IBH Seminar Alert ‼️
📜 Developing Drought-Tolerant Wheat Varieties through Conventional Breeding: Screening, Trait Evaluation, and Selection Strategies
🔊 Javaria Ashiq Wheat Research Institute AARI Faisalabad Pakistan
⏰ Wednesday, 30th September 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
🔗 shorturl.at/EEjO5
Standardized and rapid protocol for drought tolerance screening at seedling stage in small grain cereals and their wild relatives
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
It's not too late to register for this afternoon's seminar. Details below.....
Google maps for genomes? Use FluentDNA to explore the Bere Unst barley genome assembly
Explore genomic features such as gene clusters, telomeric repeats and GC rich regions!
www.cropdiversity.ac.uk/fluentdna/Be...
A new resource for the barley community!
The Bere Unst barley genome assembly is now available to explore through FluentDNA.
www.cropdiversity.ac.uk/fluentdna/Be...
Don't miss today's FREE webinar on plant genome editing 👇
Discovering common and population-specific QTLs for leaf rust resistance in different Barley populations
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congratulations to David Ashworth, Baritone PhD Student with @hutton.ac.uk, SLS Dundee Uni, & Chivas Brothers on his new publication.
Barley can utilise algal fertiliser to maintain yield and selected malt quality indicators compared to mineral fertiliser
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🚨 Only 2 days left to submit an abstract!! 🚨
Present your work at Sustainable Crop Nutrition this November👇
Base editing of EIF4E creates novel resistance alleles against bymoviruses in winter barley
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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📜 BarleyMicroBreed: Enhancing drought tolerance of barley through selection of the root microbiome
🔊 @Christopher Barnes, Department of Agroecology - @au.dk, Denmark.
⏰ Wednesday, 16th September 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fcaee1...
It was a pleasure to host Ping Yang and Congcong Jiang from the State Key Lab of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ICS-CAAS) last week.
Dundee next year for #IBGS15
1 week to go... 🧬 All 'aabout' plant genome editing 🧬 Register for free 👇
HvPHO1 Controls a Glucose 1-Phosphate–SnRK1 Signalling Module That Coordinates Starch Accumulation in Barley Endosperm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A great send off for Robbie Waugh last night in Mennies with a special commemorative beer from Danny Cullen at Law Brewing ‘Closing Time IPA’. Happy retirement Robbie! The @hutton.ac.uk and @intbarleyhub.bsky.social will miss you!
It's not too late to register for tomorrow morning's seminar. Details below:
Just 4 days left to submit an abstract to present at 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists'🌱
📍Nottingham & Online, 20- 21 Oct
Join us to expand your skills & network!
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Today we're happy to announce two more speakers! 👇