Farewell #Shanghai! It was a privilege to join the #CEPAMS meeting and celebrate the breakthroughs of the John Innes Centre and Chinese Academy of Sciences partnership. I had great interactions and look forward to developing new collaborations.

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the CEPAMS symposium in Shanghai. I really enjoyed meeting scientists from Shanghai and Beijing and had many fruitful discussions about my work.

Only a week until Pint of Science UK 2025 starts 🎉🍺 In Norwich we have 15 events covering topics from nutrition 🥦 to AI 🤖 and brains 🧠 to galciers 🧊 Get your tickets now as our events are already starting to sell out ⤵️ pintofscience.co.uk/events/norwich #pint25

Come and see me and Bonnie Whatmough talking about cool relationships with microbes and both of our PhD projects John Innes Centre, tomorrow at the Norwich puppet theatre! pintofscience.co.uk/event/invisibl… Pint of Science UK #pint25

✨️ #pint25 is starting today!✨ 3 nights of fun science talks for everyone in pubs, come meet & chat with scientists! 👀🎟 Discover the programme and grab your tickets here pintofscience.co.uk 🗓️ 19-21 May 2025 📍45 locations across the UK 👓 400 events

💥This is what the first night of #pint25 looked like in the UK🇬🇧! We had a blast and it looks like you did too! Can you spot yourself in the collage? ✨Are you ready for day 2?✨ Programme & tickets pintofscience.co.uk

Did you know Einstein has links to the invention of the paper towel? Or that the earth is closest to the sun in January 🌍 These are just some of the cool things I learnt tonight at Pint of Science UK🍺 Join us for our final events tomorrow ⤵️ pintofscience.co.uk/events/norwich #pint25

What a way to end Pint of Science UK 🍻🎉 We had 12 brilliant talks covering everything from inbreeding in birds (and the Royal family 👑) to bugs and prostate cancer Thank you to our 🌟 amazing 🌟 event managers who have planned and hosted 15 events over the past 3 days! #pint25

Was delighted to speak about bacterial involvement in prostate cancer as part of Pint of Science UK 2025 yesterday in Norwich!

📣The Plant Cell is recruiting Assistant Features Editors. The application period opens now and runs through September 15, 2025!🌱 👉Application information can be found at this link: blog.aspb.org/the-plant-cell… #plantscience

This week I joined the Rosalind Franklin Women In Wheat annual workshop. I was inspired by Jess Wade's talk about academia's hidden curriculum, and enjoyed learning about fellowships and elevator pitches. Yet my highlight was meeting other early career scientists studying wheat!

Today I was lucky enough to attend an International Wheat Symposium at the John Innes Centre 🌾 There were many inspiring talks and I learnt so much about disease resistance, biofortification, breeding.... And I loved being able to share my work on starch in wheat wild relatives

📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱 👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp #plantscience

Plantae Fellows from past and present, near and far gathered #IRL at #PlantBio2025, creating community year after year!🌱 📢Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program! Learn more and apply by August 31! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp/

Earlier this week I spoke to students from London International Youth Science Forum about my journey through science and life at the John Innes Centre studying plants 🌱 It was a real full circle moment as I attended LIYSF myself when I was 18!

📣Join the 2026 Plantae Fellows cohort! We are looking for individuals who want to become highly engaged by creating and curating content and fostering our growing global plant science community.🌱 👉Learn more and apply by August 31! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp. #PlantScience