A real pleasure to be in Des Moines Iowa today World Food Prize Foundation to receive the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award. Many thanks to all CAST for the fantastic opportunity.

First time I get the cover of a magazine and it's in nature! Had this idea to illustrate the diversity captured by the MX Biobank across Mexico and brilliant designer Mauricio Guzman brought it to life inspired by indigenous Huichol art from near my home town. nature.com/nature/volumes…

Anyone install Docker on an iPhone?

De pequeña tenía una amiga, yo le hacía detalles, intentaba cuidarla, no me trataban bien en el cole y siempre he tratado de cuidar a la gente que me valoraba. Un buen día llegó a clase y me dijo que mejor no siguiéramos siendo amigas, que no le compensaba. Recuerdo irme 👇

Mi marido a sus casi 40 años acaba de descubrir que la gente miente todo el rato y está ofuscadísimo. Una persona estaba enfadada con él y en lugar de decírselo, mentía, por lo que la situación ha ido escalando sin él darse cuenta. +

The Wheat Genome Book is out! The first comprehensive book about the wheat genome, including a complete review of the resources available for research, crop improvement and teaching. In open access: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

📢El IFDP hace un llamado a las autoridades competentes para garantizar la vida de las mujeres que se encuentran privadas de libertad en el CEFERESO 16

Unpopular opinion: Not everyone is able to risk their job to speak up for a cause. It’s easy to say people should risk their livelihood because it’s “the right thing to do,” but that suggestion has an inherent assumption of privilege that not everyone actually has.

There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every ~28 days using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.

The salary for postdoctoral scientists is £36k. Science is global - if the UK is going to be 'the best country for science in the world', we need to be able to recruit the best scientists. Now, we might not be able to - only British scientists can apply.

I came to the UK through a type of visa now being targeted. I continue to live in the UK through another type of visa also now under revision for future applicants. I have lived in the UK for 7 years now, I have had to pay all visa applications out of my own pocket, I have paid

Great to have homonecloco teaching today at CIHEAM Zaragoza and visiting EEAD - CSIC

One of the mysteries of life for me is why we have designed school in such a way that it requires children to do so many things which are very hard for them - and which become much easier in adulthood. 1/

On compassion, exclusion, Covid caution & the rise of denialism & ableism. A 🧵. I’ve got a friend who I’ve known for years - long before Covid. This friend knows about my health issues & knows they pre-date the pandemic. In the before times she would avoid visiting if sick /1

I’m a medical registrar. I’ve been a qualified doctor for 10 years, in training for 16. Out of hours, I’m the most senior physician on site caring for acutely unwell patients. I recently returned from paternity to work 60% as it’s the only way we could make childcare work. (1/4)

…gets violent in meetings often enough that 1) people know and 2) warn newcomers about it, and his behavior is normalized. The first time I spoke to the ombuds about what they were doing to me, the response was, “Oh, this is what they do,” very matter of fact…

Please retweet! Time to register for #IWC2024 taking place in Perth Western Australia 22-27 September. iwc2024.com #wheat wheatgenome IWYP Hosted by Murdoch University Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC in collab with GRDC Wheat Initiative

Me preocupa la enorme cantidad de gente que cree que los gringos gentrifican México. O sea, claramente no ayuda, pero la gentrificación es un problema mucho más complejo, sistémico y con raíces más allá de ellos. Literalmente cada dato sobre gentrificación señala causas más

Few years ago I learnt that the response biotic and abiotic stress are sometimes related… I had the privilege to contribute to this study that finally got published ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment Spoiler alert...NO! #Grants #academia