Wheat geneticist and group leader at John Innes Centre. Interested in #micronutrients, #senescence, #polyploidy and #genomics. She/her. https://borrilllab.com/
Philippa Borrill
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Thanks to all authors @delfidorussen.bsky.social @emilieknight.bsky.social and @simmojsimmo.bsky.social and the many colleagues we've discussed this question with over the years!
Delighted to be selected for the Carlotta Award celebrating female wheat researchers 🎉
Thank you to the committee - it was lovely to meet you in Bari!
I am sure this award will continue to promote women's contributions to wheat research under the stewardship of @wheatinitiative.bsky.social
The mystery of redundancy between homoeologs continues! Knocking out one homoeolog in wheat doesn't cause the other homoeologs to be upregulated... nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great work led by @delfidorussen.bsky.social with @emilieknight.bsky.social @simmojsimmo.bsky.social
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
#plantsciences #plantscijobs
In #wheat mutants we've long wondered if the expression of homoeologs is upregulated to compensate. Could that explain homoeolog redundancy?
Spoiler alert: no! Great summary by lead author @delfidorussen.bsky.social ⬇️ and the whole preprint is here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience
Philippa Borrill
Fantastic opportunity to start your independent career at the JIC here. Great startup package. Repost = nice. Thank you!!!
My lab at the JIC is recruiting 3 PDRA:
🔹 Bioinformatics / AI
🔹 Molecular Biology / Genetics
🔹 Proteomics
Programme funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
📅 Closing date: 27 February
Apply via JIC website:
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/
Please share with outstanding candidates. 🙏
Exciting times to be at @johninnescentre.bsky.social !
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Philippa Borrill
Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Philippa Borrill
Philippa Borrill
Philippa Borrill
🌾🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌾🧬
📝 Varying gene dosage through mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1 ) in polyploid wheat generates quantitative changes to CG methylation without the lethal consequences observed in other crops - Burrows et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Tung Le
John Innes Centre
Christine Faulkner
The John Innes Centre has been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK. The new Global Talent...
