Evolutionary biologist. Research Leader at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Laura Kelly
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Happy National Plant Health Week! 🌱🌳
Laura Kelly
Are you a PhD student looking for a placement? I’m offering a 3-month project at @rbgkew.bsky.social to build on @forest-protection.bsky.social research on pest and pathogen risks to trees 🪲🦠 Apply by 13th March! www.kew.org/science/training-and-education/placements-for-phd-students
Delighted that this paper from my brilliant former PhD student Elvira Hernandez-Gutierrez is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social 😀 Elvira built a model to predict novel pest-host interactions between Agrilus beetles and oak trees 🪲🌳 we hope the approach will be useful in other systems too!
2 weeks until the TREES DLA deadline! If you’re interested in a fully funded PhD, take a look at the project I’m offering at @rbgkew.bsky.social on evolutionary processes in natural tree populations 🌳🧬 with Richard Nichols at @qmul.bsky.social, @danielwood1992.bsky.social and @rbuggs.bsky.social 👇
Laura Kelly
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🌳🔬🥳
In our latest blog, we shine the spotlight on six of our talented researchers who represent a variety of scientific disciplines across a range of our projects 🔦
Read their reflections on working in forest science here: shorturl.at/WmZzc
Great to be involved in this session at #BritainsForestFuture - a really good panel discussion with the CFP speakers and Jo Clark from @futuretreestrust.bsky.social on the future of ash and genomic approaches to resilient trees more broadly.
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
#InternDiarySeries – Week 3/8 📖🌳🔬
Today we are highlighting Cas who worked with our Investigating ash health genomics after long-term ash dieback exposure team!
Find out more about Cas’ experience creating recombination maps using population genetics data: www.forestprotection.uk/2026/04/22/i...
