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Richard Peter Oliver

@richardpoliver

Fungal plant pathology and fungicide resistance. Worked in UK, Denmark and Australia. Nowadays writing, grandparenting and sailing.

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ECFG17 - 17 European Conference on Fungal Genetics (@ecfg17dublin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Deadline fast approaching! 📢 Don't miss your chance to be a part of this exciting conference. Abstract submission closes on 25th October. ecfg17.org/call-for-abstr… Share your insights and research with us. Submit today! 📚🔬 #AbstractSubmission #ECFG17

🚨 Deadline fast approaching! 📢 Don't miss your chance to be a part of this exciting conference. Abstract submission closes on 25th October. 

ecfg17.org/call-for-abstr…

Share your insights and research with us. Submit today! 📚🔬  #AbstractSubmission #ECFG17
Channa Prakash (@agbioworld) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Agriculture output in England this year is the second worst on record because of wet weather. A reminder on the increasing vulnerability of farming and need for innovation such as gene editing to build resilience theguardian.com/environment/20…

James Hutton Institute (@jameshuttoninst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to Prof Paul Birch, based James Hutton Institute and Head of the Division of Plant Sciences University of Dundee, who was recently awarded the British Society for Plant Pathology RKS Wood Prize 🏆 The prize celebrates excellent #science in the study of #plantdisease biology. More: bit.ly/48DuShV

John Innes Centre (@johninnescentre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

VACANCY - We're recruiting a Director to lead our world-renowned, independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. Please share and apply: okt.to/kURnfW Closing date - 22 November 2024 Norwich Research Park

VACANCY - We're recruiting a Director to lead our world-renowned, independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology.

Please share and apply: okt.to/kURnfW

Closing date - 22 November 2024

<a href="/NorwichResearch/">Norwich Research Park</a>
ACIAR (@aciaraustralia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔈 🌏 ACIAR is currently seeking 4 Research Program Managers to lead Crops, Fisheries, Horticulture, and Soil & Land Management portfolios in the Indo-Pacific region. 📅 Apply by 15 Dec 2024: ow.ly/ooWQ50U7B0o #Careers #Hiring #Jobs

🔈 🌏 ACIAR is currently seeking 4 Research Program Managers to lead Crops, Fisheries, Horticulture, and Soil &amp; Land Management portfolios in the Indo-Pacific region. 

📅 Apply by 15 Dec 2024: ow.ly/ooWQ50U7B0o 

#Careers #Hiring #Jobs
BirdGuides (@birdguides) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An Emperor Penguin has been taken into care after it was found on a beach in Western Australia. It is the most northerly location that the species has ever been recorded: bit.ly/3AAjS8h

Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovi2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just when you thought Brexit could do no more harm, a new economic threat looms and this time to the valuable all-Ireland foreign tourism industry. And it’s the north again that potentially has the most to lose irishnews.com/news/business/…

Channa Prakash (@agbioworld) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy 91st birthday to Dr. Ingo Potrykus, the creator of Golden Rice, a GMO designed to save millions of lives and yet blocked by the insanity & greed of Greenpeace International. In 2019, 890 million children suffered from Vitamin A deficiency in Low & Middle Incoming countries, including

Happy 91st birthday to Dr. Ingo Potrykus, the creator of Golden Rice, a GMO designed to save millions of lives and yet blocked by the insanity &amp; greed of <a href="/Greenpeace/">Greenpeace International</a>. 

In 2019, 890 million children suffered from Vitamin A deficiency in Low &amp; Middle Incoming countries, including
North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory (@nronbirdobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY🚨 We are looking for a volunteer for the 2025 season to help with bird monitoring, ringing, and obs maintenance! Full board included. Long term volunteers preferred, but all applications welcome! Contact [email protected] for more info Please share!

🚨VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY🚨
We are looking for a volunteer for the 2025 season to help with bird monitoring, ringing, and obs maintenance! Full board included. Long term volunteers preferred, but all applications welcome! Contact alison@nrbo.co.uk for more info
Please share!
British Society for Plant Pathology (@bs_pp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏆 Prof. James Brown of John Innes Centre has been awarded the 2025 BSPP Honorary Membership in recognition of his outstanding contributions to plant pathology. 🪴🦠 James now joins an esteemed list of Plant Pathologists who receive free lifetime BSPP membership. Read more 👇

🏆 Prof. James Brown of <a href="/JohnInnesCentre/">John Innes Centre</a> has been awarded the 2025 BSPP Honorary Membership in recognition of his outstanding contributions to plant pathology. 🪴🦠 James now joins an esteemed list of Plant Pathologists who receive free lifetime BSPP membership. Read more 👇
Sophien Kamoun (@kamounlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Warmest congrats to Diane Saunders OBE! Diane has been recognised for her outstanding scientific achievements and dedication to women in STEM with the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024. #CelebratingAlumni

Warmest congrats to Diane Saunders OBE! Diane has been recognised for her outstanding scientific achievements and dedication to women in STEM with the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024. #CelebratingAlumni
Sleep Research Society (@researchsleep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tip 5 for a happy and healthy holiday season: Spend 8 Minutes Outside! Sunlight helps reinforce your circadian rhythm, improving sleep and energy levels. Being outdoors calms the mind and body, helping you feel more refreshed and focused. Read all tips: ow.ly/5Kwv50UwxmM .

Tip 5 for a happy and healthy holiday season: Spend 8 Minutes Outside! Sunlight helps reinforce your circadian rhythm, improving sleep and energy levels. Being outdoors calms the mind and body, helping you feel more refreshed and focused. Read all tips: ow.ly/5Kwv50UwxmM .
British Society for Plant Pathology (@bs_pp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉🚨APPLICATIONS OPEN! 🚨🎉 The BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary opens for supervisor applications today! 15 Masters projects of 6-8 weeks will be fully funded by the BSPP. Open to all members WORLDWIDE! Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/3DE44Cu

Bill Sutherland (@bill_sutherland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our paper reviews the problem of invasive species carried with ornamental plants. academic.oup.com/bioscience/adv… youtube.com/watch?v=CgNVA0…

St Catharine's College (@catz_cambridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scientists from Dept of Zoology & the Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's (BioRISC) have warned that invasive pests are reaching N. Europe in shipments of flowers & plants, with potential to damage food crops & our environment: caths.cam.ac.uk/ornamental-pla… Bill Sutherland

Ros Atkins (@bbcrosatkins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's the 50th anniversary of Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert. It didn't take me any time to choose it when BBC Radio 4 asked me for my 'Inheritance Tracks'. The LP is still in the living room. It remains the most remarkable piece of music. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Dave Goulson (@davegoulson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds! Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. SongBird Survival University of Sussex Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu

Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds! Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest.  <a href="/SongBirdSBS/">SongBird Survival</a> <a href="/SussexUni/">University of Sussex</a> <a href="/CannelleTassin/">Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu</a>