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Dr Cristobal Uauy - Taking the genetic brakes off wheat production

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Dr Cristobal Uauy of the John Innes Centre speaks about his work using the latest understanding of wheat genetics to increase the yield of wheat for the world's poorest...

Collection: The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School Lecture Collection

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Thu 1 Dec 2016


Dr Ed Mitchard - Measuring Forests from Space

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Dr Ed Mitchard of the University of Edinburgh speaks about his work developing new methods to map changes in forests, especially using radar and LiDAR data, with a view to...

Collection: The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School Lecture Collection

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Thu 1 Dec 2016


IntoBiology - Discover Plant Science

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Collection: IntoBiology

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Tue 1 Sep 2015


Plasmodesmata tomogram movie

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Plasmodesmata tomogram by William Nicolas. Part of research project: Dawei Yan, Shri Ram Yadav, Andrea Paterlini, William J. Nicolas, Jules D. Petit, Lysiane Brocard, Ilya...

Collection: Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Mon 10 Jun 2019


Prof Giles Oldroyd - Engineering the nitrogen symbiosis for smallholder farmers in Africa

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Western agricultural systems are reliant on the application of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers to greatly enhance yield. However, production and application of nitrogen fertilisers...

Collection: The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School Lecture Collection

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Tue 17 Mar 2015


Prof Johnathan Napier - Fish oils and seeds for healthy foods

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Omega-3 fatty acids - obtained from fish oils - are vital for human health, but there is no sustainable production system in place for them. Fisheries are not run sustainably, and...

Collection: The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School Lecture Collection

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Tue 17 Mar 2015


Striations occur within minutes from when mechanical stress is applied to the proximal (purple) adaxial ...

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Striations occur within minutes from when mechanical stress is applied to the proximal (purple) adaxial region of the hibiscus petal in the longitudinal direction.

Collection: Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Tue 14 Sep 2021


Thinking like a vegetable: How plants decide what to do

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Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, speaking at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School 2015.

Collection: The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School Lecture Collection

Institution: Sainsbury Laboratory

Created: Fri 20 Nov 2015