Only a week to go until Barley Away Days 2026! A 2- day workshop centred around the barley research at JHI / IBH to a combined internal and invited external audience. @hutton.ac.uk @scotchwhiskyswa.bsky.social @novogene-europe.bsky.social @thermofishersci.bsky.social LGC Biosearch Diageo SSCR

It was great to welcome @szytynska.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk to the @hutton.ac.uk and @plantecohutton.bsky.social. We look forward to working together to focus on plant-microbe-insect interactions to ensure sustainable barley production.

We hosted a visit from Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social (University of Manchester) who presented a seminar and discussed her research on plant, microbe, aphid interactions in barley to people in the group.

Excited to be looking at roots of wild barleys @plantecohutton.bsky.social

We hosted the ISRR Mini Symposium last week with 14 talks on roots from a whole range of research fields. If you want to catch up on this the link to the recording is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqD... @rootscientists.bsky.social

Gwen is going with a group from Hutton to UAE next week to make connections with research organisations in the Emirates. @hutton.ac.uk @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱 #ISRR @rootscientists.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

Take a look at some articles in various places that have been picked up about our Bere barley participatory network 🌾 1. scottishbusinessnews.net/call-to-join... 2. www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/ne... 3. www.agcc.co.uk/news-article... #berebarley @hutton.ac.uk

Registration for the Organic P Workshop in Charlottetown, Canada is now open Home - OP2026. Hope to see you there. op2026.com

Have a great Christmas break and see you in 2026!

Tim was elected President of EPSO (European Plant Science Organisation). Join us to help the plant science voice be heard in Europe. 🌾🌿 epsoweb.org @epsoeurope.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk @intbarleyhub.bsky.social

Rooting for roots? #PlantScience Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social Register here for free: tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx Programme👇

Tim has been inducted as a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science.

Join us for the ISRR Mini Symposium in January get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio... Also don’t forget to become a ISRR member! @RootScientists #ISRR

Congratulations to Oludare Durodola on passing his viva this month, and for also getting another paper published www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tim and Tracy attended the AAB meeting “Roots to Regenerative Agriculture” which saw a robust debate on the promise and problems with regenerative systems. web.cvent.com/event/6f375f...

See opportunities to join us as a PhD student: @hutton.ac.uk 🌾

Tim George @plantecohutton.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk is our keynote for Session 2: The Rhizosphere and Microbiome 🌱🦠 🌾 Root soil interactions for improved resource acquisition and sustainability 🌾

Gwen has taken up her new permanent position in the team in the last week or so. Looking forward to building a thriving group with her in the coming months and years.

Stefan Pulver and team from St Andrews, visited us today to look at options for looking at beetle behaviour in transparent soil.

We just had a great week at the @Root2Res in Ireland visiting @teagasc new facilities in Johnstown Castle. Lots of new ideas to take forward in the project.

Reporting Period 2 report for @Root2Res is complete and submitted, thanks to all those that contributed to getting this document together, see you in Ireland next week!

Members of the team have been out for our biannual sampling of the Grieves House long-term tillage trials 🚜🌱.

Tim spoke about Science and Innovation at the NFU Scotland Autumn Meeting in Edinburgh last week week.

Some of us attended the 46thMacaulay Lecture in Edinburgh, where were heard from Kate Raworth about doughnut economics. youtu.be/gnyBgXHmnt8?...

George has had his first paper published Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science. Well done George! 🌾 academicjournals.org/journal/JPBC...

Molly and Susan have been involved in some site visit and sampling trips to the borders for the Diagman project, funded by Diageo to look at impacts of green manure on soil health indicators

Lia & Gwen had a great time at the annual Gatsby Network meeting at Oxford last week. Excellent to network & discuss projects with some of the brightest in the field, providing valuable new perspectives & ideas. It was also great to introduce Gwen to the Gatsby network & members!

Cristina’s latest paper from her PhD is now published: Can Increased Cover Crop Diversity Increase Root-Soil Binding and Reduce Soil Loss During Overland Flow? Well done @crismcbride.bsky.social 🌿 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yesterday, Molly assisted with the harvest of the @Root2Res WP4 faba bean trials 🌱🫘 Thanks to the Hutton farm team for making it happen!

The team have been out at Balgonie all week doing the post-harvest sampling for the Agregen project funded by Diageo. This will help assess the impacts of regenerative practices on soil health. 🌱🌾

We’re in full reporting mode for EU projects at the moment, RADIANT, which comes to and end in August, and Root2Res and COUSIN which are reporting at 36 and 18 months, respectively.

Going along to the Dram Good Whisky Festival this weekend held at Arbikie Distillery this weekend, hope to see you there ! 🥃 www.highlandryewhisky.com/products/a-d...

The Scottish Government ENRA Research strategy forming the basis for research funding in Scotland 2027-2032 is out for public consultation, please follow the link to have your say www.gov.scot/publications...

Zoe passed her transfer report this week, well done!

Lawrie and Tim showcased Bere barley at the Rare Food Fair event in Porto which was organised by the H2020 RADIANT project. This citizen-orientated event was designed to promote traditional and cultural heritage using Underutilised Crops 🌾

📰 The first @COUSIN_project newsletter is out! Catch up on the latest updates, insights, and events 👉 cousinproject.eu?mailpoet_rou...

We are preparing for a trip to Porto to join the RADIANT final AGM, the Rare Food Fair and the #IPNC conference. Looking forward to a busy week with friends and colleagues in Porto. ipnc2025.org

Tim is giving a keynote talk this week at the British Mycological Society AGM held at Royal Hollloway, University of London. 🍄 www.britmycolsoc.org.uk

Insightful BBC World Service documentary featuring colleagues from ICARDA in Morocco, exploring the challenges of dryland agriculture and climate resilience. 🎧 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Cristina's revisions to her thesis have been accepted, so she has now officially been awarded her PhD. Congratulations @crismcbride.bsky.social 🎉🌾

Tim was included in Research.com's ranking of world leading scientists and named a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS.

🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from: 1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham 2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland 3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

We held the @Root2Res midterm meeting online and heard some updates on the research, communication and dissemination of the project , if you missed it there is a recording available to members of the consortium.

See the latest ISRR Newsletter here to see what’s going on in the world of root research www.rootresearch.org/s/Welcome-to...

The future of EU science funding is uncertain. A united voice is needed to protect research & innovation in Europe. 📢 Sign the open letter & show your support: 👉 bit.ly/4kzL4pi 👉 lnkd.in/eSgHchPu

Chiara Campoli has been working with Paula Pongrac in Slovenia at the Synchrotron to look at the distribution Mn in the leaf blades of Bere barley crosses to try and understand the unique abilities of Bere to cope with Mn deficiency f2.ijs.si/en/news/2025...

Following on from the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh the other week there are opportunities to publish your research in special issues in Frontiers in Soil Science, Plant and Soil and European Journal of Soil Science www.rhizo6.org/special-issues

A big thank you to Cassie, who finishes up with us this today after spending the last few months supporting the @Root2Res bean shovelomics work. It’s been great having her on the team.🫘🌱

🌾 Great news — Gwen Kirschner has taken a permanent position in the @PlantEcoHutton Team as Principal Investigator in Plant-Soil Interactions! It's great to know you're going to be around for longer, Gwen. @hutton.ac.uk @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @gwenkirschner.bsky.social