It's finally out!... Using single-cell and spatial transcriptome data, and data imputation, we created BARVISTA, a website able to perform almost genome-wide information on gene expression profiles at single-cell resolution in barley spikes! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

MicroRNA164d suppresses the HvNAC92-HvHKT1;5 module to enhance salinity tolerance in barley www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A pendant awn phenotype linked to the EMBRYONIC FLOWER 1 LIKE (EMF1L) gene in barley link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Novel resistance loci against Pyrenophora teres f. teres map to chromosomes 3H and 6H of barley link.springer.com/article/10.1...

2025 saw a drop in commuting miles between @hutton.ac.uk and #Cupar mainly due to a broken collarbone in June. Let's hope 2026 is injury free!

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

Plans for Barley Away Days 2026 are coming together nicely. We look forward to seeing friends, colleagues & collaborators, in Dunkeld & Birnam Arts Centre 18th to 19th February 2026< More details to follow in January #barleyad26

@monogram-uk.bsky.social Monogram UK 2026 Pre-conference ECR Workshop sign ups are now open! Free to attend, with loads of skills development and fun networking opportunities. Sign up via QR code below. Please share!

Daffodil bulbs ready for shipping to Daffodil DNA Project Schools. #daffdna #HaberdashersAdams #DunbarAcademy #RednockSchool #NairnAcademy Looking forward to chloroplast DNA @nanoporetech.com data in 2026!

Many thanks to all our 2025 IBH Seminar speakers and contributors. See you all in 2026 for more innovative and inspiring #betterbarley research. Recordings of all our seminars are available here: barleyhub.org/whats-on/pas...

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

Looking forward to ION BRU meeting Kelvin Hall today. The Scottish @nanoporetech.com user group meetings are always worth the trip!

Many congratulations to Dr. Jessie Shadbolt! Her PhD work involved characterisation of the HMA gene family in Barley. Good luck and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

🤩WOW🤩 It is happening again! After a successful first edition, the Plant Meiosis Meeting will take place again next year! Let's go! #meiosis4eva

When Illumina Infinium genotyping data doesn't quite go to plan....... Merry Christmas!

Don't miss this Friday's FREE(!!!) 1hr online workshop: Flash Talk Fundamentals ✨ Join us 👇

Many thanks to all our 2025 IBH Seminar speakers and contributors. See you all in 2026 for more innovative and inspiring #betterbarley research. Recordings of all our seminars are available here: barleyhub.org/whats-on/pas...

🎥New #BarleyMicroBreed video - meet young researchers Menghui Dong and Karl Ludwig Körber working on disentangling beneficial interactions between #barley genotypes and root #microbiomes. youtu.be/MQQ7ssuKYzk

Using CaPNPs may offer a promising strategy to boost drought tolerance in barley and other cereal crops — improving growth, reducing oxidative stress and supporting survival in harsh conditions. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

More Oregon Wolfe Barley growing for #BarleyiTAG project! Well done to Webster's High School in Kirriemuir. DNA extraction and PCRs are underway. barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...

Dr Isabelle Colas highlights barley’s global importance and the key role of the International Barley Hub in advancing research. Her work helps keep IBH a vibrant, collaborative space where scientists, industry and stakeholders join forces to support barley’s future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iik...

How Do Regulations Shape the Future of Gene-Edited Crops? The next BEST CROP talk brings leaders from science, policy, breeding & industry together to explore how innovation + regulation are steering gene-edited crops under the evolving EU NGT framework. 🔗 www.eventbrite.it/e/best-crop-...

48th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18 December 2025 at 15.00 CET discussing Roots for future crops: Horizon Europe Projects on Roots with Kati Retzer, Christopher Barnes, Charlotte White and Rafaella Balestrini. bit.ly/4pHuNkl. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

Kelly Houston, Barley Geneticist and Head of Capacity Building at the International Barley Hub (IBH), shares how the IBH supports the next generation of barley research & remains a thriving, collaborative environment for innovation, growth, and education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1I...

Dr Sarah McKim, Deputy Director of the International Barley Hub (IBH) and Head Developmental Biologist at the James Hutton Institute, shares an overview of IBH’s mission and her role within it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riz_...

New work form our lab shows that loss of function of HvST1 — a grass-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase — increases chromosome recombination up to ~2.5-fold by boosting distal synapsis and crossover formation. #meiosis #betterbarley nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Learn a bit more about the work we are doing under the EU/BBSRC funded BEST-CROP project at our regular webinars. Next even on the 16th December more info here www.eventbrite.it/e/1975055672...

Registration is now open for MONOGRAM 2026! 🌾 📝 Submit your abstract by 23rd January 🐦 Early-bird registration closes 2nd February Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo @monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience

The International Barley Hub is an initiative seeking to create a platform for the translation of barley research into economic, social, environmental and commercial impacts for the breeding, farming, malting, brewing, feed, food, health and related industries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3j1...

3. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Harnessing heritage genetics to improve adaptation to micronutrient deficiency in barley www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

2. Mylnefield Trust Scholars: Biofortification of cereal crops for resilience www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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

We enjoyed a successful BARIToNE Consortium Meeting last week. Thanks to everyone who took part, especially the students who organised and ran the day. More information on our Barley industrial training network and current projects can be found here: baritone.hutton.ac.uk

‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️ 🔊 Valentyna Klymiuk, College of Agriculture & Bioresources Uni of Saskatchewan 📜 Wheat Pre-Breeding: Showcasing Opportunities for Barley Improvement ⏰ Thursday 27th November 2025 14:00 BST 🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...

Amazing to see Barley iTAG experiment in action! Well done to @cheamhigh.bsky.social and their STEM team. Oregon Wolfe Barley germinating well, DNA extraction and PCR to follow. #barleyitag #STEM barleyhub.org/teaching-edu...

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 🌾

📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project. This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes 📅 Closes on 10 Dec. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...

‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️ 📜 Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals How Sucrose Transport Shapes Wheat Grain Development 🔊 Chen Ji @johninnescentre.bsky.social ⏰ Thursday 13th November 2025 14:00 GMT 🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...

Barley nuclear cap-binding complex subunits, HvCBP20 and HvCBP80, play distinct roles in drought adaptation at reproductive phase of development www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A team led by the Carlsberg Research Laboratory and involving the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has now identified how different versions of the MKK3 gene affect seed dormancy and sprouting risk in barley. ➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3v3byfmt ➡️PR: tinyurl.com/32zzemex (Engl.) ➡️PM: tinyurl.com/mts3kukd (German)

Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) 2026 Abstract Submission Deadline *EXTENDED* for : Midday (UK time) Monday 10th November 2025 (originally Monday 3rd November 2025) wdsc2026.com/abstract-sub...

📆 Save the Date... 🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾 23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK 🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation Abstract submission now open! 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo #plantscience

The @hutton.ac.uk Best Crop Project team produced very cool stickers to promote our work using the Germinate database. Find out more here: germinateplatform.github.io/get-germinate/

Join us @vadundee.bsky.social tomorrow to explore how DNA helps shape the incredible variety of plants and crops we see every day. Everything from face painting to DNA extraction! www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...

BLOG - Alumni stories: Dr Ruth Bryant, from #plant #breeding to #crop protection Ruth Bryant studied in the Ridout lab from 2009-2013, and her career has since taken her from Cereal Pathologist, RAGT to Disease Control Scientific Expert, Syngenta. www.jic.ac.uk/blog/alumni-...

Planning is underway for IBGS15 in Dundee! Register your interest below to receive updates as we get closer to the event. 139493613.hs-sites-eu1.com/ibgs15 #ibgs15 #welcometodundee #betterbarley

An international research team led by the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has succeeded in creating a pangenome of oats. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats. ➡️PR: tinyurl.com/3hpcz852 ➡️"Nature": tinyurl.com/28v8e89j ➡️"Nature Communications": tinyurl.com/yf3ada3j

‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️ 🔊 Prof. Phil Brewer @latrobeuni.bsky.social 📜 Lateral Branching Oxidoreductase acts in a strigolactone biosynthesis sub-pathway to inhibit barley tillering ⏰ Thursday 30th October 9am (GMT) 🔌 hutton.webex.com/weblink/regi...

Welcoming Ruby Biswas from the Laboratory of Pollen Biology (@DavidHonys group) for a short visit focused on barley research .🌾 Looking forward to scientific exchange and collaboration !🤝