Philippa Borrill
@PhilippaBorrill
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Plant scientist and group leader interested in wheat grain nutrient content, senescence, polyploidy & genomics. Find me on Bluesky @philippa.borrill.bsky.social
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Joined February 2014
@SurbhiG6 @JohnInnesCentre Thanks @SurbhiG6! For more details please check out our preprint: #IWC2024Perth
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RT @MonogramUK: 📌Save the date! #Monogram25 will take place 7-10th April 2025 in Aberystwyth📌
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@AvaisRasheed @GlombikM It would be an interesting experiment for sure. Maybe it would change expression levels and then increase phenotypic diversity? Not sure!
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RT @ifacisabel: To the wheat and plant sciences community: We want to share across the coming weeks our day-to-day lab protocols, via @prot…
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@OldTiredGrumpy @GlombikM I think you're right and it could be tricky to investigate but we'll give it a go.
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@OldTiredGrumpy @GlombikM We think a substantial proportion are genetic effects (~70% of triads' HEB associated with SNPs, for triads with genotype data). But we cannot rule out epigenetic influence too. My bet would be both so epigenetic regulation is our next step.
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Also check out our companion preprint where we found similar within-chromosome regulation of homoeolog expression bias using a panel of ~400 wheat accessions:
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Ever wonder what happens if you knock down DNA methylation in a plant with a big genome? Does chaos ensue? Read our latest work on wheat MET1-1 to find out below ⬇️ Thanks to all authors, especially first authors @Delfi_Dorussen and Sam Burrows for superb teamwork & leadership.
Very happy to share our research into the role of DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1) in wheat 🌾🧬 This work was led by myself, Sam Burrows and @PhilippaBorrill, with vital contributions from Joe Crudgington, Giorgia di Santolo, @simmojsimmo and @CatmaCator The key results, a 🧵
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RT @JohnInnesCentre: EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (@DSW_ISP) in Practice Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online c…
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@CathPlantSci @unibirmingham @UoBbiosciences @PlantSci_UoB @MIBTP1 @JohnInnesCentre Congratulations! 🎉🎉 Hope that you enjoyed the occasion!
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What a great conference! Thank you for the invitation! Wonderful science talks and opportunities to meet the next generation of plant scientists #Mendel_ECR_24
Afternoon session begins with @PhilippaBorrill sharing her lab’s discoveries on gene regulatory networks controlling senescence in wheat #Mendel_ECR_24
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@StuartRFKing @LizzieGadd @lborouniversity Congratulations on the new role Stuart! An exciting new challenge 🥳
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Thank you for the invitation! It was an honour to give the Enid MacRobbie Women in Science lecture today and a pleasure to visit the department (and some of the professors) who inspired my interest in plant sciences ☺️🌾🪴🌳🌴
Many thanks to @PhilippaBorrill for her wonderful talk on the power of polyploidy for crop improvement today. We were delighted that she could present this year’s 'Enid MacRobbie Women in Sciences' lecture as part of our weekly seminar series. 🧬🌾🌱
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