NEWSLETTERS
GARNish is the biannual newsletter produced by GARNet for the Arabidopsis and wider Plant Science community. GARNish contains information on the latest news, events and funding, it also highlights exciting new tools and resources, and provides a showcase for the excellent UK Plant Science base. If you would like to provide an article for a future issue of GARNet please contact us.
GENOMIC ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH NETWORK: 2000-2020
Contents
Contents:
- Society Updates
- Introducing Quantitative Plant Biology
- Congratulations to Ottoline Leyser
- Conference Updates
- Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme
- Introducing CHAP
- Twenty Years of GARNet
- GARNet Research Roundup
- MASC Publication Update
- Plant RNA Interactome Capture
- Update on new BBSRC Projects
- Spotlight on University of Nottingham
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PLANTED: GENE EDITING IN PLANTS
Contents
The 32nd edition of the biannual GARNish newsletter has been published.
Take a look inside ->
- Society Updates and News from UKPSF, GPC, CONNECTED
- Upcoming Events: ICAR2020, GenSoc Arabidopsis meeting, ICAR2021, Monogram2020
- Introducing RootNav2.0
- Introducing artTRAP
- Report from UK Plant Networks: PCGIN, OREGIN, SCI-Agrifood
- BBSRC Responsive Mode Update
- Report from FASEB Meeting
- Introducing the PlantEd COST Action
- Spotlight on University of Leeds
THE FUTURE OF RNA-SEQ ANALYSIS
Contents
Included in this edition is:
- Update from UKPSF and the Global Plant Council
- List of Upcoming Events
- Introducing the Shiny 3D RNA-Seq analysis App
- Reports from UK Plant Networks
- Update from UKRI-BBSRC including about transfers of responsive mode grants
- Stories from Fascination of Plants Day
- Report from ICAR2019
- The Future of Gene Editing in the UK
- Spotlight on the University of Liverpool
- Analysis of Arabidopsis Publications
If you like to suggest any articles to be included in future edition then please contact the GARNet coordinator, Geraint Parry.
OPENING UP GLOBAL BIOTECH INNOVATION
Contents
The 30th edition of the GARNish newsletter is now available for download from the GARNet website:
Contents
> UKPSF and GPC Update
> HVCfP Annual Meeting
> Introducing OpenMTA
> CONNECTED Network
> BBSRC Funding Update
> iGEM Synthetic Biology
> Spotlight on University of Birmingham
> GARNet2018
> ICAR2019
SUPPORTING BASIC PLANT SCIENCE
Contents
The June 2018 edition of the GARNish newsletter available for download:
Editorial by Steven Spoel
UKPSF Update by Jonathan Carruthers
GPC Update by Sarah Jose
Support for Basic Research by the GARNet committee
BBSRC IMPACT by Rocio Gaudiosis-Pedraza
Funding News from Steve Penfield and Tony Pridmore
Introducing Araboxcis by Daphne Ezer
Rethinking Epitope tags by Piers Hemsley and colleagues
Monogram2018 reports from Toby Barber and Patrycja Sokolowska
Earlham BioFoundry by Jose Carrasco-Lopez and Nicola Patron
Spotlight on RHUL collated by Enrique Lopez-Juez
GARNet Gene Editing Workshop by Ashley Pridgeon and Beth Eldridge
HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
Contents
Please download a free copy of the December 2017 GARNish newsletter that includes:
> GARNish editorial by Steven Spoel
> UKPSF Update by Jon Carruthers
> GPC Update by Sarah Jose
> Report from Oregin Stakeholders Meeting
> Introducing Plantae By Mary Williams
> Statistics in Plant Science by Kirsty Hassall
> RGU Natural Products Resource by Cherry Wainwright
> BBSRC Funding Update
> ICAR2017 meeting report by Janina Tamborski
> iGEM Synthetic Biology by Geraint Parry
> Plant Synthetic Biology at iGEM by Judith Glasson
> Repor from HVCfP Annual Meeting by Geraint Parry
Thanks to all the contributors.
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THE WHEAT ISSUE
Contents
Please find attached the June 2017 edition of the GARNish newsletter, which includes:
> UKPSF and GPC Updates by Jon Carruthers and Lisa Martin
> UKBRC Meeting report by Geraint Parry
> Wheat Training Resource by Philippa Borrill
> Introducing Stockbridge Technology Centre by Phill Davies
> BBSRC Funding News
> Introducing AutoRoot by Andrew French and Brian Forde
> Monogram 2017 Meeting report by Stephanie Smith
> Botany Live by Geraint Parry
> Plant Transformation with Ensifer adhaerens by Dheeraj Rathore
> Spotlight on NIAB by Alison Bentley
> Wheat Transformation Resource by Geraint Parry
ALL NEW BAR EFP-SEQ BROWSER
Contents
- Meeting Report from GARNetNatVar16
- New BAR eFP-Seq Browser by Priyank Purohit and Nicholas Provart
- Latest BBSRC Grant Update
- GARNet2016 Meeting Report by Sarah Jose
- Update on iGEM Synthetic Biology by Geraint Parry
- ICAR Meeting Report by Peter Venn
- Spotlight on the University of Sheffield complied by Stuart Casson
- Plants in Computer Vision Meeting Report by Nathan Hughes
Special thanks to Lisa Martin, Jonathan Carruthers, the BBSRC grant holders and the University of Sheffield plant scientists.
GENE EDITING IN PLANTS
Contents
Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 by Attila Molnar and Douglas Pylott
Plants in Space by Darron Luesse
Funding News from the BBSRC
SLS16 Meeting Report by Emily Marr
Brassica Information Resource by Annemarie Eckes
UKPSF Annual Meeting Report by Geraint Parry
Araport11 Annotation by Agnes Chan and Chris Town
RTD2 Annotation by John Brown
Spotlight on the Sainsbury Lab Cambridge University
Special thanks to: Lisa Martin, Siobhan Braybrook, the BBSRC grant holders and plant science researchers at SLCU.
ARAPORT11: NEW GENOME ANNOTATION FOR 2016
Contents
News and Views
iPlantUK Update
BBSRC Funding News
Reframing the GM debate
Focus on Araport,
Stress Resilience Meeting Report
Research Resource: The Microphenotron
Spotlight on QMUL
Spotlight on Cranfield University
Spotlight on Bioimaging at Brookes
Special thanks to: Katherine Denby, Lisa Martin, Joe McKenna, Richard Buggs, Andrew Thompson, Brian Forde, Agnes Chan, the new BBSRC grant holders and
the plant science researchers at QMUL, Cranfield University and Oxford Brookes.
GARNISH 2020: FIVE MORE YEARS.
Contents
News and Views
iPlant UK Update
Funding Update
The Debate Surrounding Gene Editing
UK PlantSci 2015 Conference
Traffic Lines: New Tools for Genetic Analysis
TRiP: Rhythms in Plants
Fascination of Plant Day 2015
Spotlight on The University of Warwick
Thanks very much to Ryan Joynson, Anthony Hall, Kathleen Greenham, Scott Poethig, Claire Stoker, Mimi Tanimoto, the researchers who have gained recent grants, Katherine Denby and the plant science department at The University of Warwick for their contributions to this edition.
GARNET 2014...AND BEYOND
Contents
News & Views
Funding News
Software Carpentry
GARNet 2014 Report
PlantRegulome.org
The Great British Bioscience Festival
Spotlight on The Genome Analysis Centre
Spotlight on the University of York
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue, especially Ruth Bastow, Mike Blatt, John Christie, Seth J Davis, Jonathan Jones, Gerhard Leubner, Hayley London, Christine Queitsch, Ari Sadanandom, Giovanni Sena, Gordon Simpson, Alessandra Sullivan, Mimi Tanimoto, Simon Turner and Alex Webb.
JUNE 2014
Contents
News & Views
Software Carpentry Workshop Report
Depositing & Searching for Arabidopsis Microarray Data in GEO
UK Microarray Facilities
ALERT 13
The OpenPlant Synthetic Biology Research Centre
The Plant Doctors are Coming...
Spotlight on the University of Worcester
Spotlight on Queen's University Belfast
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue of GARNish, particularly: Antony Dodd, Katie Tomlinson, Anne Osbourn, Jim Haseloff, Fuquan Liu, Mahmut Tör, Claire Stoker, Leonor García Gutiérrez and Graeme Sneddon.
Cover image credit: Charis Cook
DATA MINING WITH IPLANT
Contents
News and Views
Report: Data Mining with iPlant
Resource: WikiPathways for Plants
Inspiring Across Generations: If an Organelle Tweets, what Sound does it Make?
Inspiring Across Generations: The PULSE Project
Spotlight: University of Greenwich
Spotlight: Harper Adams University
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue, especially Nitya Jacob and the PULSE team, Pankaj Jaiswal, Heather Knight, Rebecca Nesbit, Anne Osterrieder, David Pink and the plant scientists at Harper Adams University, Elinor Thompson and the plant science team at the University of Greenwich, Christine Sambles and Daniel Tomé.
Cover image credit: Charis Cook.
PLANT SCI 2013
Contents
News and Views
Report: UK Plant Sci 2013
Resource: Ionomics Hub
Inspiring Across Generations: Plant Science Panel
Spotlight: University of Aberdeen
Spotlight: University of Cambridge
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, especially John Doonan, David Salt, Frances Downey, Alex Webb, Eric Lyons, Emma Wallington, and Rebecca Nesbit.
Cover image credit: Daniela Peukert
BIG SCIENCE
Contents
News and Views
Funding news
Making Data Accessible
Next Generation Sequencing
Teaching Tools in Plant Biology
1001 Genomes Resource
Spotlight on the University of Bath
Spotlight on the University of Bristol
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, especially Arthur Korte, Paula Kover, Claire Grierson, Antony Dodd, Kerry Franklin, Heather Whitney, Ian Moore, Smita Kurup, Mimi Tanimoto, Paul Wiley, Malcolm Bennet, and Mary Williams.
Cover image credit: Envel Kerdaffrec, Gregor Mendel Institute.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute to the next issue, please get in touch.
JUNE 2012
Contents
News and Views
UK PlantSci2012
PhytoPath
Arabidopsis Informatics
Inspiring the Next Generation
Aberystwyth University
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly John Doonan, Aurora Levesly, Paul Kersey, and Jim Murray.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute to the next issue, please get in touch.
DECEMBER 2011
Contents
News and View
Gatsby Plant TREE
Arabidopsis Population Genetics
National Plant Phenomics Centre
UK Plant Sciences Federation
GARNet 2011 Meeting
Careers Publication
University of Birmingham
University of Essex
Many thanks to Ruth Bastow, Sarah Blackford, Juliet Coates, John Doonan, Paula Kover, irene Lavagi, Aurora Levesly, Richard Mott, Phil Mullineaux and Nicholas Smirnoff
EPLANT - 3D VISUALIZATION
Contents
New and Views
Gene Titan
iPlant for Beginners
Cloud Computing
ePlant
Science & Plants for Schools
University of Cardiff
Durham University
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Jim Beynon, Sean May, Tina Lee, Nicholas Provart, Geoff Fucile, Harriet Truscott, Jim Murray and Marc Knight.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
GARNET GETS A NEW LOOK
Contents
UK Plant Science Portal
GARNet 2010 Meeting
Future of Arabidopsis Informatics
What has Arabidopsis done for.....
University of Dundee
Scottish Crop Research Institute
UK Plant Science Masters Courses
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Claire Halpin, Helen Carter, Ziyue Huang, Choon Kiat Lim and Fereshteh
Malekpour.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
A PERSPECTIVE ON PLANT SCIENCE FUNDING
Contents
News and Views
Alternative Splicing in Plants
BBSRC Funding
GARNet & MASC Uncovered
Tablet
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Exeter
Decline in Plant Biology
Front cover image kindly supplied by Jim Haseloff.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly John Brown, Juliet Coates, Tamas Dalmay, Alf Game, Murray Grant, Irene Lavagi, David Marshall, Karl Oparka and Jeremy Pritchard.
If you have any comments about GARNish or if you would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
PLANT PHENOMICS
Contents
News and Views
Plant Science - The Next Generation
BBSRC Strategic Plan
Plant Phenomics
University of Glasgow
Imperial College London
Institute of Food Research
ELIXIR
Obtituaries
Front cover image kindly supplied by APPF.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Helli Meinecke, Cath Brooksbank, Mary Williams, Ginny Page, Thorsten Hamann, Anna Amtmann, Andrew Chapple Aurora Levesly and Alessandra Devoto.
If you have any comments about GARNish or if you would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
PLANT CELL WALLS - BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS
Contents
News and Views
Next Generation Sequencing
Plant Cell Walls
John Innes Centre
Sainsbury Laboratory
Study Groups
Making Sense of GM
Front cover image kindly suppiled by Paul Knox.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Neil Hall, Paul Knox, Andrew Chapple, Leonor Sierra, Susie Lydon and Stefan Kepinski.
If you have any comments about GARNish or if you would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
BIOGRID REACTOME
Contents
News and Views
Reactome
BioGRID
2008 Symposium
ICAR 2009
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
Living Field
Front cover image kindly suppiled by Nick Provart.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Janet Higgins, Andrew Winter, Jie Song, Jane Taylor, Brendan Davies, Paul Jarvis, Anthony Hall, Debbie Harding and Claire Halpin.
If you have any comments about GARNish or if you would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
SCIENCE ART AND WRITING - THE ANSWER TO OUTREACH?
Contents
News and Views
Brachypodium distachyon
Fast Track Breeding of Artemesia annua
Genespring Workgroup
University of Manchester
Science, Art and Writing
Front cover image of Trichomes on a seabuckthorn leaf provided by Dr Jeremy Burgess/ Science Photo Library.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue, particularly Mike Bevan, Maggie Smallwood, Aurora Levesley, Neil Graham, Simon Turner, Anne Osborne, Jim Beynon and Patrick Hussey.
If you have any comments about GARNish or if you would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
ARABIDOPSIS RELATIVES
Contents
News and Views
SUBA
EPSO
Arabidopsis Relatives
ERA-PG:- The Facts and Figures
Spotlight on Newcastle
Spotlight on Nottingham
Front cover image of Cardamine hirsuta, kindly supplied by Miltos Tsiantis and Rosemary Wise.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish, especially Malcolm Bennet, Christine Bunthof, Christine Foyer and Sophie Laurie.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
BIOENERGY - EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM PLANTS
Contents
News and Views
Genespring Workgroup
2010 Programme
Bioenergy
Spotlight on Oxford
Spotlight on Oxford Brookes
Front cover image kindly suppiled by Lucio lucianoaglioni@hotmail.it.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish, especially Iain Donnison, Beatrice Schildknecht, Miltos Tsiantis and John Runions.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
UK ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH MOVES INTO A NEW ERA AS CPIB IS LAUNCHED
Contents
CPIB
UK Systems Biology
Spotlight on Reading
Spotlight on Rothamsted
ERA-PG Update
Spotlight on RHUL
Virtual Plant
Front cover image kindly suppiled by Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch.
PLANT NETWORKS
Contents
News and Views
Arabidopsis Resources
Arabidopsis Co-expression Tools
e-FP Browser
UK Plant Science
Focus on Sheffield
Focus on Southampton
Focus on St.Andrews
Focus on Sussex
EPSO Updates
Data Sharing
Data Exchange
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish, especially Paul Quick, Tim Flowers, Alyson Tobin and all at Southampton who helped provide the information for the UK Plant Science articles.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please contact get in touch.
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY MEETS ARABIDOPSIS
Contents
Systems Biology
Arabidopsis Resources
Focus on WHRI
ERA-PG Update
Spotlight on UWE
Crop Resources
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please contact get in touch.
2010 AND BEYOND
Contents
News and Views
Arabidopsis Resources
ProtLocDb
MapMan
Spotlight on York
Useful Websites
Plant GEMs4
Front illustration by Lucio. e-mail lucioo@liberio.it
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please contact Ruth Bastow ruth@arabidopsis.info
MODEL TO CROP - HARVESTING THE BENEFITS FROM ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH
Contents
News and Views
Arabidopsis Resources
AGRIKOLA
ATIDB
John Innes Genome Lab
NASC
Brassica Resources[Cover Story]
Harvesting the opportunity from Arabidopsis research
Genomics Resources
News from NASC
GARNet Service Success
Front cover illustration by Lucio.
Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue of GARNish.
If you have any comments about GARNish or would like to contribute an article to the next issue please get in touch
WELCOME TO THE NEW VERSION OF GARNISH, THE OFFICIAL GARNET NEWSLETTER
Contents
Arabidopsis Resources
AtEnsembl
News and Views
Editorial
Diary
Plant Science Funding
