October 22, 2021
Science
FEATURE
| 10 min READ
Biography
Xingdong joined the Earlham Institute in January 2010 and was involved in the development of EI's Laboratory Information Management System (MISO) and the TGAC Genomic Browser. He also worked on data visualisation, managing servers, genomic databases and bioinformatics tools.
Publications
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13 October 2021
Science
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Hybrid Wheat Initiative: the ‘holy grail’ of wheat breeding
Connecting academia and the wheat industry to resolve the critical challenge of hybrid wheat and shape the future of crop research.
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15 October 2020
Science
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Orphan Crops: the neglected side of food security & climate change
When we speak of food security, we often associate that with staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize. But there’s another side to the picture - one that has been largely neglected. For hundreds of millions of people, ‘orphan crops’ are a vital resource, and one that Earlham Institute’s Dr Jose De Vega and Dr Janet Higgins have been working hard to improve.
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October 01, 2020
Science
FEATURE
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5 ways Earlham Institute is improving global food security
How can food security be improved? That’s one of the major challenges facing science and society. To feed and nourish a rapidly expanding population, crop yields must increase in the face of the threats posed by climate change and once fertile areas of land must be reinvigorated. However we manage it, it’s vital we protect and enhance the biodiversity on which much of our agricultural system relies.
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12 August 2019
Learning
FEATURE
| 5 min READ
Bread and butter: decoding wheat
Integral to the international effort that brought us the bread wheat genome, decoding this complex, hexaploid crop - from sequence to assembly, annotation and even mapping the epigenome - has been at the heart of what we do at Earlham Institute.
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08 July 2019
Science
FEATURE
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Tick tock circadian clock
Plants and us - we’re not so different, especially when it comes to the daily rituals of life - and circadian clocks show we’re all creatures of habit.
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07 May 2019
Science
FEATURE
| 5 min READ
10 years of impact: global food security
How has research at the Earlham Institute impacted on global food security over the last ten years, and what is the value to the global economy in the future?
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20 December 2018
Learning
FEATURE
| 5 min READ
The twelve polyploids of Christmas
Ho-ho-ho! At Earlham Institute we love a polyploid organism. Why stick to sequencing and decoding boring diploids when you have access to some of the biggest supercomputing power for life science research in Europe?
10 April 2023
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Engineered plants produce sex perfume to trick pests and replace pesticides
Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which could be used to confuse would-be pests looking for love and reduce the need for harmful pesticides.
28 March 2023
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Human body a breeding ground for antimicrobial resistance genes
The community of microbes living in and on our bodies may be acting as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance, according to new research from the Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute in Norwich.
06 February 2023
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Key tilapia genome offers boost to global food security
The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world’s poorest people.
10 January 2023
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Exotic wheat DNA could help breed ‘climate-proof’ crops
Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes.
22 November 2022
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Sequencing project to unleash the huge potential of euglenoids
An ambitious plan to sequence the genomes of all known species of euglenoids over the next decade has been launched today.
24 October 2022
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Circadian clock insights could be key to increased wheat yields
New research carefully measuring the influence and regulation of the circadian clock in wheat could help breeders improve key agricultural traits in one of the world’s most important crops.
28 September 2022
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European consortium launched to reverse biodiversity loss through genomics research
A quantum leap in the use of genomics is needed to reverse unprecedented species loss and ecosystem degradation, according to a new pan-European consortium of leading research organisations.
22 September 2022
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Tracking bacterial evolution in real time spots emergence of antimicrobial resistance
Single-cell genomics technology could transform understanding of how bacterial populations evolve and combat the growing issue of antibiotic resistance