About Oliver Ellingham
PhD student at the University of Reading.
Working on ID techniques of powdery mildew Fungi.
Interested in mycology, plant pathology and arboriculture.
The Lost and Found Fungi (LAFF) project have been travelling the country, teaching fungal enthusiasts DNA barcoding… With attention to detail, and a little luck, the protocols have been teaching allow you to read the DNA of the life around us.
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Tagged #LAFF100, BentoLab, Cornwall, DNA, DNA barcoding, Foray, Fungi, Kew, LAFF, Mycology, The Lost & Found Fungi Project, Workshop
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To hone my teaching skills and learn useful practices I have started following a number of established teaching blogs. These include: Thoughts on chemistry and education; Reading for Learning; Newton’s Laws of Learning; Mr T’s Blog: Keeping it simple!; The … Continue reading →
Publications can take time – it has been almost six months since I first submitted this paper and years since the start of the research towards it!
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Tagged #PowderyM, BLAST, Citizen Science, DNA barcoding, Erysiphaceae, Erysiphales, ITS, Mcm7, Molecular markers, Mycologia, Oli Ellingham, Oliver Ellingham, Phylogeny, Powdery Mildew, Publication, Survey
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Here is the poster I delivered at the State of the World’s Fungi (SOTWF) Symposium 2018. This was a grand and audacious event incepted and hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
A large part of the Lost & Found Fungi (LAFF) project involves aiding our volunteer collectors in their mycological education. A field week in Cornwall therefore involves much more than simply keeping our eyes peeled for rarely recorded fungi! In … Continue reading →
Having graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy and completed the promotional tour, I was lucky enough to be accepted as ‘Community Fungal Survey Technician’ for the Lost & Found Fungi Project (LAFF); a project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and run from the Identification and Naming dertment … Continue reading →
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Tagged #LAFF100, Botanic Garden, Fungi, Kew, LAFF, Mycology, Powdery Mildew, RBG, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Lost & Found Fungi Project, Workshop
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Following last months Powdery Mildew Workshop in Eger, Hungary, I toured eastern Hungary; Tokaj and Debrecen, before travelling to Belgrade, Serbia, and Sarajevo and Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina was particularly beautiful with winding roads ambling through the … Continue reading →
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Tagged #PowderyM, Conference, conservation, ECCF, EMA, Erysiphaceae, Erysiphales, European Council for the Conservation of Fungi, European Mycological Association, Fungal conservation, Fungi, Fungus, FYROM, International Society for Fungal Conservation, ISFC, IUCN, Macedonia, Ohrid, Oli Ellingham, Oliver Ellingham, Powdery Mildew, Red list
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The 7th Powdery Mildew Genomics Workshop 2017 concluded on Friday 15th September, 2017. The meeting followed on from another powdery mildew summer school, which I was unable to attend, and both were well hosted by the Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary.
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Tagged #PowderyM, Citizen Science, Conference, Effectoromics, Effectors, Eger, Erysiphales, Fungi, Fungicide, Fungicide Resistance, Genomes, Genomic Workshop, Genomics, Grapevine, Hungary, Oli Ellingham, Oliver Ellingham, Powdery Mildew, Resistance, Tokaj, Wine, Workshop
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On 7th June 2017 the ‘Increasing accuracy of Powdery Mildew (Ascomycota, Erysiphales) identification using previously untapped DNA regions’ thesis was examined. Corrections for the thesis were accepted on 19th June and the Thesis was printed, bound, and submitted on 21st … Continue reading →
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Tagged #PowderyM, Erysiphaceae, Erysiphales, Graduation, Oli Ellingham, Oliver Ellingham, PhD Viva, Powdery Mildew, RHS, Royal Horticultural Society, Thesis, Viva, Viva voce
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Updated 1/3/2019 During my time as a PhD student at the University of Reading I have been lucky enough to attend a number of conferences, summer schools, and annual meetings and take part in various other outreach events. With a … Continue reading →
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Tagged #PowderyM, Annual Conference, Awards, Conference, Horticultural Science Award, Oli Ellingham, Oliver Ellingham, Summer School
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