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A personal reflection on Wild about Weeds – author Jack Wallington

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Tomos Jones

By Tomos Jones The aim of my PhD is to identify which ornamental plants might become invasive in the future, possibly as a result of climate change. Gardeners have an important role in preventing invasive ornamental plants from escaping gardens, … Continue reading →

Final call: help identify potentially invasive plants

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Tomos Jones

Ornamental plants: our future invaders? This seemingly simple question is the focus of my PhD, and I’m asking gardeners to help me answer it. Most of the invasive plants we have in the British Isles originally escaped from gardens (Stace and … Continue reading →

Enhancing identification accuracy for powdery mildews using previously underexploited DNA loci

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Oliver Ellingham

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!

Future invaders at RHS Chelsea

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Tomos Jones

I’m heading to RHS Chelsea 2019! To complete the RHS Chelsea survey, click here. I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019, with an exhibit called Ornamental plants: our future invaders? in the Discovery Zone. … Continue reading →

A survey for BSBI vice-county recorders

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Tomos Jones

This survey has now closed. Thanks to all BSBI vice-county recorders who completed the survey. I have recently started a PhD at the University of Reading titled ‘Garden plants: a threat to the natural environment due to climate change?’ This … Continue reading →

EMA conference / Ohrid, Macedonia

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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 →

Powdery Mildew Genomics Workshop 2017

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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.

PhD Viva, Corrections, Thesis submission, and Graduation

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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 →

Conferences Contributions 2013-2019

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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 →

Powdery Mildew Identification: Improving accuracy using previously untapped DNA regions

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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Here is the poster I will deliver at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2017 (3 – 6 April) at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland.

Category Archives: PhD research

A personal reflection on Wild about Weeds – author Jack Wallington

Final call: help identify potentially invasive plants

Enhancing identification accuracy for powdery mildews using previously underexploited DNA loci

Future invaders at RHS Chelsea

A survey for BSBI vice-county recorders

EMA conference / Ohrid, Macedonia

Powdery Mildew Genomics Workshop 2017

PhD Viva, Corrections, Thesis submission, and Graduation

Conferences Contributions 2013-2019

Powdery Mildew Identification: Improving accuracy using previously untapped DNA regions

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