Reseacher at INRAE, working on genetic and evolutionnary basis of WSSMV and SBCMV resistance in tetraploid wheats. Views are my own. Bluesky @Hpidon.bsky.social
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Hélène Pidon retweeted
One of the wheat genomics project working from a while. Presented as a poster in the conference.
#IWC2026Bologna
#IWC2026
#Wheatgenomics
Hélène Pidon retweeted
I really enjoyed presenting my poster and sharing my work at #IWC2026Bologna today. If you are at the conference and want to learn about Aegilops tauschii, starch or GWAS pop by my poster (PO493) over the next couple of days 🌾
Hélène Pidon retweeted
When food prices rise, we blame weather, logistics or geopolitics 🍝
Often correctly.
But there is another layer: decades of underinvestment — or delayed investment — in the science that makes food systems productive.
That was the warning today in the #IWC2026Bologna
🧵👇
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Luigi Cattivelli @luigicattivelli is starting the meeting of the #durum Expert Working Group adjunct to #FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Great presentation and impressive work by Karim Ammar, durum wheat breeder from @CIMMYT, and @HafssaKabbaj from @ICARDA on durum wheat breeding!
It’s been a pleasure collaborating and working with you both on the durum wheat project.#FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Simon Krattinger from @KAUST explains how wheat went viral. He talks about the role of wild relative introgressions in wheat domestication using my favourite Triticum timopheevii’s role in durum wheat’s history through the failed wheat species genome sequence consortium! #FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Stunning images of wheat inflorescence architecture in talk by Thorsten Schnurbush from @LeibnizIPK #FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Closing #FSTP5 in Bari, Italy!!! We had excellent time and saw fantastic presentations and posters! We thank the chairs and organisers and are looking forward to come back to Italy for #IWC2026Bologna
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Entertainment at the conference dinner in Old Town, Bari #FSTP5 Ristorante R45
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Great talk of Carlotta Award 1st class winner Philippa Borrill
@PhilippaBorrill
@JohnInnesCentre
#FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Very interesting talk of Samuela Palombieri (Unitus, DAFNE, Italy) first class winner of the Carlotta Award at #FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
The Carlotta Award 2025 goes to @PhilippaBorrill from the @JohnInnesCentre who talks about methylation mutants in bread wheat 👏#FSTP5 #WomenInWheat
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Klaudia Kruppa from Martonvasar Hungary @MGIHUNREN gets 2nd prize for The Carlotta Award 🥈 #FSTP5 for her work on introgressing Thinopyrum into wheat for leaf rust resistance and drought tolerance
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Great talk by @Val_Klymiuk from @SaskWheat on pre-breeding for disease resistance in Canadian bread and durum wheat using wild relatives of wheat at #FSTP5 Very impressive work and good luck for your new role as Applied Genomics and Pre-breeding Chair @usask
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Mixing things up a bit with a presentation on barley genetics by @gurcharn_brar wheat breeder from @UAlberta talking about a single plant omics approach with implications for FHB resistance studies in wheat research #FSTP5
Hélène Pidon retweeted
Thanks to the organizers of #FSTP5 for inviting me to present our work on single-plant omics to disentangle FHB resistance. This work is a novel step to improve FHB/DON resistance in cereals. Preprint coming soon!
Thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG @SaskBarley @westerngrains for the funding.
