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Sarah Raffan

@RaffanSarah

Post-doc at Rothamsted Research

Joined November 2018
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Chuffed to see @JoeOddy 's biscuits featured on the cover of JAFC, @Rothamsted @ACS4Authors
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Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked newscientist.com/article/235…
Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked | New Scientist

Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked | New Scientist

Field trials show that a form of wheat developed using CRIPSR gene editing produces lower levels of the potentially carcinogenic compound acrylamide when cooked at high temperatures

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The results of last year's field trial of our low asparagine gene edited wheat 🧬🌱have just been published... thetimes.co.uk/article/cance…

Cancer chemical in wheat is toast after gene editing

A strain of gene-edited wheat that could be sold in Britain under a new law has been shown to lower significantly the risk of a cancer-linked compound when brea

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When you're revising for GCSEs, it might be easy to think that being "good at science" is just about knowing the right answer. Instead, Dana and Monique explain how science is all about asking questions, over and over... #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM
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Finally setting up a clear pot experiment here at @salkinstitute. Back to the origin! Trying to see the effect of mebendazole on wheat seminal root angle! @RaffanSarah
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Results of our first year of field trialling low asparagine CRISPR wheat just published. Well done @RaffanSarah and everyone else involved, @Rothamsted onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Field assessment of genome‐edited, low asparagine wheat: Europe's first CRISPR wheat field trial

Field assessment of genome‐edited, low asparagine wheat: Europe's first CRISPR wheat field trial

Click on the article title to read more.

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It's #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 The wonderful Dana Macgregor and Monique Smith tell us how their love of science began... #WomenInSTEM #WomenAndGirlsInScience
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A bit late but very happy that our year 2 CRISPR wheat field trial was drilled yesterday. Thanks to the farm team @Rothamsted for getting the job done in the fog. @RaffanSarah
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Improving the safety of wheat grain through crop management strategies is being investigated as part of a research project that utilises an innovative piece of laboratory equipment 🔬 ▶️Read more here: ow.ly/GyiN50KWNoG #agritech #agriculture #agribusiness @Rothamsted
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On Wednesday this week, we continue our @COST_PlantEd WG1 Online Lecture Series about #CRISPR in #plants. This time we have speakers from @IBMCP and @TheSainsburyLab. Registration is still possible following this link: forms.gle/QR1i2EJio8MYh7Yv6
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Many congratulations to our Regius Professor of Botany @OttolineLeyser on her receipt of the @royalsociety's 2023 Croonian Medal and Lecture! 🌿 @homesmith9 @slcuplants @Cambridge_SBS @Cambridge_Uni @UKRI_CEO @UKRI_News plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/prof…
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Some welcome rain now coming to #Hertfordshire - but not before we managed to harvest our #CRISPR gene edited low asparagine wheat trial last week. Huge thanks to the farm team for their heroic heatwave efforts over the last month.

Harvesting GE wheat trial

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Our CRISPR low asparagine wheat field trial was harvested last Friday. Hot work for the farm staff @Rothamsted @RaffanSarah
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As it is such a quiet news day in the UK, seems like a good time to put this out... 🚨 Global wheat production can be doubled Great new study in @NatureFoodJnl looking at the untapped genetic potential of wheat. rothamsted.ac.uk/news/global…
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Day 2 of @AICC1981 Summer Technical event back in the lecture theatre for discussion on new technologies in plant genetics with @RaffanSarah @JohnathanNapie1 #independentagronomy
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Day 2 @AICC1981 with assembled agronomists getting the low down on gene editing and GM research with @RaffanSarah and @JohnathanNapie1
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> Plant breeding to meet societal need @RaffanSarah > Impact of climate change on agricultural nutritional security w Rob Hancock @HuttonCMS > ECP Career Development Workshop w @PhilippaBorrill @jakecologist Submit your abstract -> aab.org.uk/conferences/submi…
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AAB Treasurer Nigel Halford @Halford1Nigel @Rothamsted provides evidence to the UK GOV consultation on 'Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill'. Listen to Nigel from 14:36 parliamentlive.tv/event/inde…
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Delighted to welcome @DepSecBronaugh 🇺🇸 to campus today along with U.S. Agricultural Counsellor @USAinUK and Agricultural Commissioners from 8 states - here being shown around the historic sample archive.
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Glad to follow @JohnathanNapie1 @Rothamsted onto the Qualifying Higher Plants list: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Qualifying higher plant notification (reference: 22/Q03)

Qualifying higher plant notification (reference: 22/Q03)

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