Interested in plants, how they have evolved and are domesticated to benefit the economy, the environment and society.

Tauranga City, New Zealand
Joined July 2009
Each Easther, our family decorate eggs. Today’s decision in New York reminded me of the year my son made a Donald Trump egg. #trump
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I'm very excited to share the link to our latest publication and my first, first author paper with you all today! This was my COVID baby. It was an unexpected addition to my PhD, so I am thrilled to see it in print the week before my thesis submission. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Learning_By_Doing-R Day 1/1 No better time to learn #R than during #COVID-19 and self-isolation? My challenge, to recreate the graphs of ribosome profiling of GGP #uORF – rate-limiting step in vitamin C biosynthesis. Step one, download R and R studio and log into Galaxy
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Incredible, that after almost 3 years of what started out as an up skilling activity during the lockdown, we now now a company genxtraits.com/news.html and new of our first capital raise. – at Tauranga City, New Zealand
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With climate change driving down crop yield and consumers demanding better quality food, there is a huge unmet need for new crop varieties. With its unique IP around genome regulation, genXtraits is uniquely positioned to deliver the next generation... businesswire.com/news/home/2… – at Tauranga City, New Zealand
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It is vey exciting to be attending an international conference for the first time in a long while. #IHC2022 @2022Ihc Angers, France – at Angers, France
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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Four portfolio leaders and I are extremely excited to see someone come join our team. If you have a passion for organising highly appreciative research leaders, this is the opportunity for you. careers.sciencenewzealand.or…
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A great privilege to co-design our future research with government and induy stakeholders and our Maori partners. ⁦⁦@scion_research⁩
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CLOSING SOON: A great opportunity to join Scion to work on tissue culture and the potential for automation in collaboration with @georgiaTech and @LukeFinlandInt lnkd.in/gzPaqes #collaboration #automation #rpa #opportunity #DigitalTransformation
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We're looking for a Senior Tissue Culture Technician to assist with our tissue culture research projects. Nice long contract of 7 years, based in the lovely #Rotorua. Office is next to world class mountain biking in the Whakarewarewa forest. Go on, apply. buff.ly/2XIlJmS
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There are lots of amazing features in Te Whare Nui o Tuteata. One is the ceiling, where the lights are arranged according to the #Matariki night sky. Max Yeager provides insight into the stars and their meaning at this special time of the year. @scion_research #timber building
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We are looking for a Portfolio Leader to join our team! Are you a specialist or leader in one or more areas of the #forestry value chain? We want to hear from you👇 careers.sciencenewzealand.or… Please share! #hiring #vacancy #rotoruanz #sciencecareers
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BUILDING IN WOOD, taking carbon from the environment and embodying it in our buildings youtu.be/ieBVNgMkcpw via @YouTube
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We're looking for someone with a political/government relations background to come on board as our new Strategic Relationships Director. Intrigued? Get in touch. careers.sciencenewzealand.or… #hiring #scijobs #wellingtion #nz #vacancy
This is what New Zealand’s most productive pine forest looks like. Amazing biodiversity below the forest canopy. A collaboration between @scion_research @niwa_nz and #pamu. Only the numbered trees on the 23 Ha site hint at the deep research behind this demonstration forest.
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35 minutes. That is all it takes for New Zealand’s forests grow the structural pine used to build Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Officially opened by @jacindaardern this week. Find our more about the architecture here. lnkd.in/gTcKKyk @scion_research – at Rotorua District, New Zealand
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I am very excited to start our portfolio roadmap workshop in Te Whare Nui o Tuteata with @ThinkPlace and researchers from @scion_research
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Digitisation, automation and mechanisation. New Zealand’s @scion_research is looking for a talented research with industry experience to lead our new portfolio aimed at helping revolutionise the forestry sector. Please Direct message me if you want to learn more.
VACANCY: We're looking to hire a guru in data science, digital communication, decision making, automation and mechanisation to lead a new portfolio focused on creating value from the digitisation of the forestry sector. Sound like your jam? Apply! careers.sciencenewzealand.or…
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