Скачать или смотреть Genes, Grains, and Growth: Exploring the Science of Wheat

What makes wheat grow better? In this video, we meet Katie Long, a PhD student researching wheat inflorescence development and gene expression at the John Innes Centre. From discovering plant science during university to designing a custom research project through the Gatsby Network, this is a story of curiosity, mentorship, and scientific impact. Learn how molecular biology and crop genetics are helping us understand—and improve—the plants that feed the world.

00:00 The Moment It Clicked: University and the Plant Path
00:21 Cracking the Code of Crop Yield
00:50 From Pipettes to Python: The Rhythm of Research
01:17 How a Conversation Seeded a Career

Speaker profile:
Katie Long is currently working as a Research Assistant/Associate in the Bartlett Group at the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge (SLCU). Before that, she completed her PhD as a Sainsbury PhD student in the Uayu Lab at the John Innes Centre. Katie is interested in reproductive development in wheat, and how we can use new tools to further our understanding of how wheat spikes gain their unique shape.

For more inspiration and guidance on a career in plant science visit https://www.plantsciencefutures.org.uk/

Filmed at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, 2025.
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