by Milly Bell | Dec 16, 2025 | Blog, Project Blogs
Scots pine is a cornerstone of Britain’s native woodlands and an essential species for forestry. Its adaptability makes it vital for creating resilient forests that can withstand pests, diseases, and the impacts of climate change. By maintaining and improving the...
by Milly Bell | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog, Intern Blogs, PhD Blogs
PhD student, and former intern with the Centre for Forest Protection, Phoebe Swift tells us about her route into a career in tree genomics… Where it began… Having grown up in the rural Cotswolds, I have always been surrounded by nature – from dense...
by Milly Bell | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog, PhD Blogs
As an evergreen tree, the yew is symbolic of everlasting life and rebirth. It was held sacred by Druids in pre-Christian times, and came to symbolise death and resurrection for the ancient Celts which continued into the Christian era; yew branches were carried on Palm...
by Louise Gathercole | May 16, 2025 | Blog, Intern Blogs
Cas tells us about her experience learning computer-based methods to understand more about the elm genome. She worked with researchers at Kew, and learnt how to use the high performance computing cluster at Queen Mary University London. You can read Cas’ intern...
by Louise Gathercole | May 14, 2025 | Blog, Intern Blogs
Josh spent his six month internship with the Centre for Forest Protection learning all about identifying nematodes. He worked with PhD student Talor in the Holt Lab containment facility at Forest Research and became quite an expert in identifying the different parts...
by Louise Gathercole | May 8, 2025 | Blog, Intern Blogs
This National Plant Health Week – find out about Katy’s internship experience working on lab methods to detect bacteria that are a potential threat to our trees. Katy spent her six month internship working with PhD student Jiaqi at Forest Research’s...
