Esmat Sarafraz
@esarafraz
A sometime researcher and always genetics enthusiast, studying genetics of flowering time @UTAS_ 🌱🧬💻
Harnessing artificial #intelligence and high throughput #phenotyping for #crop improvement 📎onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… @AustPlantPhenom @PPhenomics @SEBiology @AABiologists @rajvarshney @NAPPN_org @CoEPlantSuccess @SmartHortCentre @CropGlobal @ScienceCrisp @NatureGenet @CGIAR
In a matter of days! The pink-to-blue colour change in #Chickpea flowers😊 #PlantDevelopmnet #LegumeGenetics #Adaptation #ClimateChange #FloweringTime
Wrapping up the week with some beautifully extracted #DNA and a wonderful lab view😊🧬 #Adaptation #ClimateChange #Chickpea #LegumeGenetics #PlantBreeding #FloweringTime
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An app helping #mungbean growers manage powdery mildew has a new tick of approval. The PowderyMildewMBM app – which helps growers with calculations & management decisions – has been further validated out in the paddock. Read the case studies 👉 bit.ly/3Cq97q7 📷…
When industry and university come together, great things happen✨ Thanks to @theGRDC , I had the opportunity to hear from this amazing panel at #BreedingHorizons2025
Are you ready, Brisbane? Can’t wait to join the amazing #BreedingHorizons2025 in just two days!
Programs printed, name badges ready, and excitement building - we're all set for #BreedingHorizons2025 next week! As our Centre's inaugural flagship event, we're bringing together our Annual Meeting, Next-Gen Breeder Training, Industry Partner Workshops, and Predictive Breeding…
So true👏
A clear message for young scientists: publish (CNS!) or perish — or at least, accept you may never be “one of us” 💔 But here’s the truth: you can have an extraordinary career without ever publishing in Cell, Nature, or Science. Success is about finding your community,…
Ranked #1 in #ClimateAction for the 4th year in a row by @timeshighered Impact Rankings, no wonder we're smiling this big 😊 @UTAS_ #Sustainability
An impressive talk by @EmmaOmics , who's been championing the "poor cousin" — sorghum 🌾 Exciting insights into the grass pangenome with rice, maize, and sorghum at the 2025 retreat for @CoEPlantSuccess
An example of an inclusive lab👌
Early Eid celebrations in our lab with the sweetest surprise! Thank you @szintri for getting so many sweets and the thoughtful wishes in Hindi! I absolutely love Jalebi and its been a while since I had some. Maybe not the healthiest breakfast, but definitely the happiest!
The quantitative effect of seed production triggers the end of flowering in tomato (María Jesús López-Martín , Cristina Ferrándiz , Concepción Gómez-Mena) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @ASPB #PlantSci
#ClimateResilience #WomenInSTEM 👏
It's been extreme temperatures, and my #cowpeas🌱 had to deal with drought, heat stress, and Striga. While searching for the superstar cowpea lines, I had an amazing time teaching #Breeding for #ClimateResilience to these future leaders & #WomeninSTEM 🌱🌵
Yet, we lack understanding of the expression of multiple traits at different time points across the entire growth period of the plant. A research team, incl. @LeibnizIPK, has solved this problem. @NaturePlants ➡️PR: tinyurl.com/mrxkvvnr ➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/4mn3en96
#phenologyisfun indeed😊
Excellent question- interested to know the answers! I guess days to heading depends on sowing date, environment & genetics in ryegrass? Here’s a figure where I tried using colour for different seasonal lifecycles of different phenology gene variants in wheat #phenologyisfun
They are really something 👌 Still get excited by #PlantDevelopmnet 🤗 #Adaptation #FoodSecurity #Chickpea #LegumeGenetics #PlantBreeding #Seed
They are really early! Just found this little pod less than a month after sowing☺️ #Adaptation #FloweringTime #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #Chickpea #LegumeGenetics #PlantBreeding
Using machine learning to analyse the genetic basis of fiber-related traits and flowering time in upland cotton. rdcu.be/d7QzN
That’s why I like @KamounLab very much Just look at the flags😊
New Year Lunch 2025 @KamounLab 🇮🇳 🇮🇷 🇦🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 🇹🇳 🇫🇷 🇲🇲 🇳🇿 🇦🇹 🇬🇧 🇹🇭 🇬🇷
New insights into F. x ananassa flowering mechanisms, but perpetual flowering still poses questions. #StrawberryFlowering @OxfordJournals Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/uha…