Joshua Williams
Plants and Programming
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About me
PhD candidate at the John Innes Centre investigating deep learning applications in crop research. 1st-Class Genetics BSc graduate at UCL. Research interests in regenerative and controlled environment agriculture.
John Innes Centre
PhD, 2022-2026. Working thesis title “Scoring plant cell death and disease lesion severity using automated deep learning tools.”
International Undergraduate Summer School, Jun-Aug 2021. “Modelling gene regulatory networks in Brassica oleracea.”
University College London
Genetics BSc, 2019-2022: 1st-Class (74%).
Summer Research Internship, May-Oct 2021. “Characterising MAGIC populations of wheat as haplotype mosaics of published wheat genomes.”
President of the UCL Genetics Society, Jun 2021-Jun 2022
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Undergraduate dissertation, Sep 2021-May 2022: (76%). “A phylogenetics pipeline to unlock Dioscorea properties.”
Recent Posts
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Algal Photobioreactors
Microorganismal algae, perhaps most recognisable blooming on a stagnant lake, offers a great alternative to fossil fuels. Furthermore, selecting for growth traits in these plants gives the potential for ultrahigh biomass productivity, supporting a transition to a cleaner, sustainable energy source. I will discuss the most important features of algae for biofuel production here, as…
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Toxic Squash
In 2018, JAMA Dermatology published two cases of hair loss, amongst other symptoms, of individuals who reported eating bitter Cucurbits – members of the Cucurbitaceae family: squash, courgettes, pumpkins, and melons. These were reported as cases of Toxic Squash Syndrome, a type of poisoning resulting from ingestion of a toxin named Cucurbitacin E. Here, I…
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