Prof Richard Buggs
- Defra have published an external review of Kew Science 2021-2025. I am grateful that the use of genomics to identify the acquisition of resistance to ash dieback disease in natural woodland populations was identified as a highlight. sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetai...
- In the 1920s a renegade botanist working in the unlit undercroft of Kew's herbarium purloined invaluable plant specimens and smuggled them to Pretoria. The newly unearthed story of "The Smith Episode" is documented for the first time in Kew Bulletin here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Join us to do a PhD "Understanding the evolutionary repercussions of adaptation to new threats," following up on our recent Science paper on natural selection by ash dieback. trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/und...
- It’s often said that humans and chimps share 99% of their DNA. That means a lot less than almost everybody believes it means geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/09/15/i... 🧪
- New review in Biophysical Journal shows that the ubiquitous molecular machine ATP synthase is highly efficient, and needs to be so to support life. This level of efficiency makes all currently suggested evolutionary pathways for ATP synthase evolution implausible. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
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- A privilege to be interviewed by Éanna Ní Lamhna (what a lovely accent!) on Raidió Teilifís Éireann @rteradio1.bsky.social (Ireland's National Public Service) who did a great job in getting to the heart of our recent @science.org paper www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
- Our latest preprint: Genetic basis of traits and local adaptation in UK silver birch 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Fresnos silvestres desarrollan resistencia genética frente al hongo letal en Reino Unido www.colglobalnews.com/noticias/fre... 🧪
- Delighted to see this article on my collaborator Dr Miguel Nemesio-Gorriz in El Pais @elpais_espana elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
- Thanks Kew! The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- BIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪 Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍 Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience #SciNews
- Just out in Science: we demonstrate a micro-evolutionary shift in a single generation, involving thousands of genomic loci, giving younger ash trees more resistance to ash dieback, on average, than their parents www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp2990
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- Reposted by Prof Richard BuggsBIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪 Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍 Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience #SciNews
