Jennifer has completed a BSc. Hons/ Master of Biology in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds in 2016. After this, she did her PhD in barley genetics and development as a joint student with The University of Dundee and The James Hutton institute. In 2021 she moved to NIAB, Cambridge, as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Kay Trafford working on starch granule morphology in wheat. In 2022 she returned to The University of Dundee/ The James Hutton Institute to work with Sarah McKim on the maternal control of grain development in barley.
Development and evolution of abscission zones in Tritceae.
2022-2025, Plant molecular biology technician at The University of Dundee. Maternal control of grain development in barley.
2021-2022, Postdoctoral researcher at NIAB Cambridge, Characterisation of B-granule-less wheat as part of the Designing Future Wheat Project.
2016-2020- PhD in barley genetics, at The University of Dundee/ The James Hutton Institute.
Campoli, C., Eskan, M., McAllister, T., Liu, L., Shoesmith, J., Prescott, A., Ramsay, L., Waugh, R. and McKim, S.M., 2024. A GDSL-motif esterase/lipase affects wax and cutin deposition and controls hull-caryopsis attachment in barley. Plant and Cell Physiology, 65(6), pp.999-1013.
Saccomanno, B., Berbezy, P., Findlay, K., Shoesmith, J., Uauy, C., Viallis, B. and Trafford, K., 2022. Characterization of wheat lacking B-type starch granules. Journal of Cereal Science, 104, p.103398.
Shoesmith, J.R., Solomon, C.U., Yang, X., Wilkinson, L.G., Sheldrick, S., van Eijden, E., Couwenberg, S., Pugh, L.M., Eskan, M., Stephens, J. and Barakate, A., 2021. APETALA2 functions as a temporal factor together with BLADE-ON-PETIOLE2 and MADS29 to control flower and grain development in barley. Development, 148(5), p.dev194894.
