Next up on season two we have Cambray Crozier & Giles Oldroyd talking about plant science, and what it's like for Giles to be in the top 1% of highly cited plant scientists worldwide.

Giles Edward Dixon Oldroyd FRS is a Professor at the University of Cambridge, working on beneficial Legume symbioses in Medicago truncatula.

Giles gives an insight into how he keeps up to date with the most recent literature in his field of study, as well as discussing the importance of advocacy and impact regarding his research and how this has changed over the course of his academic career.

You can find Giles on Twitter @gilesedoldroyd, where he has over 2,000 followers, he often shares interesting articles with his own comments in regards to his area of research. 

• Wilding by Isabella Tree
• Giles' Research Overview (University of Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences)

Giles' key publications: 

Papers

• Charpentier, M, Sun J, Vaz Martins, T, Radhakrishnan, G, Findlay, K, Soumpourou, E, Thouin, T, Very, A, Sanders, D, Morris, R and Oldroyd, G (2016). Nuclear-localised cyclic gated channels mediate symbiotic calcium oscillations. Science 352:1102-1105
• Sun, J, Miller, J, Granqvist, E, Wiley-Kalil, A, Gobbato, E, Maillet, F, Cottaz, S, Samain, E, Venkateshwaran, M, Fort, S, Morris, R, Ane, J, Denarie, J and Oldroyd, G (2015). Activation of symbiosis signaling by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in legumes and rice. Plant Cell 27:823-38
• Granqvist, E, Sun, J, Op den Camp, R, Pujic, P, Hill, L, Normand, P, Morris, R, Downie, JA, Geurts, R, Oldroyd, G (2015). Bacterial-induced calcium oscillations are present in nitrogen-fixing associations of nodulating legumes and non-legumes. New Phytologist 207:551-558

Reviews

• Zipfel, C and Oldroyd, G (2017). Plant signaling in symbiosis and immunity. Nature 543: 328-336
• Oldroyd, G (2013). Speak, friend, and enter: signaling systems that promote beneficial associations in plants. (2013). Nature Reviews Microbiology 11: 252-263