The John Innes Centre Mission Statement
JIC Mission:
Our mission is to generate knowledge of plants and microbes through innovative research, to train scientists for the future, to apply our knowledge to benefit agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and engage with policy makers and the public.
Our strategy:
- to ensure excellence of research and the opportunities for innovative and long term exploration in plant and microbial sciences. A central principle of our research is the use of genetics, continuing the long and prestigious history of genetics at the JIC.
- to promote the translation of research in the areas of yield and quality in crop plants, the use of microbial and plant products to promote human health and the use of plants and microbes as biotechnological agents
- to use novel genetic approaches to generate new varieties and strains of plants and microbes that can be used to further knowledge and to enhance productive and biotechnological capacity
- to apply modern biotechnology to agriculture in an environmentally-sustainable context
- to use a wide range of contemporary approaches to develop dialogue with policy makers and the public
- to train the scientific leaders of the future in a broad range of scientific and transferable skills
