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Injection of funding for the UK’s world-class research and innovation infrastructure

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £481 million investment in major research and innovation infrastructure over the next three years. This includes our Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI), subject to business case approval. The proposed funding of £54.7m over the next three years would transform existing capabilities via new and shared interdisciplinary research facilities, with a goal for the facility to be Net Zero.

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Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D

Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem
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International recognition for eminent John Innes Centre Scientist

Professor Anne Osbourn OBE FRS has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the United States’ highest honours for scientists, engineers and health professionals.
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Research into pathogen-host manipulation inspires major European Funding

A high-level scientific investigation on virulence factors of bacterial pathogens known as phytoplasmas has been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) funding.
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Discovery of wheat’s clustered chemical defenses creates new avenues for research

A research collaboration has helped to explain the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants against disease – opening potential new avenues of study in this globally cultivated crop
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Research Areas

Designing Future Wheat

Spanning eight research institutes and universities and aiming to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits
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Genes in the Environment

Developing a wider and deeper understanding of how the environment influences plant growth and development
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Molecules from Nature

Investigating the vast diversity of chemicals produced by plants and microbes
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Plant Health

Understanding the molecular dialogue between plants and microbes, establishing how they communicate with each other and how they have evolved in relation to one another
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Scientific leadership and creative thinking – wheat researcher award

Dr Philippa Borrill has received a prestigious award from The Society of Experimental Biology (SEB).
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Green Planet: Engaging the next generation of plant scientists

As a plant scientist, I was delighted to see plants in the limelight for a change and it made me think about how important visibility is when it comes to career choices.
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