What sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defence
Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths
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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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Research Areas
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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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News
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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Director's Blog
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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