Professor Anne Osbourn elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Anne Osbourn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in honour of her exceptional contribution to science

Press Releases

Team wins funding to probe epigenetic memory mechanisms

An ambitious scientific investigation into how organisms remember environmental changes at a cellular level has been awarded European funding
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How Capsella followed its lonely heart

The Brassicaceae plant family boasts a stunning diversity of fruit shapes. But even in this cosmopolitan company the heart-shaped seed pods of the Capsella genus stand out
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Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalization

New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations
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Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection

Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops
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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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