Excellence in plant and microbial science
Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world’s most renowned reproductive systems.
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Researchers at John Innes Centre have shed light on how catnip – also known as catmint – produces the chemical that sends cats into a state of wanton abandon
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a major bacterial plant diseases research programme
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Technology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops
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Cells are the building blocks of life that grow and divide to create all living things.
Read about leap forward in understanding plant organ growth
Spanning eight research institutes and universities and aiming to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits
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Developing a wider and deeper understanding of how the environment influences plant growth and development
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Investigating the vast diversity of chemicals produced by plants and microbes
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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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Researchers at John Innes Centre have shed light on how catnip – also known as catmint – produces the chemical that sends cats into a state of wanton abandon
Read about ‘How catnip makes the chemical that causes cats to go crazy’
We asked some pupils from Diss High School to share their thoughts of Women of the Future 2018
Read about ‘The story of Women of the Future 2018’