Group Leader Recruitment
Are you a creative early-career or established researcher who wishes to develop exciting long-term independent programs in plant and microbial science? We are recruiting group leaders.
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Research reveals bitter truth of how limonoids are made
Research reveals bitter truth of how limonoids, a class of plant natural products whose complex chemistry has been intensively investigated for over 50 years, are made
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European science community urges rethink on gene editing
Scientists from the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory today joined colleagues from across Europe in calling for an urgent rethink of EU legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
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Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Professor Michael Bevan FRS
Professor Michael Bevan FRS is today honoured for his scientific contributions in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
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Dorothea de Winton Field Station opens doors to a future of smart farming
The Dorothea de Winton Field Station unveiled this week is a key component in a smart-farming revolution
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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
Innovative surveillance technique gives vital time needed to track a cereal killer
Scientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies - wheat rusts
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Blog
Being a Group Leader at the John Innes Centre; Dr Laila Moubayidin
As we recruit the next generation of Group Leaders here at the John Innes Centre, we sat down with one of our most recent, Dr Laila Moubayidin, to find out why she became a scientist and how she went from PhD to Postdoc and on to leading her own lab
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