Excellence in plant and microbial science
Advances is the bi-annual John Innes Centre magazine, showcasing how we continue to combine scientific excellence with strategic relevance to address global challenges.
With each new edition we will shine a spotlight on the wide range of world-leading research at the institute, our staff and our links with industrial partners.
2020 has already demonstrated the urgent need for science to play a key role in developing solutions to global challenges. We have an ambitious plan to use the power of plant and microbial science to overcome three key challenges
Read issue #33; summer 2020
How we’re using our knowledge to decarbonise agriculture, and how the diversity of plants and microbes can lead the way to a low carbon, sustainable future for agriculture, medicines and food
Read issue #32; winter 2019-2020
Diverse habitats, intriguing DNA and undiscovered natural products; in this issue we take a dive into the fascinating world of microbes
Read issue #31; summer 2019
Explore some of the fabulous breakthroughs in pea research and rediscover the work of pioneering female scientists who forged careers in genetics research
Read issue #30, winter 2018-2019
Explore some of the breakthroughs that have followed the publication of the wheat genome and consider the future of wheat as a food source
Read issue #29; summer 2018
A look at some of the ways that we promote the translation of our research to end use and why we place value on ideas, not who they come from
Read issue #28; winter 2017-2018
Introducing our four new strategic research programmes, a look at the world of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas which fights microscopic battles in the soil, defending plants against pathogens by producing a suite of antibiotic compounds and a new fast-growing broccoli
Read issue #27; summer 2017