Atlas puts wheat resistance genes on the map
An ambitious proposal to create a resistance gene “atlas” as a resource for the international wheat community has been outlined in a new review
Read the storyAn ambitious proposal to create a resistance gene “atlas” as a resource for the international wheat community has been outlined in a new review
Read the storyWe sat down with Genes in the Environment Programme Manager Dr Teresa Penfield to find out what they’re working on and how different plant organs such as leaves, flowers and fruit form their many and varying shapes
Read the storyPlants can tell the time, but how might that knowledge help improve crop protection and food security?
Read the storyContinuing our science communication series with UEA students, we asked biomedicine undergraduate Carmen Barber why she chose biomedicine and what university life is like during a global pandemic?
Read the storyWe caught up with Dr Sam Fox, former Research Assistant and now Director of the Youth STEMM Award to hear the story of her career
Read the storyHow do we feed a growing population in a changing climate? One solution is to develop resilient crop varieties. But how can we achieve this increased resilience in crops? New John Innes Centre Group Leader Dr Sanu Arora is working on just that, so we asked her what her group will be doing?
Read the storyCo-located with us on the Norwich Research Park is the University of East Anglia, so we sought out a new perspective for what attracts students to study science here in Norwich. This week we are joined by third-year integrated masters microbiology student Katie Sutton. We asked her “why microbiology?”, and what studying science at university is really like?
Read the storyWhat are ‘virus-like particles’ and could they help in the quest to end the SARS-CoV2 pandemic?
Read the storyDr Shannon McKie has recently completed her PhD studying how an ancient enzyme works. We sat down with Shannon, to find out why she chose her project, how she found studying abroad and what are future plans are after finishing her PhD
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