We conclude our spring into spring week looking at the history of research into the tulip, with the study of their chromosomes and the story of how they inspired one of modern day's leading scientists

With the John Innes tulip collection growing, attention turns to the mystery of tulip breakage. Sarah Wilmot returns with Part 2 of our history of tulip research at the John Innes Centre

This week, to celebrate the beginning of spring, we have a special 3-part blog series telling the story of tulip research here at the John Innes Centre

Matthew Johnston is a Phd student in the Dr Christine Faulkner lab. His research focuses on cell-to-cell communication in plants, so we asked Matt, how and why do cells communicate?

We caught up with former John Innes Centre PhD student and Postdoc Tom van den Boogaart to see where his career has taken him so far and find out what advice he would give to scientists considering the same

Back when she was at Primary School and long before thoughts of being a scientist had crossed her mind, Julia Mundy was one of the first students to experience a lesson delivered by the SAW Trust. We caught up with her to find out how that lesson inspired her and led to a career in science

In March of 2020 work began on the restoration of neglected and rather sad-looking ponds at our Dorothea de Winton Field Experimentation site. We spoke to Professor Allan Downie about what was being done and why

Dr Simon Aspland joined us in December 2019 as our new Head of Commercialisation. We sat down with him to find out how he intends to help progress innovations originating at the John Innes Centre into practical applications

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