Reflecting on the ‘culture of commemoration’- how history of science is re-told and why ‘discovery narratives’ of the kind that surround Mendel are promoted

Behind every scientist, is a team of people working behind the scenes to help enable the research to continue. We sit down with Becky Owen from our computing team, to ask if turning it off and on again really does work?

Detailed exploration of ant nests in the thorny acacia trees in Kenya have revealed a new species of bacteria called, Streptomyces formicae KY5

We sat down with Crop Transformation's Mark Smedley to chat about his work on genetic crop transformation and Crispr/Cas genome editing, as well as training the next generation and how he became a scientist

Professor Sarah O’Connor took great pleasure in personally penning the nomination letter that has led to her being awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry 2019 Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry

Dr David Seung's group are working to find out how plants make starch at the molecular level. We caught up with him to ask why he chose to work on starch and what it was like to meet the man his fellowship is named after

Improvements to make crops more nutritious, disease resistant and climate smart are essential to feed a burgeoning world population. Speed breeding could be one answer

Where does human intelligence come from and what advantage did it give to our ancestors? Professor Enrico Coen, provides a new theory

A new rose hybrid has been named after former John Innes botanist Janaki Ammal