The 5 November 2017 was the 125th Anniversary of the birth of one of our most famous alumni; John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892 – 1964), affectionately known by many as ‘JBS’.

What is it like to start a biology PhD at a world-leading plant and microbial research institute? We asked someone who had done it for their thoughts and advice. Here is Jo Jennings...

This Friday, 24th November 2017 a new name will be added to the illustrious Named Lecture series; Rose Scott-Moncrieff.

An important part of our work is to encourage and enthuse the next generation of scientists. As such, I wanted to create a project that would engage school children.

Four enthusiastic John Innes Centre PhD students started the drive to Jealott’s Hill, Syngenta near Reading for the Plant and Microbe BiotechYES competition

Recently, a mysterious collection of sketchbooks came to light in the John Innes Centre archives.

The smell of the soil was first investigated in 1891 but the main compound that caused it was not isolated until 1965 by Gerber and Lechevalier, who named it “geosmin”

This blog was originally published on Erica's blog; Scientist Erica and has been reproduced here with her consent.

In 1967 the John Innes Institute, as it was then known upped sticks and moved from Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire to Norwich.