Bringing together enthusiastic young people who are currently working towards a Youth STEMM Award, from schools across Norfolk and Suffolk.

As Communications and Engagement Officer I am concerned with communicating the fantastic work we do at the John Innes Centre with a range of different audiences across the UK.

Opened in 1995, primarily to support John Innes Centre science, the John Innes Conference Centre is the premier facility of its kind in Norfolk.

Rather than journalists or twitter, the media we are concerned with are the many different types of agar, solutions and liquids that the John Innes Centre’s scientists use to grow microorganisms and plants.

Our first ever ‘Science for Innovation Showcase’ brought together leading scientists from the Norwich Research Park and more than 60 industry representatives

Downy mildew in baby leaf kale, could be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent collaboration between industry and science.

The GEN programme held a mini, discussion-led conference, to bring everyone working in the ISP together.

We have known about the effects of β-ODAP (or to give it its full name; β-L-oxalyl-2,3-diaminopropionic acid) for a lot longer than we have known the molecule.

A project has been trialling LED lights in place of traditional sodium-vapour, and fluorescent tube lamps in selected glasshouses and controlled environment rooms here at the John Innes Centre.