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Press Release How legumes give oxygen to symbiotic bacteria in their roots
Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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News Professor Dale Sanders announces intention to step down as Director in 2023
Professor Dale Sanders FRS has announced his intention to retire in March 2023, after more than a decade as Director of the John Innes Centre. This timing marks the end of the current UKRI-BBSRC strategic funding period and the beginning of the next. Professor Sanders is a leading authority on the mechanisms for the transport...
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Blog Zombie plants, witches’ brooms and the cauldron of curious science
Carrots, ants, snails, strawberries, mice, and major cereal crops are just a few of the many organisms that can be turned into zombies: kept alive on life support under the manipulating spell of parasites
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