Could this fundamental discovery revolutionise fertiliser use in farming?
Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes
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News CIMMYT visit celebrates strategic scientific partnership
Senior representatives from CIMMYT visited us on 6th January 2025 to discuss current and future collaboration opportunities.
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18 MarEvent AgriTech Careers for a Sustainable Future
With a changing climate and rising population, improvements to sustainable agriculture are vital to ensuring global food security for the future. Do you have the interest, ability and passion to be part of this pioneering work? AgriTech combines science, technology and engineering to generate innovative ideas to help solve agricultural problems. Find out more about...
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News New culture project launched to support women in wheat research
‘Empowering the UK wheat community to achieve gender parity’, a progressive culture improvement initiative led by the John Innes Centre (JIC), The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and Rothamsted Research, has secured funding from the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This 12-month project builds on the success of the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat...
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06 MarEvent Norfolk Science Teaching Conference 2025
Join us at this unique conference for both primary and secondary teachers. With hands-on workshops, free resources, and inspirational talks designed to enhance your science teaching. This half day conference is an opportunity to enhance your science offering and learn more about how you can be supported in doing this with a new approach from...
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Press Release Evolutionary study reveals the toxic reach of disease-causing bacteria across the Plant Kingdom
The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across the Plant Kingdom may be much more widespread than previously suspected, according to new analysis
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Blog Career Stories: Bridging science and policy – my professional placement journey
Our Strategic Engagement and the Communications teams recently hosted Harshanie Dasanayaka, a Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics (MMB) programme PhD student funded by the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC). Harshanie’s professional placement helped her delve deeper into how policy is informed by science, and she shared with us what she had learnt. We caught up with...
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News Breakthrough AI model can translate the language of plant life
A pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered model able to understand the sequences and structure patterns that make up the genetic “language” of plants, has been launched by a research collaboration
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Blog “I’m a lucky man… it’s a great place to work.”
Experimental farm Team Leader retires after 26 years of service to science
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