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Dr Simon Aspland joined us in December 2019 as our new Head of Commercialisation. We sat down with him to find out how he intends to help progress innovations originating at the John Innes Centre into practical applications
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We have now closed the John Innes Centre. Our staff have been asked to work from home, where feasible, and essential workers will be taking care of a small number of critical projects, platforms and equipment.
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All our blogs, press releases and news stories grouped by a range of topics, allowing you to see and read everything we have produced in areas that are of interest you
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Researchers have discovered that the circadian clocks in plants play a critical role in the consumption of water, allowing plants to use this precious resource more efficiently
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PhD student Joshua Joyce is investigating the way plants respond to attack from insect pests and how we could support plants to better defend themselves against this threat
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Professor Dave Evans has been recognised for his outstanding contribution as a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Professor Dave Lawson manages our Protein X-Ray Crystallography technology platform. We sat down with him to ask what protein crystallography is, why it’s useful and how he got into this field of research?
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We have postponed Friday Seminars until 15 May 2020 due to COVID-19
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The 2020 Innes Lecture will tell the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial and highlight key themes in the public reactions
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