Molecular microbiology department recruits new project leader
The John Innes Centre’s Molecular Microbiology department has recruited a new Project Leader as Dr Barrie Wilkinson joins
Read the storyThe John Innes Centre’s Molecular Microbiology department has recruited a new Project Leader as Dr Barrie Wilkinson joins
Read the storyProfessor Enrico Coen from the John Innes Centre has been awarded €2.5M EU funding to explore the growth and evolution of carnivorous plants. “Carnivorous plants turn the normal order of nature upside down, eating animals instead of being eaten by them,” said Karen Lee, a researcher working on the project at the John Innes Centre....
Read the storyA compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way
Read the storyProfessor Cathie Martin of The John Innes Centre has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to plant biology
Read the storyJohn Innes Centre scientists have led a project to unlock the genetic code of wheat, one of the world’s three most important crops
Read the storyScientists have discovered an enzyme used in nature to make powerful chemicals from catnip to a cancer drug, vinblastine
Read the storyPlants and microbes produce thousands of chemicals that facilitate communication with pollinators, competitors and predators
Read the storyIn two papers published in Current Biology, researchers identify genes that help plants interact with microbes in the soil
Read the storyArabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress as it is commonly known, made history back in 2000 by becoming the first plant to have its entire genetic code read by scientists, contributing to what is often referred to as biology's version of the book of life
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