Dr Yiliang Ding honoured with prestigious Blavatnik award
The pioneering research of Dr Yiliang Ding investigating the structure and function of RNA in living cells has been recognised with a major internationally recognised award
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The Director's Blog Dyslexia – it gives me my strengths, and they have shaped my career
What is dyslexia? It’s a word that we all know, and it is highly likely that we all know someone who is dyslexic. It is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the ability to read and write. It is thought to affect 10% of children and between 5 – 17.5% of the wider population, put...
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Blog Science is more than just scientists: An inspirational accessible science event
In October 2023, the John Innes Centre (JIC) hosted an Accessible Science event, bringing together research and support staff from the four Norwich Bioscience Institutes (NBI) on the Norwich Research Park for a day of accessible science talks and networking. Building on the existing JIC and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) Annual Science Meeting, the day...
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News Eliminating Hidden Hunger: How biofortification can improve nutrition at home and abroad
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology call for biofortification to play an integrated role in national and international food strategies to relieve the global problem of hidden hunger
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Press Release Discovery raises hopes of more temperature tolerant wheat
Gene-editing techniques have helped to identify a temperature tolerance factor that may protect wheat from the increasingly unpredictable challenges of climate change
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News In Memoriam: Professor Phil Dale OBE (1945-2023)
It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to a pioneering scientist, esteemed colleague, and a true gentleman, Professor Phil Dale OBE. Phil’s remarkable journey in the field of agriculture spanned decades, leaving an indelible mark on the scientific community. His passing on December 6th, 2023, at the age of 78, has left a...
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News Future Leader Fellowship will take photosynthesis research in an exciting new direction
Dr Michael Webster has been awarded a UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, a prestigious award that will enable his group at the John Innes Centre to take their research into the molecular workings of photosynthesis and genes in an exciting new direction. Dr Webster, a group leader, was recently named among 75 promising research leaders who...
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News Prestigious Horizon Europe funding award to accelerate innovative research in antibiotic-producing bacteria
Dr Susan Schlimpert and her team have been awarded European funding to take forward their innovative research into the antibiotics of the future. Dr Schlimpert, a group leader at the John Innes Centre, receives a European Research Council consolidator grant, part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. The award for the project, “Functional Diversity of...
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News Transformative new interdisciplinary programme to drive food system change
A new cutting-edge food research programme which brings together world-leading researchers from institutions across Ireland and the UK to tackle food system transformation has been launched
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