Excellence in plant and microbial science
Earlier this year we met with Lesley Mitchenall, a Research Assistant in Tony Maxwell’s lab to find out more about her long and varied science career at the John Innes Centre. Lesley won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Research Institute Technician Awards in 2021 and also won the John Innes Centre Mentor Champion...
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Bacteria make up more than 10% of all living things but until recently we had little realization that, as in humans, soil bacteria have internal clocks that synchronize their activities with the 24-hour cycles of day and night on Earth
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The expertise of the the Crop Transformation Team at the John Innes Centre has been recognised with a national award. The team were awarded the Papin Prize, for ‘a technical team which has worked together to deliver excellence’ and follows their success winning the Outreach and Knowledge Exchange Team Award at the Research Institute Technician...
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Earlier this summer 31 female wheat researchers, took part in the third annual cross-institute career development and networking workshop as part of the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat Champions programme led by the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory
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Genomic detective work has brought researchers closer to the secret of how and why grass pea produces its notorious toxin, paving the way for this ancient and climate resilient crop to become a food of the future
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A discovery made first in plants has inspired an important insight into the mechanism by which the malaria parasite can infect humans and animals
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Professor Saskia Hogenhout has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), joining a community of more than 2,000 members elected by peers in recognition of scientific excellence
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An outstanding early-career researcher has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to take forward research into the global threat posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria
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In a recent call for John Innes Alumni Mentors, we were delighted to hear from Dr. Nick Gosman, who offered to mentor current staff and students, and to share his own experiences of how mentoring and ongoing support has been key to his own career successes. As we launch the Alumni Mentors on the NBI...
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