Increased funding for sustainable pulse crops in the UK
A consortium of four UK research organisations led by the John Innes Centre has won £3m Defra funding to enable the development of climate resilient legume crops
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Blog JIC-TSL Annual Student Science Meeting 2024: A Celebration of Student Innovation
On Monday 29th July, the JIC/TSL Annual Student Science Meeting (ASM) unfolded with a fresh energy, designed by students, for students. Hosted by the John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) student voices, this event was a unique opportunity for students to display their innovative research in a relaxed and supportive environment. This...
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Press Release ‘Ice bucket challenge’ reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons
Bacteria use their internal 24-hour clocks to anticipate the arrival of new seasons, according to research carried out with the assistance of an ‘ice bucket challenge.’
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News Innovative field experiments shed light on biological clocks in nature
A pioneering UK-Japanese collaborative study has used a series of innovative field experiments to show how plants combine circadian clock signals with environmental cues under naturally fluctuating conditions
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News How bread dough gave rise to civilisation
A major international study has explained how bread wheat helped to transform the ancient world on its path to becoming the iconic crop that today sustains a global population of eight billion
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News DNA Topoisomerase insights hold potential for drug discovery and plant protection
Insights into the function of DNA Topoisomerase VI (Topo VI) may provide a springboard for drug discovery and crop protection
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Blog Career Stories: A day in the life of a policy intern
Recently, we welcomed Aston Saini to the John Innes Centre’s policy team for a three-month internship. Earlier this month, we shared Aston’s first blog Aston Saini, PIPS placement student – What I’ve learned about scientists engaging with policy makers. In this second blog we asked Aston to tell us about his experience of working at...
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Press Release Not so simple: mosses and ferns offer new hope for crop protection
Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease
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News Professor Martin Howard among the outstanding scientists elected to EMBO Membership
Professor Martin Howard has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
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