Excellence in plant and microbial science
The John Innes Centre is pleased to see continued progress of the Government’s Precision Breeding (Gene Editing) Bill in parliament this week. The Bill progressed through its third reading in the House of Commons and into the House of Lords for debate. The Bill aims to update the regulation of precision bred organisms in England and...
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An ambitious scientific investigation probing the mysteries of cell size has been awarded five-year funding
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Professor Martin Howard has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medial
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Longstanding theories of how plants rely on calcium waves to respond systemically to wounding and other stresses have been given fresh perspective
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A mechanism used by a fungal pathogen to promote spread of the devastating cereal crop disease, blast, has been revealed in fine detail
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Professor Lars Østergaard has been appointed as the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford
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Dr Penny Hundleby is a Senior Scientist specialising in the development of genetic modification (GM) and gene editing (GE) technologies for UK crops, supporting UK and international researchers by providing transformed plants for their research
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Professor Paul Nicholson recently received the British Society for Plant Pathologists’ RKS Wood prize in recognition of his contribution as a researcher and mentor
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Researchers at the John Innes Centre and partners at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a molecular switch that establishes differential cell growth and organ shape
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