Cracking the enigma of how plant sperm is compacted
Sperm cells have compact bundles of DNA, yet exactly how and why sperm cell nuclei are condensed in flowering plants has been a mystery, until now
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Blog Unravelling a calcium conundrum – the story behind a pioneering research paper
New findings about the mechanisms of long-distance signalling in plants were published last month in Science Advances. The findings debunk longstanding theories of how plants rely on calcium waves to respond systemically to wounding and other stresses. John Innes Centre researchers suggest that calcium waves transmitted through plants are not the primary response but are...
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News Defra’s Precision Breeding (Gene Editing) Bill progresses to House of Lords
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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News Investigation into cell size attracts major funding
An ambitious scientific investigation probing the mysteries of cell size has been awarded five-year funding
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News Professor Martin Howard receives prestigious Institute of Physics Award
Professor Martin Howard has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medial
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Press Release The science of how plants register trauma catches a new wave
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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News Insights into pathogen-host interaction offer a clue to protecting crops from blast
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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News Professor Lars Østergaard appointed to prestigious post at the University of Oxford
Professor Lars Østergaard has been appointed as the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford
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Blog Stepping out of the lab to gain a fresh perspective on research
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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