Creating a learning habitat for the climate scientists of tomorrow
A project highlighting the importance of pollinators to plant growth has inspired a group of schoolchildren to early scientific endeavours
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News Plant pathology award for John Innes Centre researcher
Professor Paul Nicholson, whose research investigates some of the major diseases of food crops, has been honoured by a leading society in the field of plant pathology
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Press Release Professor Graham Moore announced as the new Director of the John Innes Centre
Professor Graham Moore, a world-leading wheat researcher, will become the Director of the John Innes Centre from September 2022.
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Blog After the Royal Norfolk Show – reflecting on a public outing for science and innovation
Face-to-face, hands-on science engagement has been difficult during pandemic-affected times. So it was with great enthusiasm that a scientific scrum of John Innes Centre researchers, staff and students headed to the Royal Norfolk Show
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The Director's Blog Three ways the UK should be strengthening scientific excellence through international collaboration
I was pleased to be invited recently to sit on a panel at Parliamentary Links Day, a large annual event bringing together parliamentarians with researchers, where the key theme was international collaboration in science.
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News Proof that Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance decades ahead of his time
Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of genetics.’” This is the conclusion of a team of international scientists as the 200th Birthday of Mendel approaches on 20 July
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News Professor Anne Osbourn elected as a member of EMBO
Professor Anne Osbourn (OBE, FRS, Foreign Member of the NAS) has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
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Blog From Ireland to I&D: Introducing Dr Siobhán Dorai-Raj
Earlier this year we sat down with Dr Siobhán Dorai-Raj our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisor to find out more about her role, and her career so far. Over to Siobhán. “I moved from my hometown Galway, Ireland, to London with my husband and our toddler Isabella, when my husband began a postdoctoral position...
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Press Release What sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defence
Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths
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