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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Blog All in a life’s work
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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News A switch in time shapes plant organ growth
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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Press Release Heated plot experiments reveal link between warmer early winters and lower crop yields
Innovative experiments using temperature-controlled field plots have helped to explain the link between early winter temperatures and yield in some of our most marketable arable crops
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