Data harvesting down on the experimental farm
The 2025 harvest at the John Innes Centre’s field trials and experimental farm was the earliest on recent record, befitting a pattern of extreme weather variation caused by climate change.
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Blog A Year in Industry – a world of opportunities
Over the last 12 years, the John Innes Centre has welcomed 35 Year in Industry students into our laboratories. The programme provides a great opportunity for undergraduate students to gain practical scientific experience and to work in a research environment.
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News Talented early-career researcher receives major Wellcome Trust funding
The innovative research project of an early-career plant scientist at the John Innes Centre has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity
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News Shining new light on the processes that switch off genes
Epigenetic silencing governs key biological processes, from flowering time in plants to preventing uncontrolled cell growth that drives cancer in humans
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Blog Women in wheat event provides training to address gender bias in wheat research
July 2025 saw the latest Women in Wheat event, where twenty-five early career women researchers attended a training event at the John Innes Centre, focused on addressing gender bias in the UK and internationally.
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Blog Seven ingredients for a Neuroinclusive research organisation
Over 600 people have engaged with our bespoke e-learning platform so far, more than 170 people have participated in face-to-face Neurodiversity training across seven BBSRC institutes, and we've catalysed network development, policy conversations, and commercial interest from universities across the UK and beyond.
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Press Release Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship awarded to pioneering John Innes Centre researcher
John Innes Centre group leader, Professor Yiliang Ding, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
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News Innovative Neurodiversity e-learning now available
The John Innes Centre has launched Neurodiversity e-learning resources that are now available to anyone.
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News Radical approach to improve plant immunity secures funding for Programmable Plants initiative
John Innes Centre researchers have secured funding for an ambitious research programme that will seek to borrow immunity principles from all forms of life to protect major crops from disease
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