Excellence in plant and microbial science
Paul Kagame recently joined the Professor Cathie Martin Group as a Research Assistant, to work on the chemo-protective properties of certain Traditional Chinese and African medicinal plants
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This week we asked University of Birmingham PhD Student Joanna Chustecki to guest blog on her work using computational analysis to map the social networks of plant mitochondria
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Professor Cathie Martin is to give two special lectures after being elected to be the Janaki Ammal Visiting Professor by the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2020, as an outstanding woman in science
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Environment Secretary George Eustice announces changes to the regulation of gene edited crop trials for research purposes
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To safeguard the roll out of the MARPLE diagnostics method across Ethiopia, this summer Ethiopian researchers congregated in Addis Ababa for the project’s first virtual training workshop
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Professor Cathie Martin has been awarded the prestigious Rank Prize for Nutrition for her globally significant research in making fruit and vegetables more nutritious
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We’re delighted to be welcoming back Dr Philippa Borrill as our newest Group Leader. We sat down with Philippa, a former PhD student and research fellow here, to find out what she would be working on and what she’s been up to since we saw her last
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A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops
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Early in 2021 the John Innes Centre was approached by local artist Jennie Pedley to develop a new science - art project exploring the production and sustainability of food crops
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