Developing our future climate scientists
By the end of this century, it is expected that the UK will be up to 4°C warmer but how will plants respond to these changes?
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Press Release Scientists solve the grass leaf conundrum
Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back. The secret to its remarkable regenerative powers lies in part in the shape of its leaves, but how that shape arises has been a topic of longstanding debate
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News RNA findings offer new perspective for breeding polyploid crops
Crops often have multiple genomes hybridised from their parents, a condition known as polyploidy and a major route to the formation of new species in plants and an important way of improving agronomic traits in crops
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Blog Comic book science
PhD Student Jacob Hamilton studies insect-bacteria symbiosis to try and find new antibiotics for use in humans. Alongside his PhD Jacob and Hutchings lab partner Katie Noble have teamed up with a team of artists and scientists from around the UK on a comic book designed to communicate their work to a new audience
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Blog Driven by curiosity; Introducing new Group Leader Dmitry Ghilarov
Dr Dmitry Ghilarov joined us in October as one of our new intake of Group Leaders. His new group will be investigating protein molecular machines to discover, design and develop better antimicrobials
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Blog Owning your own technical career; The Research Institute Technician Symposium 2021
The first ever Research Institute Technician Awards (RITAS) were handed out at the 2021 Research Institute Technician Symposium on 5 November
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Blog Streptomyces formicae – a source of new antibiotics? Introducing Dr Rebecca Devine
Antibiotic-producing bacteria can be found in lots of places, like deserts, oceans and even in association with some insects like leaf-cutter ants. We like to look in under-explored environments to find new strains of Streptomyces that make new antibiotics
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News Agri-Innovation Minister Jo Churchill MP visits the John Innes Centre
Newly appointed Agri-Innovation Minister Jo Churchill MP visited the John Innes Centre to find out more about the impact delivered through our research, particularly generating resources to support crop breeding in the UK
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News Professor Dale Sanders receives China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award
John Innes Centre Director, Professor Dale Sanders has been honoured with one of China’s most prestigious awards in recognition of his work in establishing world leading scientific collaborations
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