Excellence in plant and microbial science
We are delighted to announce that the Wolfson Foundation is generously supporting our ambitious vision Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP3), by awarding £1.1 million to the project.
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Last month we were joined by Dr Michael Webster, who has joined the John Innes Centre as a Group Leader. We sat down with Michael to learn more about his research, scientific interests and career so far
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We caught up with Rose McNelly about her experience on the Year 10 Science Camp, what she has been up to since, and her return to do a PhD here at the John Innes Centre
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A newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre
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When hearing the term “Botany” names such as Linnaeus, Banks, and Humboldt first come to one’s mind, followed by the images of them hunting for enormous and colourful flowers through the forests of the world. But, in 1836, a new era of Botany was marked by the publication of “The power of movement in plants” by no other than Charles Darwin and his son Francis
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Researchers at the John Innes Centre have applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for consent to conduct a field trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The small-scale field trial is planned to take place within confined GM trial facilities at our field station in Bawburgh, between March and August in...
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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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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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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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