How we’re harnessing the power of plants and microbes to combat climate change
This week is Net Zero Week so we have taken a look at the work we do to help decrease the carbon footprint of agriculture
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The Director's Blog We need a truly integrated vision for the Life Sciences
This month saw the launch of a new 'Life Sciences Vision' from Government. With the year that we have had, and the incredible role that research has played in combatting COVID-19 through developing diagnostics and vaccines, it’s easy to see why the Government wants to celebrate this area of science
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Press Release Newly discovered role for CTP in ensuring faithful cell division in bacteria
To grow and multiply efficiently, bacteria must coordinate cell division with chromosome segregation
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Blog The twisting roots of a biology career; Introducing Dr Susan Duncan
In a busy and varied career researching the role of RNA in root development, Susan Duncan has worked with Professor Dame Caroline Dean, Dr Verônica Grieneisen, Professor Anthony Hall and Professor Philip Benfey. We sat down with Susan to discuss her work so far and how she arrived at this point
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News How the same plant species can programme itself to flower at different times in different climates
Researchers led by Professor Caroline Dean have uncovered the genetic basis for variations in the vernalization response shown by plants growing in very different climates, linking epigenetic mechanisms with evolutionary change
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News Help, there’s an alien in my park
The SAW Trust has produced an inspiring new initiative; a summer adventure activity book, that will be given out to 5,000 students in years 4 and 5 across Norfolk and Suffolk
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News PhD student Harriet Gooch wins policy prize
Harriet Gooch has won the Andrew Miller Policy competition for a policy briefing she wrote on the topic of genetically-modified (GM) bacteria
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Blog Returning wheat germplasm to India
Our Germplasm Resources Unit have recently repatriated to India more than 600 wheat landraces which are currently not in cultivation
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Press Release How information beyond the genetic sequence is encoded in the plant sperm
Hereditary information is passed from parent to offspring in the genetic code, DNA, and epigenetically through chemically induced modifications around the DNA. New research has uncovered a mechanism which adjusts these modifications, altering the way information beyond the genetic code is passed down the generations
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