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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News Research institutes launch innovative collaboration to combat crop disease
An ambitious collaboration between the John Innes Centre and the University of Hertfordshire will fast track urgently needed solutions to the growing problem of crop diseases
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News How plants become good neighbours in times of stress
Scientists have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady
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