Research pinpoints unique drug target in antibiotic resistant bacteria
Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics
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News Digital detective work tracks the travels of Gregor Mendel
The image of Gregor Mendel as a man leading a life isolated from the rest of the world combining scientific experiments with monastic duties needs to be revised according to new evidence which has been uncovered by Peter van Dijk and Noel Ellis
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News Professor Anne Osbourn joins Calyxt scientific advisory board
Professor Anne Osbourn has been appointed to the scientific advisory board of the US plant-based technology company Calyxt
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Blog PhD’s in a pandemic; Introducing new PhD Voice co-chair Josh Waites
Josh Waites in the new co-Chair of our PhD community; the PhD Voice. We asked Josh about his own PhD project and how a global pandemic has affected the PhD community more broadly
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Blog The many ingredients of food security; introducing Natasha Grist and Peter Emmrich from the Norwich Institute of Sustainable Development
Earlier this month we launched the Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development, a cross-Norwich Research Park collaboration focusing on food security and sustainability. We sat down with Dr Peter Emmrich and Dr Natasha Grist to ask them about the new institute and how they got involved
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02 MarEvent Xylella Awareness Week
The BRIGIT consortium have designated the first week of March 2021 as 'Xylella Awareness Week'
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Blog Yellow rust, wheat and me; Introducing Dr Carol Ibe
Dr Carol Ibe is a Postdoctoral Scientist in Dr Diane Saunders lab, working on yellow rust in wheat. We asked Carol, what is yellow rust, why is it a problem and what can we do to save our daily bread?
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Press Release Intriguing new twist to the unfolding story of DNA
Scientists have developed ground-breaking techniques for visualising the stresses and strains placed on tiny twisted DNA circles
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News An Achilles’ heel for wheat rust infection
Researchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection. Disrupting the function of this gene provides resistance to two of the most economically damaging diseases of wheat worldwide - yellow and stem rust
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