Excellence in plant and microbial science
In 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
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John Innes Centre researcher Dr Diane Saunders has been selected as one of 12 finalists in the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Competition 2019
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A team of young innovators based on the Norwich Research Park have made the final of the BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2019 Awards
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The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has been unlocked in a project that raises the prospect of rapid access to a wide array of therapeutic drugs
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Starch is all around us- it’s in the food we eat, the paper we write on, and the glue we stick up wallpaper with. The different uses of starch are down to its unique structure, which leads us to the question: how do plants make it?
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Professor Anne Osbourn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in honour of her exceptional contribution to science
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We spoke to Professor Tony Maxwell to find out, what is Antimicrobial Resistance, why is it a problem and how worried should we be?
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The soil in our gardens, the leaves of plants, the deep sea and even in our own intestines are all a raging battleground for bacteria, struggling to stay alive and get the nutrients they need
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Products made by plants and bacteria are essential for humankind, and integral to our daily lives
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