Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve gene discovery for the globally important crop
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Press Release Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for worldwide wheat
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and Earlham Institute have contributed to a major international collaboration that could catalyse a new era of wheat discovery
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Blog The Scopes Monkey Trial; what we can learn about the communication of science
The 2020 Innes Lecture told the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial and highlighted the key themes in the public reactions. We asked Professor Joe Caine, why did so many people hate evolution and what can we learn from the trial today?
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News Celebrating diversity and mentorship relationships in academia
We are shocked and dismayed at the recent article published in Nature Communications by AlShebli et al. At the John Innes Centre we value our diverse community and the contributions of all our staff and students
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Blog LGBTQ+ life in the lab: progress and challenges
To mark LGBTSTEMDAY we asked some of our staff and students to tell us about their experiences of life as an LGBTQ+ person on the Norwich Research Park
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News Miller and Uauy named in 2020’s “highly cited” researchers list
Nine Norwich Research Park scientists, including two at the John Innes Centre, have been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers list for 2020
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Blog Professional Internships for PhD students (PIPS) in Africa
Since 2017, we have supported Professional Internships for PhD students (PIPS) in Kenya, focussed on communications, capacity building and building research networks
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Blog What’s it like being a visiting scientist at the John Innes Centre?
FTMA is a pioneering scheme that promotes the movement of early-career researchers either from or to the John Innes Centre. For a personal take on what the scheme can mean, we spoke to Dr Inmaculada Ferriol-Safont, a Postdoc who joined us from CRAG in Barcelona
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16 DecEvent New Xylella Data for UK Risk Assessment and Policy
Xylella is not present in the UK, but should it arrive, then the eco-epidemiology needs to be understood. However, there is a great deal of uncertainty over the UK pathosystem compared to the known outbreak locations. This BRIGIT Consortium Meeting session will present the latest Xylella findings from the BRIGIT project, shedding light on some of the uncertainties in a UK context
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