For when the chips are down – preserving UK soil microbial biodiversity for sustainable agriculture
New UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank to safeguard future research and facilitate sustainable production of UK’s six major food crops
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Press Release Taking sides – Internal and external factors that influence patterns in protein distribution
Cell polarity can arise within cells and likely orients their growth. Signalling between cells may then coordinate polarity, aligning the heads and tails of different cells in a tissue, guiding how they grow collectively and develop into a plant
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Blog What are microbes and where are they found?
PhD student Kathy Stratton, works with Dr Susan Schlimpert on understanding Streptomyces venezualae and specifically how cell division in Streptomyces is controlled in response to DNA damage. We asked Kathy, what are microbes, why are they interesting and where do you find them?
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News £5m funding award to modernise our horticultural facilities
A multi-million-pound project to modernise our horticultural facilities has been approved. Funded by UKRI-BBSRC work will begin in Autumn 2020, and set to be completed by March 2021
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News Plant scientist finds fertile ground in poetry
Plant biologist Professor Anne Osbourn is used to seeing her name as a leading author in high profile scientific journals. Now she is exploring a new authorial direction with the publication of her first book of poetry
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News “CaLiber” secures funding to study ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’
A new consortium, CaLiber, has secured £2.3M to research the bacterial plant pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, its insect vectors, and their potential impact on UK crops
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Blog Parenting and pipetting; balancing family and lab life
We actively promote a family-friendly and inclusive workplace - recognising that excellence in research is intimately linked with equal opportunities. We asked four of our researchers to tell us about their experiences of balancing scientific research with their caring responsibilities
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Blog My biology career; different careers in biological sciences
As a plant and microbial research institute, we have hundreds of biologists on-site and it struck us that while almost all of them had a biology career, none of those careers looked the same
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News £600k Machine Learning collaboration to supercharge data-driven science
A collaboration between the Norwich Bioscience Institutes and The Alan Turing Institute will enhance the ways machine learning and artificial intelligence are applied to life science research.
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