New species of bacteria named after the John Innes Centre
A newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre
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Blog The ever-growing story of botany
When hearing the term “Botany” names such as Linnaeus, Banks, and Humboldt first come to one’s mind, followed by the images of them hunting for enormous and colourful flowers through the forests of the world. But, in 1836, a new era of Botany was marked by the publication of “The power of movement in plants” by no other than Charles Darwin and his son Francis
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News Application for Field Trial of Genetically Modified Organisms: High Iron Wheat
Researchers at the John Innes Centre have applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for consent to conduct a field trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The small-scale field trial is planned to take place within confined GM trial facilities at our field station in Bawburgh, between March and August in...
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Blog Developing our future climate scientists
By the end of this century, it is expected that the UK will be up to 4°C warmer but how will plants respond to these changes?
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Press Release Scientists solve the grass leaf conundrum
Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back. The secret to its remarkable regenerative powers lies in part in the shape of its leaves, but how that shape arises has been a topic of longstanding debate
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News RNA findings offer new perspective for breeding polyploid crops
Crops often have multiple genomes hybridised from their parents, a condition known as polyploidy and a major route to the formation of new species in plants and an important way of improving agronomic traits in crops
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Blog Comic book science
PhD Student Jacob Hamilton studies insect-bacteria symbiosis to try and find new antibiotics for use in humans. Alongside his PhD Jacob and Hutchings lab partner Katie Noble have teamed up with a team of artists and scientists from around the UK on a comic book designed to communicate their work to a new audience
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Blog Driven by curiosity; Introducing new Group Leader Dmitry Ghilarov
Dr Dmitry Ghilarov joined us in October as one of our new intake of Group Leaders. His new group will be investigating protein molecular machines to discover, design and develop better antimicrobials
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Blog Owning your own technical career; The Research Institute Technician Symposium 2021
The first ever Research Institute Technician Awards (RITAS) were handed out at the 2021 Research Institute Technician Symposium on 5 November
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