Excellence in plant and microbial science
Professor Dame Caroline Dean (FRS) has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in recognition of her pioneering discoveries in a long and distinguished career at the John Innes Centre
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Dame Helen Mirren has helped renew efforts to keep plant disease Xylella fastidiosa out of the UK by narrating a new animation that warns of the devastation it causes, including the death of millions of olive trees in Europe
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Researchers have used transcriptome analysis, virus-induced gene silencing and biochemical assays, to isolate genes encoding a detoxification enzyme found in cotton, with potential for toxin degradation, crop engineering and design of novel aromatics
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The famous experiments of the 19th century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel set down universal laws that still underpin the field of genetics
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We chatted with new Group Leader Richard Smith about his computational path from computer graphics, to investigating how genes control cell growth
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Dr Antony Dodd's research covers circadian rhythm and signalling in plants, we asked him how do plants tell the time and do plants suffer from jet lag?
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For our final blog of 2019, we say goodbye to Stephan Johnson, who retired this month after a 40-year career here at the John Innes Centre
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Professor Anne Osbourn has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to plant science, thanks to her pioneering work in plant natural product biosynthesis
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Natassja Bush is a Postdoctoral Scientist and a mother. We caught up with Natassja to find out how she was getting on, what she had learned and what she would say to anyone in science considering starting or extending their family.
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