Meet the Molecules; Fasamycin and Formicamycin
Detailed exploration of ant nests in the thorny acacia trees in Kenya have revealed a new species of bacteria called, Streptomyces formicae KY5
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Blog Introducing Crop Transformation’s Mark Smedley
We sat down with Crop Transformation's Mark Smedley to chat about his work on genetic crop transformation and Crispr/Cas genome editing, as well as training the next generation and how he became a scientist
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Blog Award-winning science and the skill of self-promotion
Professor Sarah O’Connor took great pleasure in personally penning the nomination letter that has led to her being awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry 2019 Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
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News Urgent need for a global surveillance system to detect and halt spread of emergent plant health threats
Scientists at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), along with partners at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and elsewhere warn that we are not fully prepared to tackle the rise in new epidemics of plant diseases
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Blog The starch of something new; introducing Dr David Seung
Dr David Seung's group are working to find out how plants make starch at the molecular level. We caught up with him to ask why he chose to work on starch and what it was like to meet the man his fellowship is named after
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Blog Speeding breeding and other ways of feeding 10 billion people
Improvements to make crops more nutritious, disease resistant and climate smart are essential to feed a burgeoning world population. Speed breeding could be one answer
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Blog Where does human intelligence come from?
Where does human intelligence come from and what advantage did it give to our ancestors? Professor Enrico Coen, provides a new theory
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10 JulEvent CRISPR / Cas9 training course
Our Crop Transformation team are offering a training course on crop genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 to UK researchers
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Press Release Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Professor Michael Bevan FRS
Professor Michael Bevan FRS is today honoured for his scientific contributions in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
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