From turquoise suits to Athena SWAN gold
We have Liz Atchison, who worked as the Librarian, Curator and Archivist until her retirement in 1997, to thank for changing the dress code for women at the John Innes Centre.
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Press Release John Innes Centre wins funding for grass pea project in Sub-Saharan Africa
A ground-breaking John Innes Centre project to cultivate grass pea in drought-prone areas has been awarded £1.2m funding.
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News Leaves possess a molecular compass
Leaves provide us with food, forest canopies and football fields. Every leaf grows from only a few cells. But what guides these cells to become the leaf shapes we recognise in the natural world?
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Press Release Previously grainy wheat genome comes into focus
The complete sequence of the huge wheat genome has been published, which will accelerate innovation in breeding resilient and disease resistant crops to feed a growing global population
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Blog A craft brewery road-trip around Canada
In the summer of 2015 I went to Prince Edward Island, on the Eastern coastline of Canada for my PIPS* placement to research the growing craft brewing industry.
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Blog Introducing Communications Officer Ruby O’Grady
Meet Ruby O’Grady, the Communications Officer in the Communications and Engagement team.
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Blog Tales from Anne – Part 1: Croissants in the morning
In 1987 Dr Anne Edwards joined the John Innes Centre, and things would never be the same again.
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News Researcher lands major European grant for ambitious project
Leading John Innes Centre researcher Dr Xiaoqi Feng has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
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Blog Collaborat-iron
As a child growing up in a middle-class family in the rural Indian village of Kanpur I was fascinated by the universe.
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