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The John Innes Centre is set to receive a £1.3 million boost to support its pioneering research in improving the resilience and sustainability of UK pulse crops, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today
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We have recently digitised 157 pages of an old genetics notebook, but we need your help to transcribe them. Until then we won’t be sure what this book might reveal.
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Researchers probing one of the mysteries of the insect world have identified a powerful chemical weapon used in the arms race between fungus-farming leafcutter ants and the parasites that plague them.
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The Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation team ensures that we achieve the maximum benefits for society, the UK economy and to constructively inform policy.
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New research has delved into the genetic memory systems through which plants pass seasonal information down to their seeds to give them the best chance of reproductive success
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The SAW Trust is a science education charity developed in 2005 by Professor Anne Osbourn
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In 2005 I took part in an experiment in which I was the experimental animal.
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New research has uncovered a surprise link between a common bacterial toxin found in the gut and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
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The 2018 ‘Innes Lecture’ took the theme of ‘citizen science’.
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