Help us transcribe a piece of genetics history
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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Press Release Deadly behaviour-modifying chemical weapon identified in insect-world arms race
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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Blog Introducing the Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation team
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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News Mother knows best – how plants help offspring by passing on seasonal clues
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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Blog Introducing the SAW Trust
The SAW Trust is a science education charity developed in 2005 by Professor Anne Osbourn
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Blog The poetry of science
In 2005 I took part in an experiment in which I was the experimental animal.
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News Chance discovery links inflammatory bowel disease with common bacterial gut toxin
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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Blog The 2018 Innes Lecture; Citizen Science
The 2018 ‘Innes Lecture’ took the theme of ‘citizen science’.
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News Royal Society honour for distinguished John Innes Centre scientist
Professor Cathie Martin, a project leader in metabolic biology at the John Innes Centre, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
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