How do plants breathe?
Whether or not you like your sprouts, plants will likely form a major component of your diet: cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, chips, etc. all come from plants.
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Blog Meet the Molecules; Resistant Starch
What is starch? Where does starch come from? What do we use starch for and why are we studying it at the John Innes Centre?
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Blog Introducing MICRON
The MICRON network showcases the wide variety of microbiological research taking place on the Norwich Research Park.
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Press Release Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period.
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Blog Peering down, into the future
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work developing cryo-electron microscopy
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Blog Talking to Sir David Hopwood
We sat down with Sir David Hopwood to discuss his life and career.
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Press Release Breakthrough study reveals new insight into “immortal” plant cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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Blog Meet the Molecules; Christmas 2017
“Now the holly bears a berry, as blood is it red…”
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Blog Women of the Future 2017
The 3rd Women of the Future Conference took place on Wednesday 29th November 2017. Over 170 young girls from 17 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk attended the unique event.
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