Excellence in plant and microbial science
James Piercy, communications and engagement officer, works with our scientists to share their work and research with different audiences, including engaging school groups with plant and microbial science. He is also passionate about nature and in this blog, hot on the heels of the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year 2024, he shares the trees that he loves most in Norwich.
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The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has awarded us a Doctoral Landscape Award, partnered with the University of East Anglia, The Sainsbury Laboratory, the Quadram Institute, and the Earlham Institute, all located on the Norwich Research Park. These awards support discovery-driven research at universities across the UK to train the next generation of scientists.
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Microbes are found almost everywhere on Earth, and have evolved over the past 3.5 billion years to survive and thrive in diverse habitats, including in and on plants. The relationship between plants and microbes is complex; some microbes are beneficial, whilst others can cause devastating diseases.
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A pioneering collaboration investigating the intricacies of biological clocks in bacteria has been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) funding
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An international research collaboration has completed the most detailed genome assembly to date of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus).
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One day, a few years ago, a local teacher found something strange in his garden. The story that follows is one of plants, beer, bacteria, insects and ZOMBIES! For this Halloween special edition blog Dr Sam Mugford, research assistant, reveals the strange science of phytoplasmas, a group of plant-infecting bacteria with very peculiar properties, and how he made his own delicious zombie beer…
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Rebecca Plater is a Desktop Support Computing Engineer for the Norwich Biosciences Institutes Partnership (the organisation that provides a range of services to the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute, Quadram Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory). In this blog, she considers what it takes for an IT support team to be successful and how she supports the world-leading science taking place at the Norwich Research Park.
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At our Heritage Open Day this year, Dr Mikhaela Neequaye talked about her research on the scent of flowers. Mikhaela describes herself as a chemical ecologist and studies the evolution and diversification of floral scent.
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“Neurodiversity is an important part of organisations, teams and society, and without people that think differently we wouldn’t be as creative, efficient or strategic.” Professor Graham Moore FRS, Director of the John Innes Centre As we observe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Month and Dyslexia Awareness Week this October, it’s an opportune moment to...
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