Meet the Molecules; Geosmin
The smell of the soil was first investigated in 1891 but the main compound that caused it was not isolated until 1965 by Gerber and Lechevalier, who named it “geosmin”
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News Landmark discovery turns marathon of evolution into a sprint
A research collaboration has discovered a new way of rapidly generating a swathe of medically significant natural products
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Blog What is plant transformation?
This blog was originally published on Erica's blog; Scientist Erica and has been reproduced here with her consent.
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Press Release The Gold Standard: John Innes Centre receives Athena SWAN Gold award
The John Innes Centre has become the first institution in the UK to achieve an Athena SWAN Gold Award.
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Blog The story of the 2017 Open Day
In 1967 the John Innes Institute, as it was then known upped sticks and moved from Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire to Norwich.
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Press Release Changing of the guard – research sheds light on how plants breathe
New research is set to change the textbook understanding of how plants breathe
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Blog A Visit to Vavilov
In February 2017, Professor George Lomonossoff and Dr Ian Gibson revived a hundred-year relationship between the John Innes Centre and St Petersburg, Russia.
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Blog The story of Arabidopsis – Part 3
Arabidopsis’ story continues (catch up on part 1 and part 2) and the weed now forms the foundation of thousands of studies around the world, including at the John Innes Centre.
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Press Release Life in the fast lane: how plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. But gridlocked motorists and students of traffic flow may soon be relieved and enlightened thanks to new research into plants
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