Rose Scott-Moncrieff named lectures begin
This Friday, 24th November 2017 a new name will be added to the illustrious Named Lecture series; Rose Scott-Moncrieff.
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News How Snapdragons keep their colour: signposting trick reveals evolutionary mechanism
A study of the colour patterns among wild flowers in a mountain valley has yielded a clue about how nature controls fundamental evolutionary change in all species.
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Blog European school science project
An important part of our work is to encourage and enthuse the next generation of scientists. As such, I wanted to create a project that would engage school children.
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News Distinguished role model for women in science receives global award
A world-leading Norfolk plant scientist is today named as a 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science laureate.
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Blog Biotech YES
Four enthusiastic John Innes Centre PhD students started the drive to Jealott’s Hill, Syngenta near Reading for the Plant and Microbe BiotechYES competition
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News Iceni Diagnostics win Business Award
John Innes Centre and UEA spin-out company, Iceni Diagnostics, has won a prestigious award that celebrates the best businesses in the region.
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Blog Else Schulz; our mystery woman
Recently, a mysterious collection of sketchbooks came to light in the John Innes Centre archives.
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Blog 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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