A £1m Innovate UK project that aims to have a significant impact on reducing the need for UK imports of soya has been announced today. The ‘Pea Protein’ project is a collaboration between Germinal, a grass and forage seed specialists, and seed breeders, using a discovery made by John Innes Centre scientists 30 years ago. The gene...

Professor Dame Caroline Dean has been named by the Genetics Society as the recipient of the Mendel Medal for 2023

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs the Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey visited the John Innes Centre in Norwich to learn more about the world-leading research that is delivering healthier, more resilient and more sustainably produced food

A research collaboration has identified members of the DA1 family of growth-regulatory enzymes as targets of effectors secreted by the oomycete pathogen Albugo candida, which causes white blister rust, a widespread disease of Brassica crops

An international team of researchers has fully sequenced the genome of a climate resilient bean that could bolster food security in drought-prone regions

An outstanding early-career wheat researcher has received international recognition for her innovative and dedicated research.  

A new innovation hub on the Norwich Research Park focused on research into biofortification is now open to membership applications from the industry and academic research community in the United Kingdom. Anyone working on biofortification, at any career stage, is welcome to join this network by applying to become a member. Whether you’re in a...

We are pleased that the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has passed into law, receiving Royal Assent from the King. This Act will enable the development and marketing of gene edited crops in England and is a major step towards modernising our crop breeding. A growing world population requires an ever-increasing volume of food to...

Dr Rebecca Devine has been awarded a BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to take forward her innovative research into finding the antibiotics of the future. Rebecca is one of 22 outstanding early career scientists to be named today under the prestigious programme that offers three-year fellowships worth up to £400,000. BBSRC’s Discovery Fellowships are offered to individuals...