Professor Noel Ellis has been awarded a prestigious honour in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the legacy of the ‘Father of Genetics’, Gregor Mendel

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nutrition for Development and representatives from United Against Malnutrition & Hunger visited the Norwich Research Park, to see how scientists are finding homegrown scientific innovations to help solve this longstanding local and global problem.

In late January, thirteen research leaders and senior staff from seven separate UK based institute and university organisations gathered at the John Innes Centre to undertake leadership training specifically tailored for enhancing gender awareness as part of the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat Champions programme.

Evidence has emerged about the way bacteria become resistant to multiple drugs. The findings by a John Innes Centre research team add to our understanding of antimicrobial resistance, one of the top threats to global public health.

Senior representatives from CIMMYT visited us on 6th January 2025 to discuss current and future collaboration opportunities.

‘Empowering the UK wheat community to achieve gender parity’, a progressive culture improvement initiative led by the John Innes Centre (JIC), The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and Rothamsted Research, has secured funding from the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). This 12-month project builds on the success of the Rosalind Franklin Women in Wheat...

A pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered model able to understand the sequences and structure patterns that make up the genetic “language” of plants, has been launched by a research collaboration

An international collaboration has made a breakthrough in our understanding of DNA gyrase, a vital bacterial enzyme and key antibiotic target

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.