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...

A novel role for molecular nano-syringes found in the antibiotic-producing bacteria Streptomyces has been revealed

Technical experts from the research community have been recognised for their excellence, across a range of categories

Bacteria can pass genetic information among themselves to gain an advantage over competitors in their environment

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, a former Director General of the UK Security Service, MI5, and the first female Chair of the Wellcome Trust, has been appointed as an honorary advisor to the John Innes Centre’s Governing Council. Eliza rose to public prominence as the Director General of MI5, in October 2002 and retired from the role...

Dr Yiliang Ding and her group have been awarded European funding to take forward their field-leading research into the structure of RNA

Innovative research has uncovered the secret of how plants make limonoids, a family of valuable organic chemicals which include bee-friendly insecticides and have potential as anti-cancer drugs

The evolutionary secrets that enable the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to produce cancer fighting compounds have been unlocked by a collaboration of UK and Chinese researchers

A new Innovation Hub for research into biofortification to increase nutrient levels in crops and food is being launched on the Norwich Research Park