Professor Saskia Hogenhout has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), joining a community of more than 2,000 members elected by peers in recognition of scientific excellence

An outstanding early-career researcher has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to take forward research into the global threat posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria

John Innes Centre has renewed its membership of the Diversity Champions programme run by Stonewall, reaffirming our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive research environment.  This year we are delighted to be joined in this membership by the Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute Bioscience.  With our direct links and close collaborations, the joint membership means LGBTQ+ staff,...

The John Innes Centre has successfully renewed its Athena Swan Gold Award, recognising our continuing commitment to gender equality. The Athena Swan Charter, run by Advance HE, is a framework used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research. Established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing...

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