Dr Philippa Borrill has received a prestigious award from The Society of Experimental Biology (SEB

Understanding how wheat roots can fine tune the activity of soil microbes for the benefit of agriculture is the focus of an international collaboration starting this spring

An ambitious international partnership will investigate the forests and farmlands of Nepal as a bio-diverse hotspot to inform global practices in combatting pathogens and pests.

How plants acquire nutrients is a fundamental life process. Some plants have developed beneficial associations with bacteria and fungi to help them access essential elements such as phosphate and nitrogen

Microbiologist Dr Celia Caulcott has been appointed as the next Vice Chair of the John Innes Centre’s Governing Council.

Dr Marcelo Bueno Batista has been awarded a three-year BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to take forward his innovative work at the John Innes Centre

The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.

An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.

A newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre