Crops often have multiple genomes hybridised from their parents, a condition known as polyploidy and a major route to the formation of new species in plants and an important way of improving agronomic traits in crops

Newly appointed Agri-Innovation Minister Jo Churchill MP visited the John Innes Centre to find out more about the impact delivered through our research, particularly generating resources to support crop breeding in the UK

John Innes Centre Director, Professor Dale Sanders has been honoured with one of China’s most prestigious awards in recognition of his work in establishing world leading scientific collaborations 

We are delighted to announce that Lesley Mitchenall has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Research Institute Technician Awards

As the weather cools in autumn, you may notice the process of condensation, with water droplets forming on windows. Researchers have found that a similar process – biophysical condensation - is happening inside plants and allows them to sense fluctuating temperatures

Professor Dale Sanders has announced his intention to retire in March 2023, after more than a decade as Director of the John Innes Centre

Environment Secretary George Eustice announces changes to the regulation of gene edited crop trials for research purposes

Streptomycetes are the richest source of antibiotics, anticancer agents and immunosuppressants used in human and veterinary medicine. The production of these important bioactive molecules is often intimately linked with the life cycle of this versatile genus of bacteria

When cells divide, replicated chromosomes carrying DNA separate and move to daughter cells a process essential in all domains of life to ensure each daughter cell inherits a full copy of the genetic information of the parent