A mechanism used by a fungal pathogen to promote spread of the devastating cereal crop disease, blast, has been revealed in fine detail

Professor Lars Østergaard has been appointed as the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford

Researchers at the John Innes Centre and partners at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a molecular switch that establishes differential cell growth and organ shape

After twelve years leading the institute, Professor Dale Sanders FRS retires this month from his role as Director. Under his leadership, the John Innes Centre has achieved many scientific and organisational successes and Professor Sanders has had a lasting positive impact on the organisation, our outward collaborations, and the wider plant science community. Whilst Director, Professor...

Professor Diane Saunders is today announced as the recipient of the 2022 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture

A new MARPLE Diagnostics hub has been established at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in Njoro as part of a strategic expansion of the platform to improve global rust surveillance

Computational modelling has been used to create dual-action compounds with exciting potential as new antibiotics

Professor Paul Nicholson, whose research investigates some of the major diseases of food crops, has been honoured by a leading society in the field of plant pathology

Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of genetics.’” This is the conclusion of a team of international scientists as the 200th Birthday of Mendel approaches on 20 July