Untangling a DNA replication mystery may lead to new antimalarial drugs
The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.
Read the storyThe function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.
Read the storyAn innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.
Read the storyA newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre
Read the storyResearchers at the John Innes Centre have applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for consent to conduct a field trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The small-scale field trial is planned to take place within confined GM trial facilities at our field station in Bawburgh, between March and August in...
Read the storyCrops 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
Read the storyNewly 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
Read the storyJohn 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
Read the storyWe are delighted to announce that Lesley Mitchenall has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Research Institute Technician Awards
Read the storyAs 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
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