Scientists from the John Innes Centre, Quadrum Institute and the University of Birmingham have discovered a link between a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance and resistance to the disinfectant triclosan which is commonly found in domestic products

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have identified a unique mechanism that the soil dwelling bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens uses to effectively exploit nutrients in the root environment

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced today that John Innes Centre’s Professor Sarah O’Connor is one of 65 outstanding life scientists to have been elected to its membership, joining a group of over 1,700 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world. The 2017 electees include 56 EMBO Members residing in 19 Member...

An international scientific alliance to fast track-crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa is launched

Antibiotics, the wonder drugs discovered by accident that have saved 200 million lives and counting, have been voted Britain’s greatest invention

John Innes Centre scientists are among an international team who have discovered a new class of compounds that target bacteria in a unique way

The John Innes Centre has joined more than 35 universities and research institutions from across the UK, in backing a pledge to support their technicians by becoming founding signatories of the Technician Commitment.

John Innes Centre scientist Dr Cristobal Uauy has received national recognition for his pioneering work in global wheat breeding programmes

Streptomyces bacteria are today recognised as globally important industrial microbes, producers of most of the world’s antibiotics