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Following the discovery of a new and very valuable enzyme which folds linear molecules into different shapes, scientists are building a ‘triterpene machine’ which will enable them to custom-build valuable chemical compounds called triterpenes and produce them in large, cost-effective quantities

A Norfolk plant scientist has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her work in understanding genetic regulation and for her commitment to advancing careers for women working in science

A researcher from Norwich is part of a consortium that has been awarded $1.5 million to develop safer polio vaccines, using a new technique developed at the John Innes Centre. The fight against polio has been one of the great success stories of modern medicine, with the disease already eliminated in much of the world....

In collaboration with researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr Tony Miller has developed rice crops with an improved ability to manage their own pH levels, enabling them to take up significantly more nitrogen, iron and phosphorous from soil and increase yield by up to 54%

Professor George Lomonossoff has been elected as the new President of the International Society for Plant Molecular Farming

Scientists have discovered how a gene that helps determine plant flowering time could help us breed better brassicas in the face of climate change

Scientists have discovered an important component in the process of nitrogen fixation in plants

The John Innes Centre won the BBSRC’s Excellence with Impact award at the Fostering Innovation Gala award ceremony last night.  This is the culmination of a three-year journey to strengthen the Impact culture within the John Innes Centre. We are honoured to have been selected from 30 leading BBSRC funded institutions with such strong impact...