In July 2015, Professor Enrico Coen FRS was awarded the Royal Society's premier award, the Croonian Medal and invited to give the Croonian Lecture at the Royal Society

John Innes Centre Programme Leader, Professor Alison Smith, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

The fight against ash dieback strides on thanks to international collaborations and open access data from the Nornex consortium

Scientists at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new elite variety of wheat with durable resistance to disease

Two John Innes Centre scientists have been named in a list of the most highly cited scientists across the world

Scientists at The John Innes Centre and The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) have developed a free online tool that will help a global community of scientists understand more about important food crops

New research led by Professor Cathie Martin of the John Innes Centre has revealed how a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine produces compounds which may help to treat cancer and liver diseases

Professor Ray Dixon from the John Innes Centre will lead a team of scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Aberystwyth and leading research institutes in Brazil, to create a Virtual Joint Centre of research that will build on UK expertise in biological nitrogen fixation to enhance agricultural productivity in Brazil

The UK government has awarded £93,000 to Professor George Lomonossoff of the John Innes Centre, Professor Janet Daly of Nottingham University and Professor Luis Ferreira at Sao Paulo University, Brazil to develop an effective diagnostic test to detect Zika virus infection in humans