A poisonous species of mushroom new to Norfolk has been identified by Year 10 Science Camp students at the John Innes Centre, using advanced genetic analysis techniques

Scientists have discovered an unusual and novel role for the plant hormone auxin in the development of the female organs of the flower

Professor Caroline Dean, is to be the recipient of a BBSRC Award for Excellence in Bioscience

Plant scientists have discovered that a non-coding RNA, induced by cold, helps plants flower in spring

Professor George Lomonossoff has been named as the recipient of the 2015 Colworth Prize Lecture

Professor Ray Dixon has been working with Chinese scientists to genetically engineer bacteria that could reduce farmers’ reliance on industrial nitrogen (N) fertilisers

Professor Sir David Hopwood has been named in a Society of Biology poll of influential scientists

Plant geneticists from Norwich’s John Innes Centre working with experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered how the memory of cold, so important for flowering, is erased every generation in plants

Plant scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to new, high-yielding, disease-resistant crop varieties