New genome sequence could improve important agricultural crops
An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage type of Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape
Read the storyAn international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage type of Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape
Read the storyIn the first study of its kind, researchers have used tools of paleontology to gain new insights into the diversity of natural plant chemicals
Read the storyWorking out the structure of a complex formed when a protein binds to DNA has proved to be key in understanding how an antibiotic-producing organism controls resistance to its own antibiotic, and may be an example of how other antibiotic producers regulate export to prevent self-toxicity
Read the storyScientists on the Norwich Research Park, working with colleagues in China, have developed new techniques that will aid the application of genomics to breeding the improved varieties of crop needed to ensure food security in the future
Read the storyScientists researching a new antibiotic have pieced together the way it is produced by a soil bacterium by working out the functions of its genes
Read the storyFor the first time, scientists have identified a mutation in plants that was selected twice - during both natural evolution and domestication
Read the storyScientists have developed a new high-throughput method for extracting RNA from Arabidopsis plants
Read the storyThe field of biological imaging has seen incredible advances due to new imaging techniques and molecular markers, which is producing large amounts of data, and storing, manipulating and processing this data presents a challenge to science
Read the storyScientists are collaborating on a new international research project to identify antibiotics that can kill tuberculosis and fight resistant strains
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