Agri-tech plots to prevent bacterial blight in crops
A project working on disrupting and preventing bacterial diseases in a number of staple crops was given a boost last month with the announcement of new technological developments
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Press Release Made to ORDER – a web innovation for Brassica research world-wide
Researchers have launched a new web-based genomic tool for the global Brassica research community
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Press Release Research cracks RNA structural code to create opportunities for plant, animal and human health
Research reveals how a newly discovered structural feature of RNA helps regulate gene activity and could be used to fine edit traits in crops
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Press Release Space to grow, or grow in space – how vertical farms could be ready to take-off
Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi, but there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates
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Press Release Artificial Intelligence works out the problem of seed germination tests
Researchers have taught a clever new tool how to carry out one of crop breeding’s more challenging tasks
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News, Press Release Healthy Plants – Healthy People – Healthy Planet
Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP³) is our vision for achieving a safer, healthier and more sustainable future through the power of plant and microbial science
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Blog Bridging the Agri-tech – biosciences gap from lab to industry
In January 2019, we introduced the Flexible Talent Mobility Award scheme (FTMA), which supports up to three-month work experience placements for scientists to experience life in industry and vice versa
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News Two decades of pGreen
Twenty years ago, a new technology was developed here at the John Innes Centre, which revolutionised plant transformation and genetic engineering
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Blog Agri-tech innovation and working with industry; Introducing Dr Simon Aspland
Dr Simon Aspland joined us in December 2019 as our new Head of Commercialisation. We sat down with him to find out how he intends to help progress innovations originating at the John Innes Centre into practical applications
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