Working on SARS-CoV2 Virus-like Particles (VLPs); introducing Dr Hadrien Peyret and Dr Jae-Wan Jung
What are ‘virus-like particles’ and could they help in the quest to end the SARS-CoV2 pandemic?
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News A first step to plant made dengue virus vaccines
Researchers have used plants to produce virus-like particles (VLPs) of the dengue virus in a potential first step towards novel vaccines against the growing threat
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Blog Discovering my research passion and winning international awards; a PhD at the John Innes Centre
Dr Shannon McKie has recently completed her PhD studying how an ancient enzyme works. We sat down with Shannon, to find out why she chose her project, how she found studying abroad and what are future plans are after finishing her PhD
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Press Release Compounds show promise in search for tuberculosis antibiotics
Compounds tested for their potential as antibiotics have demonstrated promising activity against one of the deadliest infectious diseases - tuberculosis (TB)
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Blog Joining the home of Streptomyces research
We welcome the latest group to join an ongoing quest to understand Streptomyces - a bacteria crucial to human health and medicine - led by Professor Matt Hutchings
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Press Release Research unearths the science behind the smell of spring
You may not have heard of geosmin but, wherever you may be on this planet, it is highly likely that you’d recognise its smell. New research by scientists in Sweden and the UK has helped to explain why it exists
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News Dramatic transition in Streptomyces life cycle explained in new discovery
A new study using the model species Streptomyces venezuelae has shown that c-di-GMP intervenes later in development to control the differentiation of the reproductive hyphae into spores
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Press Release Oat pathogen defence discovery marks an important milestone
Researchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to soil pathogens
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Blog A – Z Microbial Science
Microbial science may look at the microscopic, but the breadth of microbial research being done here at the John Innes Centre is massive, so here’s an A-Z covering some of it
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