Bacteria use chemical harpoons to hold on tight to their hosts
The global threat of widespread bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the greatest challenges facing science and medicine
Read the storyThe global threat of widespread bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the greatest challenges facing science and medicine
Read the storyJim O'Neill's call for a global innovation fund to revitalise the discovery of new antibiotics could not be more timely
Read the storyThe Royal Society has appointed a university research fellowship to Dr Andrew Truman, funding him to work at the John Innes Centre for an initial five years. Dr Truman, joined the institute at the beginning of October and will investigate how bacteria are able to make medically useful compounds. “I find it astounding that nature...
Read the storyNorwich scientists are investigating sources of antibiotics which may sound surprising – including ants, stick insects, soil and potatoes
Read the storyAn antibiotic has been found to stimulate its own production
Read the storyThe enthusiasm of a school biology teacher helped fuel Professor Mervyn Bibb’s own curiosity. Today, as antibiotic resistance nears a crisis point, his work to understand how soil bacteria produce antibiotics is more vital than ever
Read the storyThe John Innes Centre’s Molecular Microbiology department has recruited a new Project Leader as Dr Barrie Wilkinson joins
Read the storyA compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way
Read the storyPlants and microbes produce thousands of chemicals that facilitate communication with pollinators, competitors and predators
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