Excellence in plant and microbial science
Antibiotic-producing bacteria can be found in lots of places, like deserts, oceans and even in association with some insects like leaf-cutter ants. We like to look in under-explored environments to find new strains of Streptomyces that make new antibiotics
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We asked Olivier Hamant, Editor-in-chief of Quantitative Plant Biology to give us his thoughts on how the community can work together to face the climate crisis
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A gene which has profound effects on the production of seeds has been identified by researchers
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As the weather cools in autumn, you may notice the process of condensation, with water droplets forming on windows. Researchers have found that a similar process – biophysical condensation - is happening inside plants and allows them to sense fluctuating temperatures
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Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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Carrots, ants, snails, strawberries, mice, and major cereal crops are just a few of the many organisms that can be turned into zombies: kept alive on life support under the manipulating spell of parasites
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Paul Kagame recently joined the Professor Cathie Martin Group as a Research Assistant, to work on the chemo-protective properties of certain Traditional Chinese and African medicinal plants
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This week we asked University of Birmingham PhD Student Joanna Chustecki to guest blog on her work using computational analysis to map the social networks of plant mitochondria
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Professor Cathie Martin is to give two special lectures after being elected to be the Janaki Ammal Visiting Professor by the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2020, as an outstanding woman in science
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