The benefits of understanding plant genes; how they work and what controls them
How does the environment, and in particular temperature, affects plant growth and development, through the regulation of and variation in their genes?
Read the storyHow does the environment, and in particular temperature, affects plant growth and development, through the regulation of and variation in their genes?
Read the storyWe have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life
Read the storyInvestment in national infrastructure at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory is ‘essential and urgent’ for solving the enormous environmental and societal challenges that we face, says a new independent strategy published this week
Read the storyA new genomic tool has been launched to help the global community of wheat rust researchers, enabling simultaneous interrogation of gene expression data for the notorious yellow rust pathogen and its wheat host
Read the storyJosh Waites in the new co-Chair of our PhD community; the PhD Voice. We asked Josh about his own PhD project and how a global pandemic has affected the PhD community more broadly
Read the storyResearchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection. Disrupting the function of this gene provides resistance to two of the most economically damaging diseases of wheat worldwide - yellow and stem rust
Read the storyA question puzzling molecular biologists concerns how mRNA processing sites are precisely recognised; particularly how are they distinguished from surrounding sites with similar sequence content?
Read the storyAt the end of 2020, we were joined by Dr Eva Sharpe as our first Head of Strategic Engagement. Having settled into her new role, we sat down with Eva to find out who she is and what her role entails
Read the storyAn ambitious proposal to create a resistance gene “atlas” as a resource for the international wheat community has been outlined in a new review
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