Tulip research springs into life
This week, to celebrate the beginning of spring, we have a special 3-part blog series telling the story of tulip research here at the John Innes Centre
Read the storyThis week, to celebrate the beginning of spring, we have a special 3-part blog series telling the story of tulip research here at the John Innes Centre
Read the storyMatthew Johnston is a Phd student in the Dr Christine Faulkner lab. His research focuses on cell-to-cell communication in plants, so we asked Matt, how and why do cells communicate?
Read the storySelf-isolation in the face of a marauding pathogen may save lives but it comes at the expense of life-sustaining essentials such as transport, communication and connectivity. New research suggests plants must balance similar trade-offs as they respond to pathogens that could rip through their defence cell by cell
Read the storyFor billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. Then 450 million years ago the first plants colonised land, evolving in the process multiple types of beneficial relationships with microbes in the soil
Read the storyIn many plants the timing of flowering is controlled by a range of environmental and molecular signals. One of these signals, prolonged cold, aligns flowering with spring in a process known as vernalization
Read the storyFaced by climate change, and our ever-increasing agricultural demands, what can we do to improve crops being grown? Liz Chapman is working on improving wheat yields by investigating the length of time the crops stay green
Read the storyThe famous experiments of the 19th century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel set down universal laws that still underpin the field of genetics
Read the storyDr Antony Dodd's research covers circadian rhythm and signalling in plants, we asked him how do plants tell the time and do plants suffer from jet lag?
Read the storyFourteen researchers from eight European countries came together to attend a workshop providing training in genomics-based, pathogen diagnostic and surveillance techniques as part of the Horizon2020-funded RustWatch program
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