Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops
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Press Release Snapdragon enters the genomic age
Researchers have successfully assembled a near-complete genome sequence of the popular plant model system Antirrhinum majus
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News New angle on how cells use geometry to control their size
Research by John Innes Centre scientists reveals how cells use geometrical information to control key developmental processes such as the coordination between cell growth and cell division
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News Plants have a plan for all seasons
Many plants need to avoid flowering in the autumn, even if conditions are favourable, otherwise they would perish in winter
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Press Release Genetic study reveals how citrus became the Med’s favourite squeeze
Genetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies
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Blog A Christmas mystery; something’s missing from the kissing plant
Earlier this year John Innes Centre Scientists working alongside colleagues at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany made a surprising discovery
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Press Release Transformed: the plant whose sex life fascinated Charles Darwin
Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world’s most renowned reproductive systems.
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Blog A conversation with Dr Chris Morgan
Dr Chris Morgan is a Postdoctoral Scientist working in Kirsten Bomblies' lab in the Cell and Developmental Biology Department. We chatted to him about his life and work.
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Press Release Leap forward in understanding plant organ growth
Cells are the building blocks of life that grow and divide to create all living things, but how cell growth and division is integrated to form structures such as plant leaves has until now remained unknown
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