Excellence in plant and microbial science
We’re delighted to be welcoming back Dr Philippa Borrill as our newest Group Leader. We sat down with Philippa, a former PhD student and research fellow here, to find out what she would be working on and what she’s been up to since we saw her last
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A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops
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Cereal crops like wheat will have a particularly important role in future food security, yet their worldwide yields have plateaued. With agricultural land at a premium, one of the most urgent global challenges is to increase food production without expanding agricultural land area
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In July, Dippy the Dinosaur arrived in Norwich, taking up residence in the Cathedral and this special Diplodocus has got everyone thinking and talking about evolution. As a plant and microbial research institute we thought we’d take a look at plant evolution and what kind of plants might have been around when Dippy walked the Earth
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Professor Ray Dixon recently talked to Alliance for Science Live about his research on nitrogen fixing bacteria and the future of engineering this process to benefit agriculture
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When cells divide, replicated chromosomes carrying DNA separate and move to daughter cells a process essential in all domains of life to ensure each daughter cell inherits a full copy of the genetic information of the parent
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The 2021 Plant RNA Structure Symposium, will take place from Tuesday 7 September - Thursday 9 September
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Responding to last week’s National Food Strategy, leading players along the length of the UK’s crop improvement pipeline, from fundamental and applied genetic science to commercial plant breeding, have issued a joint call on the Government to take action to harness the unique contribution of plant genetics in securing a more sustainable food future
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The role of the hormone auxin has been shown to play a key role in the patterning along the apical-basal and medio-lateral axes; how the adaxial-abaxial axis is regulated during radial symmetry establishment at the Arabidopsis gynoecium apex has not been extensively studied until now
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