Managing the microbes – the key to solving the global nitrogen crisis
Experts from the UK and Brazil have joined forces to address the challenges and opportunities for agricultural nitrogen science in Florianopolis, Brazil.
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Blog Biotech YES
Four enthusiastic John Innes Centre PhD students started the drive to Jealott’s Hill, Syngenta near Reading for the Plant and Microbe BiotechYES competition
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Blog Meet the Molecules; Geosmin
The smell of the soil was first investigated in 1891 but the main compound that caused it was not isolated until 1965 by Gerber and Lechevalier, who named it “geosmin”
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News Landmark discovery turns marathon of evolution into a sprint
A research collaboration has discovered a new way of rapidly generating a swathe of medically significant natural products
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Press Release Anglers’ delight as algal blooms breakthrough highlights innovative science
Millions of fish-deaths caused by toxic Prymnesium algal blooms could be prevented with the application of a household chemical best known for bleaching hair, breakthrough research has revealed
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News Hormonal tug-of-war helps plant roots navigate their journey through the soil, new international study finds
A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team
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News Discovery shows soil dwelling bacteria adapt to richer or poorer conditions in marriage of convenience with plants
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have identified a unique mechanism that the soil dwelling bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens uses to effectively exploit nutrients in the root environment
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News Scientists discover a new way to target drug-resistant bacteria
John Innes Centre scientists are among an international team who have discovered a new class of compounds that target bacteria in a unique way
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Press Release New plant research solves a colourful mystery
Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by deducing how and why strange yet colourful structures called 'anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions' occur in some plants
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