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”
Read the storyThe 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”
Read the storyA research collaboration has discovered a new way of rapidly generating a swathe of medically significant natural products
Read the storyMillions 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
Read the storyA sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team
Read the storyScientists 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
Read the storyJohn Innes Centre scientists are among an international team who have discovered a new class of compounds that target bacteria in a unique way
Read the storyResearch 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
Read the storyJohn Innes Centre scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how valuable anti-cancer compounds are produced in the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Read the storyScientists studying how bacteria produce spores have made a double discovery - they have identified the mystery signaling molecule that orchestrates the process of sporulation and also the unique way in which it works
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