Pioneering research investigates healthy impact of a plant-based diet
We will co-lead a pioneering research programme investigating how a plant-based diet could prevent chronic illness
Read the storyWe will co-lead a pioneering research programme investigating how a plant-based diet could prevent chronic illness
Read the storyWith plant research stretching from the genetic to the gigantic, we thought it would be worth creating an A-Z of some of the key pieces of work being done here
Read the storyScientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies - wheat rusts
Read the storyScientists from the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory today joined colleagues from across Europe in calling for an urgent rethink of EU legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Read the storyDr David Seung's group are working to find out how plants make starch at the molecular level. We caught up with him to ask why he chose to work on starch and what it was like to meet the man his fellowship is named after
Read the storyImprovements to make crops more nutritious, disease resistant and climate smart are essential to feed a burgeoning world population. Speed breeding could be one answer
Read the storyIn 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
Read the storyStarch is all around us- it’s in the food we eat, the paper we write on, and the glue we stick up wallpaper with. The different uses of starch are down to its unique structure, which leads us to the question: how do plants make it?
Read the storyResearch 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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