Made to ORDER – a web innovation for Brassica research world-wide
Researchers have launched a new web-based genomic tool for the global Brassica research community
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Blog Joining the home of Streptomyces research
We welcome the latest group to join an ongoing quest to understand Streptomyces - a bacteria crucial to human health and medicine - led by Professor Matt Hutchings
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News, Press Release Healthy Plants – Healthy People – Healthy Planet
Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP³) is our vision for achieving a safer, healthier and more sustainable future through the power of plant and microbial science
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05 JunEvent Making it count: An introduction to Quantitative Plant Biology
Introducing a new open access journal, Quantitative Plant Biology, published by Cambridge University Press in collaboration with the John Innes Centre
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Blog Tulip research springs into life
This week, to celebrate the beginning of spring, we have a special 3-part blog series telling the story of tulip research here at the John Innes Centre
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Blog Multicellularity: How and why cells communicate
Matthew Johnston is a Phd student in the Dr Christine Faulkner lab. His research focuses on cell-to-cell communication in plants, so we asked Matt, how and why do cells communicate?
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News We’re all going on a bug hunt
The next time you see those frothy blobs of cuckoo spit that appear on plants this time of year - remember when and where - your evidence could be used to halt the progress of an international plant pathogen
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Press Release New controls to protect UK trees and plants against damaging threats
Strict national measures have been implemented to safeguard the UK from a range of plant health threats, in particular the devastating disease caused by Xylella fastidiosa
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Press Release Self-isolation or keep calm and carry on – the plant cell’s dilemma
Self-isolation in the face of a marauding pathogen may save lives but it comes at the expense of life-sustaining essentials such as transport, communication and connectivity. New research suggests plants must balance similar trade-offs as they respond to pathogens that could rip through their defence cell by cell
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