Alumni stories; Inspiring the next generation – Dr Samantha Fox
We caught up with Dr Sam Fox, former Research Assistant and now Director of the Youth STEMM Award to hear the story of her career
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News Study finds large-scale expansion of stem rust resistance gene in barley and oat
Scientists have identified a resistance gene, Sr22, as one of the few characterised genes that protects against many stem rust races, one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat
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Press Release Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines
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News A first step to plant made dengue virus vaccines
Researchers have used plants to produce virus-like particles (VLPs) of the dengue virus in a potential first step towards novel vaccines against the growing threat
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Blog The Scopes Monkey Trial; what we can learn about the communication of science
The 2020 Innes Lecture told the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial and highlighted the key themes in the public reactions. We asked Professor Joe Caine, why did so many people hate evolution and what can we learn from the trial today?
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News New research sheds light on complex genetic and metabolic traits in plants
Numerous examples of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) have been discovered in plant genomes, but little is known about the formation of these important examples of gene organisation
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News New technology accelerates crop improvement with CRISPR
Researchers know how to make precise genetic changes within the genomes of crops, but the transformed cells often refuse to grow into plants - one international team has devised a new solution
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Press Release Taking sides – Internal and external factors that influence patterns in protein distribution
Cell polarity can arise within cells and likely orients their growth. Signalling between cells may then coordinate polarity, aligning the heads and tails of different cells in a tissue, guiding how they grow collectively and develop into a plant
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News £5m funding award to modernise our horticultural facilities
A multi-million-pound project to modernise our horticultural facilities has been approved. Funded by UKRI-BBSRC work will begin in Autumn 2020, and set to be completed by March 2021
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