John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science

Increasing production by 10 times of superbug slaying antibiotics using gene editing

New antibiotics to treat tuberculosis?

A chemical-free pest control for farmers?

Preventing and treating human autoimmune diseases using plant viruses

New green revolution set to start with speed breeding

Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period. The speed-breeding platform developed by teams at the John Innes Centre, University of Queensland and University of Sydney, uses a glasshouse or an artificial environment with enhanced lighting to

New green revolution set to start with speed breeding

John Innes Centre scientists identify protein which boosts rice yield by fifty percent

In collaboration with researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr Tony Miller from the John Innes Centre has developed rice crops with an improved ability to manage their own pH levels, enabling them to take up significantly more nitrogen, iron and phosphorous from soil and increase yield by up to 54 percent. Rice is a major

John Innes Centre scientists identify protein which boosts rice yield by fifty percent

New gene-detecting technology brings new, resilient superwheat closer

Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new elite variety of wheat with durable resistance to disease. Working with fellow scientists at TSL, Dr Brande Wulff from the JIC developed the new technology

New gene-detecting technology brings new, resilient superwheat closer

Scientists produce beneficial natural compounds in tomato

Given the opportunity to drink fifty bottles of wine or eat one tomato, which would you choose? Scientists at the John Innes Centre have found a way to produce industrial quantities of useful natural compounds efficiently, by growing them in tomatoes. The compounds are phenylpropanoids like Resveratrol, the compound found in wine which has been

Scientists produce beneficial natural compounds in tomato

Bangor University research into growing use of Ivy

Work to unlock potential of plant life The many uses of abundant but overlooked plants – from killing slugs to treating athlete’s foot – are being investigated by scientists at Bangor University. Research into plant-based alternatives to products and ingredients currently derived from crude oil has found that ivy is just one of a range

Bangor University research into growing use of Ivy

Computer game added to armoury in ash dieback fight

The public are being asked to help in the fight against ash dieback by playing a computer game that analyses genetic data on the disease. The Facebook game aims to use the power of social media to find a scientific solution to protecting ash trees from the Chalara fraxinea fungus. Many of the UK’s 80m ash trees

Computer game added to armoury in ash dieback fight

New way to improve antibiotic production

An antibiotic has been found to stimulate its own production. The findings, to be published in PNAS, could make it easier to scale up antibiotic production for commercialisation. Scientists Dr Emma Sherwood and Professor Mervyn Bibb from the John Innes Centre were able to use their discovery of how the antibiotic is naturally produced to

New way to improve antibiotic production

The world’s favourite fruit only better-tasting and longer-lasting

Tomatoes, said to be the world’s most popular fruit, can be made both better-tasting and longer-lasting thanks to UK research with purple GM varieties. “Working with GM tomatoes that are different to normal fruit only by the addition of a specific compound, allows us to pinpoint exactly how to breed in valuable traits,” said Professor Cathie

The world’s favourite fruit only better-tasting and longer-lasting

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UK research begins to develop flea beetle-resistant OSR varieties
on August 14, 2021 at 10:20 pm
Research teams in the UK have received significant funding to develop new varieties of oilseed rape which are resistant to cabbage stem flea beetle ...
New chairman 'excited' to drive science centre's development
on August 13, 2021 at 2:52 am
A prominent figure in the healthcare, education and the charity sectors has been appointed to lead one of Norwich's major plant ...
Scientists win £1.8m to help farmers fight flea beetles
on August 12, 2021 at 4:43 am
The John Innes Centre (JIC), on Norwich Research Park, has secured the Industrial Partnership Award (IPA) along with fellow scientists at Rothamsted Research and industrial partners.
Flea beetle fight gets fresh funding injection
on August 12, 2021 at 12:02 am
Researchers working to combat a devastating pest of oilseed rape have been supported by a fresh injection of funds. The £1.8m BBSRC ...
Century-Old Mysterious Puzzle Solved: How Sex Cells Get the Right Genetic Mix
on August 5, 2021 at 1:56 am
A new discovery explains what determines the number and position of genetic exchanges that occur in sex cells, such as pollen and eggs in plants, or sperm and eggs in humans. When sex cells are ...

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Scientists win £1.8m to help farmers fight flea beetles
on August 12, 2021 at 4:43 am
The John Innes Centre (JIC), on Norwich Research Park ... turning scientific discovery into solutions in the field." Further research into the lifecycle and feeding preferences of the beetle ...
Flea beetle fight gets fresh funding injection
on August 12, 2021 at 12:02 am
Researchers working to combat a devastating pest of oilseed rape have been supported by a fresh injection of funds. The £1.8m BBSRC ...
‘Lab in Field’ Study Reveals One Upside of Climate Change: Better Crop Yield
on August 7, 2021 at 5:01 pm
The study, conducted by the John Innes Centre and published in the journal Current Biology ... and these are now rarer," Penfield said. Researchers made this discovery by testing separate rapeseed ...
Century-Old Mysterious Puzzle Solved: How Sex Cells Get the Right Genetic Mix
on August 5, 2021 at 1:56 am
A new discovery explains what determines the number and position of genetic exchanges that occur in sex cells, such as pollen and eggs in plants, or sperm and eggs in humans. When sex cells are ...
Crossing over: how are genes shuffled?
on August 4, 2021 at 11:41 am
A new discovery has explained how proteins help ... showing DNA in blue and the proteins HEI10 in red. Credit: John Innes Centre. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how a protein ...