How catnip makes the chemical that causes cats to go crazy
Researchers at John Innes Centre have shed light on how catnip – also known as catmint – produces the chemical that sends cats into a state of wanton abandon
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Press Release UK consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a major bacterial plant diseases research programme
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Blog Seeing Red – The Tomato Fight Years
Left with a mound of rotting tomatoes, there was only one option left...
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Blog GENius of the Month
Welcome to the Genes in the Environment Institute Strategic Programme (GEN ISP) blog, which will introduce you to the many GENiuses in our programme.
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Blog Technicians Commitment Award
We were delighted to receive an award this month for our work on the Technicians Commitment. We asked Dr Clare Stevenson, what happened?
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News European recognition for talented early-career researcher
John Innes Centre researcher Dr Xiaoqi Feng receives a prestigious award reserved for Europe’s most promising young researchers
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Press Release Space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement
Technology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops, by 'speed-breeding'
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Blog Meet the Molecules – Catnip
Plants may appear peaceful, but beneath their calm exterior, they’re locked in continuous and ever-changing chemical warfare.
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