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Researchers working to develop crops with healthier, more resistant starch at the Quadram Institute and John Innes Centre are partnering with the John Innes Foundation, who will be funding a two year collaborative research programme
Read the storyNumerous 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
Read the storyResearchers 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
Read the storyA 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
Read the storyPlant biologist Professor Anne Osbourn is used to seeing her name as a leading author in high profile scientific journals. Now she is exploring a new authorial direction with the publication of her first book of poetry
Read the storyA new consortium, CaLiber, has secured £2.3M to research the bacterial plant pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, its insect vectors, and their potential impact on UK crops
Read the storyA collaboration between the Norwich Bioscience Institutes and The Alan Turing Institute will enhance the ways machine learning and artificial intelligence are applied to life science research.
Read the storyThe 2020 Innes Lecture will tell the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial and highlight key themes in the public reactions
Read the storyResearchers have resolved a longstanding biological debate by revealing the existence and function of complex RNA structures in plants
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