Rewiggle Podcast: starring Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett
The chair of our Governing Council, Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett, is featured on the newly launched rewiggle podcast, to discuss the impact of the world-leading science taking place at the John Innes Centre.
Rewiggle, hosted by Neha Dutt, focuses on conversations with those aiming to build a more resilient world, aligning well with our vision of Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet. The guests include people who have dared to imagine a more financially and environmentally resilient world and are acting on it.
In this episode, Tom shares how his role at JIC has taught him that nature is a wonderful thing, but without science and evidence we cannot bank on it.
In conversation with Neha, he explores how our work strives to support farmers, ensure food security, and counter malnutrition and plant disease. From developing safe, drought and flood tolerant crops, to crops that need less fertiliser to grow, they discuss our commitment to translating research into real-world impact.
You can listen to this episode, Nature’s Plant, Science’s Puzzle, on:
You can find out more about the projects mentioned in this episode here:
- Giant wheat starch granules - a big biotech breakthrough with potential benefits for manufacturing industries
- Sunshine tomatoes making history from crop to clinic
- How the plant with a toxic past can become a climate-smart crop of tomorrow
- Finding hidden genetic treasure: study uncovers untapped diversity in historic wheat collection
- Could this fundamental discovery revolutionise fertiliser use in farming?
- The fast-track tree breeding method that is restoring ash to the landscape
