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Blog Celebrating the trailblazers of our international community
Today the John Innes Centre is proud to be home to staff from more than 40 different countries, but did you know that we have a long legacy of hosting international students, researchers and staff since 1912? Here we look back at some of our early visitors, who helped build the foundations of our community at JIC.
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News New Oak Foundation award helps future-proof scientific research facilities
Oak Foundation has awarded £750,000 to support the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory’s Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP3) vision
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News Beetles build with a yellow pigment gene
More than 80 years ago scientists discovered that differences in yellow pigmentation were critical to courtship success and failure for fruit flies. New research has added a deeper perspective to the study of Yellow, showing how in tortoise beetles this protein has been co-opted as a building material to house symbiotic bacteria.
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