Sweet salvation – how a sugar cane pathogen is gearing up a new era of antibiotic discovery
A potent plant toxin with a unique way of killing harmful bacteria has emerged as one of the strongest new antibiotic candidates in decades
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News Discovery of anti-cancer chemistry makes skullcap fit for modern medicine
The evolutionary secrets that enable the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to produce cancer fighting compounds have been unlocked by a collaboration of UK and Chinese researchers
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News Kenya becomes the third country to launch MARPLE Diagnostics hub
A new MARPLE Diagnostics hub has been established at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in Njoro as part of a strategic expansion of the platform to improve global rust surveillance
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Blog Three ways the UK should be strengthening scientific excellence through international collaboration
I was pleased to be invited recently to sit on a panel at Parliamentary Links Day, a large annual event bringing together parliamentarians with researchers, where the key theme was international collaboration in science.
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Press Release International recognition for eminent John Innes Centre Scientist
Professor Anne Osbourn OBE FRS has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the United States’ highest honours for scientists, engineers and health professionals.
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News MARPLE diagnostics reaches South Asia
Last week 21 researchers from the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and iDE Nepal, took part in a workshop to equip them with the most advanced genetic testing methodology for strain-level diagnostics of the deadly wheat yellow rust fungus.
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News Wheat-soil interaction offers route to sustainable agriculture
Understanding how wheat roots can fine tune the activity of soil microbes for the benefit of agriculture is the focus of an international collaboration starting this spring
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News International collaboration aims high in Nepal
An ambitious international partnership will investigate the forests and farmlands of Nepal as a bio-diverse hotspot to inform global practices in combatting pathogens and pests.
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Blog Erasmus experience to a plant science PhD; Introducing Marina Millan-Blanquez
We had a chat with PhD student Marina about her experience of the Erasmus+ programme, her research project and working at the John Innes Centre.
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