Scientific leadership and creative thinking – wheat researcher award
Dr Philippa Borrill has received a prestigious award from The Society of Experimental Biology (SEB
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Press Release Discovery of wheat’s clustered chemical defenses creates new avenues for research
A research collaboration has helped to explain the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants against disease – opening potential new avenues of study in this globally cultivated crop
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Press Release The hardy wild grass that could save our bread
An obscure species of wild grass contains “blockbuster” disease resistance that can be cross bred into wheat to give immunity against one of the deadliest crop pathogens
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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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News Application for Field Trial of Genetically Modified Organisms: High Iron Wheat
Researchers at the John Innes Centre have applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for consent to conduct a field trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The small-scale field trial is planned to take place within confined GM trial facilities at our field station in Bawburgh, between March and August in...
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Press Release Gene-editing discovery yields high promise for wheat fertility in a changing climate
A gene which has profound effects on the production of seeds has been identified by researchers
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Press Release How bread wheat got its gluten: Tracing the impact of a long-lost relative on modern bread wheat
Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a finding similar to uncovering a famous long-lost relative through DNA analysis in humans
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Press Release Unravelling fungal spore release mechanics to guide policy on barberry planting
Researchers have shed light on a long-standing mystery concerning how fungal spores are released and dispersed
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Blog Going virtual: MARPLE diagnostics training in the Covid era
To safeguard the roll out of the MARPLE diagnostics method across Ethiopia, this summer Ethiopian researchers congregated in Addis Ababa for the project’s first virtual training workshop
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