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NEWS - Incredible news as @BBSRC and @UKRI_News Infrastructure Fund confirms £317.7 million investment to secure the future of world-leading plant and microbial science @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab at the heart of the @NorwichResearch Park Read more:

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PROFESSOR ANNE OSBOURN (FRS) - We are delighted to announce that Professor Anne Osbourn has been elected as a Fellow of the @royalsociety in honour of her exceptional contribution to science

Professor Anne Osbourn elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Anne Osbourn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in honour of her exceptional contribution to science…

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NEWS - Professor Saskia Hogenhout elected as a member of EMBO Professor @SaskiaHogenhout has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation ( @EMBO ), in recognition of scientific excellence @NorwichResearch

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FREE IMAGES - Alongside @TheSainsburyLab , we have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life @NorwichResearch @NorwichSciImage @BBSRC

Free to use image library for genome-editing and GM

We have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life…

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NEWS - Professor Caroline Dean awarded McClintock Prize The ground-breaking career of Professor Dame Caroline Dean @CarolineDeanLab has been recognised with the prestigious Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics & Genome Studies @NorwichResearch

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MIKE BEVAN FRS OBE - Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Professor Michael Bevan, who has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to plant genomics

Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Prof Michael Bevan FRS

Professor Michael Bevan FRS is today honoured for his scientific contributions in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List…

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AWARD - Today @CarolineDeanLab received the @WolfPrize_ medal 🥇 Professor Dame Caroline Dean (FRS) was awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in 2020 in recognition of her pioneering discoveries🌱

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AWARD - Professor @CristobalUauy has been honoured for his role in mentoring early career women wheat researchers

Professor Cristobal Uauy wins Women in Triticum Mentor Award

Professor Cristóbal Uauy has been honoured for his role in mentoring early career women wheat researchers…

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NEWS - Professor Anne Osbourn receives prestigious Novozymes Prize Anne Osbourn has been awarded the 2023 Novozymes Prize for her pioneering work producing important drugs & improving the natural defence systems of plants @NorwichResearch @AnneOsbourn1

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MODEL - Get yourself a model plant that can do it all 🌱 🌿 ☘ 🌳 #DollyPartonChallenge

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VIROLOGY - Did you know plants can make vaccines? We are all facing an unprecedented global challenge in the coronavirus pandemic and plants may help us in the fight against it. Find out more about our history of virus research --->

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CRISPR - Researchers 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, led by @UCDavisPlants & @UCSmallGrains has devised a new solution @SadiyeHayta

New technology accelerates crop improvement with CRISPR

Researchers 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…

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BLOG - Earlier this year, a newly discovered single-cell microbe that can survive in extreme environments was named after Dr @RenuSwarup , current Secretary in the Indian Department of Biotechnology and former John Innes Centre Postdoc

Resilient microbe named after our alumna Dr Renu Swarup | John Innes Centre

Earlier this year, a newly discovered single-cell microbe that can survive in extreme environments was named after Dr Renu Swarup, current Secretary in the Indian government’s Department of…

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AWARD - Prof Cathie Martin, project leader in our metabolic biology department, has been elected as a Fellow of the @royalsociety . "This is an honour and I would like to thank the many inspiring colleagues and collaborators who have worked with me”

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GOLD - We are delighted to have become the first institution in the UK to achieve an @Athena_SWAN Gold Award -

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AWARD - Congratulations to Dr Sanu Arora, who has been announced as a Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career award winner for her work on speed breeding #WomenInWheat

International wheat award for speed cloning researcher | John Innes Centre

Cutting-edge research helping to make modern wheat more resistant to pathogens has brought international recognition for a John Innes Centre scientist…

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AWARD - Dr Tung Le has been awarded a prestigious Lister Fellowship in recognition of his group’s innovative research and its potential for antibiotic discovery

Dr Tung Le Awarded Lister Research Prize Fellowship | John Innes Centre

Dr Tung Le has been awarded a prestigious Lister Fellowship in recognition of his group’s innovative research and its potential for antibiotic discovery…

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AWARD - Professor @SaskiaHogenhout has been elected a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society ( @plantdisease ) in recognition of her pioneering career. Congratulations Saskia 👏

Saskia Hogenhout honoured for paradigm-shifting research

Professor Saskia Hogenhout has been elected a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) in recognition of her pioneering career…

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Congratulations @CarolineDeanLab 👏🥳

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Prof. Caroline Dean of the @JohnInnesCentre in Norwich, UK was awarded the Wolf Prize in agriculture 2020 for her pioneering discoveries in flowering time control and epigenetic basis of vernalization. Congratulations! @CarolineDeanLab #Wolfprizeworldtour #wolfprize2020

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NEWS - European Funding will take cell-to-cell communication research to next level Professor Christine Faulkner @pd_christine and her group have received the @ERC_Research Advanced Grant for their research into cell-to-cell communication

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NEWS - Rapid gene cloning technique AgRenSeq will transform crop disease protection

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AWARD Dame Caroline Dean ( @CarolineDeanLab ) named one of five outstanding scientists – one from each continent - who will receive the 2018 @Loreal - @UNESCO For Women in Science Awards in life sciences

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AWARD - Professor Cathie Martin has been awarded the prestigious @RankPrize for Nutrition for her globally significant research in making fruit and vegetables more nutritious

Rank Prize for Nutrition awarded to Professor Cathie Martin

Professor Cathie Martin has been awarded the prestigious Rank Prize for Nutrition for her globally significant research in making fruit and vegetables more nutritious…

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STUDY - How three genes rule plant symbioses; Dr Guru Radhakrishnan ( @guru_radhakr ) and collaborators from the @LRSV_Toulouse describe the discovery of a common genetic basis for intracellular symbioses between plants and microbes in the soil

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AWARD - Congratulations to @Saunders_Lab , for winning the @BBSRC Innovator of the year award for international impact for her work with @CIMMYT and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, in helping to combat global crop pathogens

Innovator of the Year award recognises impact of international collaboration in wheat disease...

John Innes Centre researcher Dr Diane Saunders has received a major award for her pioneering work in helping to combat global crop pathogens

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GROUP LEADER VACANCIES - We’re looking for creative early-career or established researchers who wish to develop exciting long-term independent programmes in plant and microbial science and be part of our highly collaborative culture 📅 - Fri 28 Jan 2022

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AWARD - Professor @AnneOsbourn1 has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to plant science, thanks to her pioneering work in plant natural product biosynthesis

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AWARD - @CristobalUauy has been awarded the prestigious Research Medal by The Royal Agricultural Society of England

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AWARD: 2020 Royal Medal honour for Professor Dame Caroline Dean @royalsociety @CarolineDeanLab

Royal Society award for Professor Dame Caroline Dean | John Innes Centre

The inspirational research of Professor Dame Caroline Dean (FRS) is today recognised in the Royal Society’s 2020 Awards and Medals…

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AWARD Congratulations to Professor Anne Osbourn who has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)

Professor Anne Osbourn elected as a member of EMBO | John Innes Centre

Professor Anne Osbourn (OBE, FRS, Foreign Member of the NAS) has been elected as a member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)…

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This #WomensHistoryMonth , we’re digging through the @JIChistory archives 📖 Meet E K Janaki Ammal, an Indian #female scientist & expert in cytogenetics who worked at JIC from 1940-45. Her accomplishments led to a new rose hybrid named after her in 2019!

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NEWS - £76.6m funding boost to world-leading research at John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre welcomes major funding from @BBSRC in its world-leading research and innovation programmes, alongside @TheQuadram and @EarlhamInst on @NorwichResearch

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NEWS - Dame Helen Mirren has helped renew efforts to keep plant disease Xylella fastidiosa out of the UK by narrating a new animation that warns of the devastation it causes, including the death of millions of olive trees in Europe

Helen Mirren voices new plant health animation | John Innes Centre

Dame Helen Mirren has helped renew efforts to keep plant disease Xylella fastidiosa out of the UK by narrating a new animation that warns of the devastation it causes, including the death of millions…

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BLOG - @Studio_Flozbox is a Science Technician in the @CristobalUauy lab by day and an artist by night. We caught up with him to ask how he is bringing these two passions together and providing scientific illustrations for published papers

Drawing conclusions; introducing science illustrator Tobin Florio

Tobin Florio is a Science Technician in the Professor Cristobal Uauy lab by day and an artist by night. We caught up with him to ask how he is bringing these two passions together and providing…

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FUNDED PhDs - We have a range of fully funded 4-year PhD research projects available. The Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) programme is open to UK and international candidates for entry October 2021. THREAD.

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NEWS - Discovery Fellowship award for outstanding early career researcher Dr Rebecca Devine has been awarded a @BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to take forward her innovative research into finding the antibiotics of the future @NorwichResearch @r_devine93

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DIRECTOR - Professor Graham Moore announced as the new Director of the John Innes Centre.

Professor Graham Moore announced as the new Director of the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre

Professor Graham Moore, a world-leading wheat researcher, will become the Director of the John Innes Centre from September 2022.

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SUMMER SCHOOL - Applications are now open for the 2022 Summer School in Applied Molecular Microbiology on Microbial Specialised Metabolites - taking place in Dubrovnik, 10-17 September 2022 📅 - Friday 18 February

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The John Innes Centre is celebrating 50 Years in Norwich in 2017! We are proud to call Norwich our home #JIC50 #tbt

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GROUP LEADERS - We are delighted to announce the appointment of two group leaders Professor Matt Hutchings @MattHutchings10 and Dr Philip Carella @Phil_Carella who will be joining us in August

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VITAMIN D TOMATOES - Researchers used gene editing to turn off a specific molecule in the plant’s genome which increased provitamin D3 in both the fruit and leaves of tomato plants. It was then converted to vitamin D3 through exposure to UVB light. ☀🍅

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NEWS - Professor Dame Caroline Dean awarded Mendel Medal Professor Dame Caroline Dean has been named by @GenSocUK as the recipient of the #Mendel Medal for 2023 @NorwichResearch

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ON THIS DAY - In 1905 William Bateson coins the word ‘genetics’ in a letter to Cambridge professor Adam Sedgwick, writing; "No single word in common use quite gives this meaning, and if it were desirable to coin one, ‘Genetics’ might do”. #OnThisDayAtJIC

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RIP - We are sad to announce that Pusheen, our site cat, has died this afternoon. She will be sorely missed.

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NEWS - The science of how plants register trauma catches a new wave Researchers give longstanding theories on how plants rely on calcium waves to respond to wounds and other stresses a fresh perspective @BBSRC @NorwichResearch @pd_christine @Annalisa_Be

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AWARD - Professor Ray Dixon FRS has received the Adam Kondorosi Academia Europea Award for Advanced Research for pioneering research to develop more sustainable agriculture practices worldwide

Prestigious prize hails half a century of ground-breaking research | John Innes Centre

Professor Ray Dixon FRS has received an international award for pioneering research to develop more sustainable agriculture practices worldwide…

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NEWS - Plant pathology award for Professor Diane Saunders The innovative and inspiring research of Professor Diane Saunders has been recognised with the @BS_PP RKS Wood Prize @Saunders_Lab @NorwichResearch

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Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem. Read the Story - Read the @NaturePlants Paper -

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D | John Innes Centre

Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem…

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VACANCY - We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the @Phil_Carella group and help explore the diversity of defence responses that evolved to protect land plants from pathogen infection

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VACANCY - Applications are open for 3x five-year Postdoctoral Scientist positions in the group of Professor @AnneOsbourn1 OBE FRS NAS Closing date - 11 October 2023 Contract - Five years, full-time

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INTRODUCING - @Grow_Cab . Meet this 5-strong interdisciplinary team working on low-cost, Open Source benchtop plant growth cabinets for speed breeding and offering consultancy for crop improvement alongside the development of speed breeding protocols

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NEWS - Prestigious @ERC_Research Horizon Europe funding award to accelerate innovative research in antibiotic-producing #bacteria Dr @SusanSchlimpert and her team have been awarded funding for their research into #antibiotics of the future

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CELLS - Ever since scientists discovered cells more than 350 years ago, they've noted that each type of cell has a characteristic size. The question of how these building blocks of life regulate their own size, however, has remained a mystery @GEN_ISP_JIC

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LETTER - Professor @CristobalUauy wrote to The Times this weekend. Here is his letter. You can find out more about Professor Uauy and his work on wheat genetics here 👀👇

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ROTATION PhD - Applications are now open for our 4-year Rotation PhD. Experience plant & microbial sciences here & at @TheSainsburyLab through mini-projects, then narrow your focus, choose your topic & supervisor 💷 - Fully funded 📅 - Mon 10 Jan 2022

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BREAKTHROUGH - Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age old disease

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NEWS - Dr Yiliang Ding honoured with prestigious Blavatnik award @YiliangDing is among nine recipients of the 2024 @BlavatnikAwards for UK Young Scientists, announced today by the Blavatnik Family Foundation & New York Academy of Sciences @NYASciences

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BREAKTHROUGH - "The same genes which control the timing of flowering also control seed germination, but act in reverse order" Prof Steve Penfield

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ADVANCES- On Friday 14 September 1984, Prof. David Hopwood announced to the world that his team produced the world’s first hybrid antibiotic by genetic engineering. We recall this landmark discovery. 💊

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NEWS - New Green Revolution gene discovery sows hope of drought resilient wheat Semi-dwarf wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in fields across the globe @BBSRC @NorwichResearch @PhilippaBorrill @CSIRO

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NEWS - Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria @ScienceMagazine

How legumes give oxygen to symbiotic bacteria in their roots

Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria…

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AWARD - We're delighted to announce that our Rotation PhD student @a_bakinghouse has received international recognition for her outstanding contribution to wheat research. Congratulations Anna 👏

Wheat success for early career researcher | John Innes Centre

John Innes Centre student Anna Backhaus has received international recognition for her outstanding contribution to wheat research…

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PRESS RELEASE - The clue is in the glue - Nature’s secret for holding it together An obscure aquatic plant has helped to explain how plants avoid cracking up under the stresses and strains of growth @NorwichResearch @slcuplants @BBSRC

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AWARD - @CarolineDeanLab has joined some of the world’s most eminent scientists in receiving honours from the @WolfPrize_

Wolf Prize ceremony honours Professor Dame Caroline Dean

Professor Dame Caroline Dean has joined some of the world’s most eminent scientists in receiving honours from the Wolf Foundation…

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At the John Innes Centre we value our diverse community and the contributions of all our staff and students. We are shocked and dismayed at the recent article published in Nature Communications by AlShebli et al. Our response

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VACANCY - Calling outstanding researchers! Apply TODAY for our Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions at the John Innes Centre Find out more:

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NEWS - Researchers @SusanSchlimpert and @plant_symmetry awarded @royalsociety University Research Fellowships; “When I got the award, I felt like all the hard work I had put in was finally worth it. I felt like I'd won the Olympic Games in plant biology”

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CITIZEN SCIENCE - Spittlebug spies needed The next time you see those frothy blobs of cuckoo spit that appear on plants this time of year - remember when and where - your evidence could be used to halt the progress of an international plant pathogen

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Congratulations to our esteemed alumna, @RenuSwarup , the new Secretary @IndiaDST 🥳👏

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. @IndiaDST welcomes Dr @RenuSwarup the first woman Secretary of DST as she takes additional charge of the Department. Looking forward to her support and guidance, as DST & all its institutes strive to make greater contributions towards Nation’s progress.

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LEAD YOUR OWN LAB - We're looking for creative early-career or established researchers to develop exciting long-term independent programs in plant and microbial science and become part of our highly collaborative culture More details and how to apply 👀👉

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On the final day of our Annual Science Meeting we announce our awards. This year we have three worthy mentors being recognised for their support of others. Congratulations to Mark Buttner, @MatthewJBush and Lesley Mitchenell.

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GROUP LEADERS - We are looking for creative early-career or established researchers who wish to develop exciting long-term independent programs in plant and microbial science and be part of our highly collaborative culture #GroupLeader #Tenure #SciJob

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We are proud to announce that @CristobalUauy is a finalist in the @BBSRC 2017 Innovator of the Year award -

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AWARD - “It’s a great honour to receive this @globalrust award and a privilege to help the careers of outstanding women researchers as they make an impact on the world through their innovative research” - @CristobalUauy

Professor Cristobal Uauy wins Women in Triticum Mentor Award

Professor Cristóbal Uauy has been honoured for his role in mentoring early career women wheat researchers…

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NEWS - Biochemical Society Award for Researcher Congratulations to Dr Sam Mugford @samtmugford who has been recognised by the Biochemical Society’s 2025 Awards with the Research Support award @NorwichResearch @BiochemSoc @SaskiaHogenhout @RSSV_JIC

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We welcome Professor Graham Moore to the stage for his first all staff meeting as Director.

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SUMMER SCHOOL - Applications are now open for the 2022 Summer School in Applied Molecular Microbiology on Microbial Specialised Metabolites - taking place in Dubrovnik, 10-17 September 2022 📅 - Friday 18 February

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HEALTHY PLANTS, HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLANET – Today, with @TheSainsburyLab we are delighted to unveil our ambitious vision to secure a safer, healthier and more sustainable future through the power of plant and microbial science

Healthy Plants – Healthy People – Healthy Planet (HP3)

Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP³) is our vision for achieving a safer, healthier and more sustainable future through the power of plant and microbial science…

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BACTERIA - Humans have them, so do other animals and plants - now research reveals that bacteria too have internal daily clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth @ant_dodd @MarthaMerrow @EvolvedBiofilm

Bacteria can tell the time | John Innes Centre

Humans have them, so do other animals and plants – now research reveals that non-photosynthetic bacteria too have internal daily clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth…

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NEWS - We're proud to announce that @CarolineDeanLab has been elected to the @americanacad . Congratulations Caroline 👏

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Today is #NationalPetDay ! Here at JIC, we have our very own beloved Rex, the JIC Science Cat 🧪🐾 who provides researchers with some relaxing time outside the labs. Rex has also become a purr-fect mascot over on our TikTok: Share your own pets below ⬇️

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FUNDED PhD - We’re looking for a PhD Student to join the @CristobalUauy lab to investigate the transcriptional regulation of early carpel development in polyploid wheat & use this knowledge to generate novel allelic variation in key transcription factors

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ANNIVERSARY - 20 years ago today, a new technology was developed here at the John Innes Centre, which revolutionised plant transformation and genetic engineering @Uni_of_Essex

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ROTATION PhD - Applications for the Rotation PhD programme 2021 intake are now open. Alongside @TheSainsburyLab , our 4-year Rotation PhD offers you the chance to select 3 mini (10-week) projects in your first 8 months, before narrowing your focus 👇👇👇

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Huge congratulations to Mikhaela Neequaye @MNeequayeJIC for winning the Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science for the best 2021 paper in The CRISPR Journal 🙌🔖 @WomenScienceRFS @GEN_ISP_JIC @NorwichResearch #WomeninScience #STEM

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AVAILABLE TECH - Metabolic engineered tomatoes to produce L-DOPA. Production and extract naturally sourced L-DOPA from our genetically modified tomatoes technology 👀🍅

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AWARD - Congratulations to @sreyag_ who has been selected for the Forbes Under 30 list 👏 Sreya has been recognised in the Science and Healthcare category for her pioneering research in crop genetics 🌾 Find out more ⬇️

Sreya Ghosh selected for Forbes Under 30 list | John Innes Centre

Sreya Ghosh, a postdoctoral wheat researcher at the John Innes Centre, has been named on the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list 2021.

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Professor Allan Downie awarded Adam Kondorosi prize for Plant Sciences.

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PRESS RELEASE - Discovery raises hopes of more temperature tolerant wheat Gene-editing techniques have helped to identify a temperature tolerance factor that may protect wheat from the unpredictable challenges of #climatechange @NorwichResearch

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GENETIC RESISTANCE - Genes which confer resistance to the deadly fungal disease stem rust have been successfully transferred from wheat into barley @BrandeWulff @MarkSmedley15 @HarwoodWendy @sreyag_ @sanu_arora

Cloned stem rust resistance genes offer glimpse of future crop protection

Genes which confer resistance to the deadly fungal disease stem rust have been successfully transferred from wheat into barley…

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AWARD - Congratulations to PhD Student @shwoodhouse_ , who has been awarded the #JohnInnesFoundation Prize for Excellence in Science Communication 👏 You can find out more about Shannon and her research here 👀 @GEN_ISP_JIC @TheSainsburyLab

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New Year, New Opportunities 🌱 🔬 Be part of something exciting in 2023 by joining our international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. Join our team by browsing our exciting vacancies closing in January 2023 Click here:

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We offer world-class transformation and gene editing service in a wide range of wheat varieties (including elite varieties) for both academic researchers and commercial purposes Find out more @NorwichResearch

Crop Transformation (Wheat) | John Innes Centre

We offer world-class transformation and gene editing services in a wide range of wheat varieties (including elite varieties) for both academic researchers and commercial purposes.

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BLOG - We’re delighted to be welcoming back former PhD student and research fellow @PhilippaBorrill as our newest Group Leader. We sat down with Philippa to find out what she would be working on and what she’s been up to since we saw her last

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NEWS - Dr Philippa Borrill featured in Royal Society video to inspire a new generation @PhilippaBorrill explains the value of gene editing for developing sustainable, resilient wheat in a new series of @royalsociety videos featuring @ProfBrianCox

Dr Philippa Borrill featured in Royal Society video to inspire a new generation | John Innes Centre

Dr Philippa Borrill explains the value of gene editing as a tool for developing more nutritious, sustainable and resilient wheat, in a new series of Royal Society videos featuring Professor Brian Cox.

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Wow 🤩 @CarolineDeanLab @YiliangDing

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FLC cake @CarolineDeanLab @JohnInnesCentre #FLCbeyond

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VIDEO - How do plants use growth to measure temperature? Plants have to interpret temperature fluctuations over timescales ranging from hours to months to align their growth and development with the seasons @ReaLAntKour @GEN_ISP_JIC @CarolineDeanLab

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MODERNISATION - A 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 @UKRI_News @BBSRC

£5m funding award to modernise our horticultural facilities

A 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…

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NEWS - Two talented early-career scientists, @Tung_BK_Le and Dr Dmitry Ghilarov, have won £2.5m funding from the global health charity @wellcometrust , to carry forward their influential research at the John Innes Centre

John Innes Centre research attracts global health charity funding

Two talented early-career scientists have won £2.5m funding from the global health charity Wellcome Trust, to carry forward their influential research at the John Innes Centre…

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IMMUNITY - Just like us, plants must survive against pathogen threats, while recognising beneficial microbes. Unlike us, plants lack a centralised immune system with special cells to fight disease. In plants, every cell must defend itself

Plant immunity | John Innes Centre

Just like us, plants must survive against pathogen threats, while recognising beneficial microbes. Unlike us, plants lack a centralised immune system with special cells to fight disease.

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