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 ...

More than 80 years ago scientists discovered that differences in yellow pigmentation were critical to courtship success and failure for fruit ...

Dr Yang Yu looks back at the John Innes Centre’s annual plant Breeders’ Day held at the institute’s experimental farm.

This new edition highlights our commitment to translating knowledge into real-world impact, exploring how science benefits plants, people and planet.

So, why do your Year in Industry at the John Innes Centre? Our institute is an internationally renowned centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. We are home to more than 40 ...

David assists on our Structural Biology platform. Proteins are at the heart of all biological processes and being able to see the fine details of their structures can be extremely informative.

The Dodd lab investigates how circadian rhythms adapt plants and microorganisms to their fluctuating environments. The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours, causing daily cycles in environmental ...

Matt’s group works on the specialised metabolites made by Streptomyces species and closely related actinomycete bacteria, which include more than half of all known antibiotics. They are particularly ...

An opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly appointed group of Dr Hassan Salem at the John Innes Centre in the Department of Molecular Microbiology. This post is funded ...

In 2014 Maria-Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation told a forum marking World Soil Day that we only have 60 years of farming left As we learn more and as we ...

Scientists have grown wheat containing super-sized starch granules — a leap forward in biological engineering with potential benefits for our daily diets and a raft of industrial applications. The ...