Advances Winter 2024/25 – digital edition now available
Welcome to the latest e-edition of Advances – the John Innes Centre magazine. After a short publication pause, we are back, with a magazine full of scientific achievements.
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News John Innes Centre commits to assessment reform to ensure the quality and impact of its research
The John Innes Centre has joined the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), alongside more than 700 research organisations, funders and professional societies, to implement reform in the assessment of research, researchers, and research organisations.
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News Does this breakthrough mark a new epigenetic chapter in crop breeding?
Researchers have made an important breakthrough in unlocking the power of epigenetic variation in crop breeding
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News How do diverse plants get sick in the wild? Researchers head outdoors to answer a blue-sky question
The life of a plant scientist involves long hours in the lab, thinking up, designing, and monitoring experiments that might tell us something new about how life works
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29 AprEvent Innes Lecture 2025 – Following the Pepper: Black Berries, Asian Trade and European Empires
The 2025 Innes Lecture, Following the Pepper: Black Berries, Asian Trade and European Empires, will take place on 29th April at the John Innes Conference centre. This is a public lecture open to all. Speaker: Professor Sujit Sivasundaram, University of Cambridge Doors at 18:00 (Tea and biscuits available) Lecture begins at 18:30 Tickets are free but must...
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Blog What makes a Neurodiversity ally?
In our journey towards creating truly inclusive workplaces, understanding Neurodiversity allyship has become increasingly important. But what does it mean to be a Neurodiversity ally, and how can we meaningfully support our Neurodivergent colleagues? We spoke to some of our colleagues to find out.
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News John Innes Centre researcher honoured with Mendel Memorial Medal
Professor Noel Ellis has been awarded a prestigious honour in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the legacy of the ‘Father of Genetics’, Gregor Mendel
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News Tackling malnutrition is on the map at the Norwich Research Park
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nutrition for Development and representatives from United Against Malnutrition & Hunger visited the Norwich Research Park, to see how scientists are finding homegrown scientific innovations to help solve this longstanding local and global problem.
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Blog Diverse minds for a diverse world: the case for Neurodiversity in science
At the John Innes Centre, diversity is at the heart of what we do. Just as we celebrate and leverage biodiversity in our research to solve global challenges in plant and microbial science, we recognise that Neurodiversity - differences in how people think, process, and interact with the world - is equally vital to our success.
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