Collaboration and translation
Through a range of activities, we facilitate the commercialisation of scientific innovations
Read about collaboration and translationOur successes reach every UK household. For example, the iconic John Innes compost was our contribution to the British garden.
The traditional British roast dinner would not be the same without the Maris Piper potatoes bred at the Plant Breeding Institute, and our work on on peas and broccoli has lead to crop improvements, including the Beneforté Broccoli.
We continue to innovate, and support the development of new products (including the Purple Tomatoes which are on sale in the US).
The John Innes Centre has a substantial impact globally, for example we discovered the wheat dwarfing gene which sits behind the ‘green revolution‘ and provided the underpinning science for the production of many modern antibiotics.
In 2022, we commissioned an independent analysis of our impact by Brookdale Consulting – read the Science with Impact 2022 (pdf).
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Societal impact
We help to develop strategies to achieve global societal benefit through our scientific innovations
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Economic impact
Funding for translational research can accelerate commercial and societal impact of early-stage technology
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Environmental Impact
Our Sustainability Strategy sets out the roadmap to net zero. It is designed to embed sustainability in every aspect of the institute, and to achieve net zero by 2040.
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