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Researchers from the John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute are launching one of the first human trials of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them
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John Innes Centre group leader, Professor Yiliang Ding, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
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The John Innes Centre has been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK. The new Global Talent Fund, an investment in Britain’s future prosperity and economic growth, is designed to attract leading researchers in eight high...
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Following the news that Parliament has passed the secondary legislation to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act for plants in England, we welcome the benefits this offers, and the increased opportunities for plant and microbial science to improve the health of plants, people and the planet.
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The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics and genetics to map the diversity of a globally important pea collection – revealing secrets behind the traits that Mendel made famous and uncovering agriculturally useful genetic diversity on an unprecedented scale
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Addressing critical challenges in wheat health, yield, and production in order to safeguard the future of this vital global staple crop
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Delivering genetic diversity and knowledge, innovative technologies and training to allow sustainable production of robust high-yielding crops including oilseed rape, pea, cereals and Brassica vegetables to identify and overcome key challenges caused by our changing climate
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Unlock the remarkable and under-exploited biosynthetic capabilities of plants and microbes to make valuable new molecules to address global challenges of food security and human health
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Delivering new solutions to promote beneficial interactions and disease/pest resistance in crops of both national and global significance
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Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.
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