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Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions

We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025

Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs

Congratulations @miguelmontez.bsky.social, that's fantastic news.

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ding-Dean Group) | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Ding-Dean Group at the John Innes Centre.

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Ding-Dean Group, working on cutting-edge science in Arabidopsis molecular genetics.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Closing date - 8 October 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full time, 36 months

@yiliangding.bsky.social

@chatbiology.bsky.social @dewhurst-ben.bsky.social @norwichbirder.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social

Don’t miss out on this exciting event! 🌟⬇️ @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @norwichmicro.bsky.social @aibio-uk.bsky.social

Many thanks to Prof Chun Kit Kwok for giving an outstanding talk 🙏 Such exciting work! It’s super nice to see he is doing so well 👍👍👍We got him a GQS 3D model 😊

NEWS - Shining new light on the processes that switch off genes

In new research which appears in Molecular Cell @cellpress.bsky.social, Dean group researchers have used Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate the functional role of polymerization in epigenetic silencing.

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It was a great honor to attend the New Phytologist next generation scientists conference. I believe that more and more scientists will harness AI-driven foundation models to uncover new insights in plant science.
@newphyt.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium SESSION 1: BEGINNINGS The origins of plants and the start of the plant life cycle Chairs: Diana Santelia & Steve Penfield 18 September | 9 AM | Edinburgh INVITED SPEAKERS Prof Steve Penfield John Innes Centre Inter-generational temperature signalling during plant reproductive development Asst Prof Kin Pan Chung Wageningen University To begin is easy, to persist is art: the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes in plants

🌟 #JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟

On Sept 18, we will have our first session:

🌱 BEGINNINGS - the origins of plants and the start of the plant life cycle 🌱

🎤 Invited speakers incl Steve Penfield & Kin Pan Chung

⏳ Join us! Register by Aug 19 🗓️

👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75

#PlantScience 🧪

VEL-dependent polymerization maintains the chromatin association of Polycomb proteins for the switch to epigenetic silencing Schulten et al. show that VEL polymerization domains produce higher-order protein assemblies to maintain chromatin association of Polycomb proteins, enabling a stable epigenetic switch at the floral r...

Excited to share the paper from my work in the Dean lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social out now in @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the co-authors - it was a great collaborative effort! Watch out for the associated cover artwork coming out next week 🎉 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Congratulations to all the successful researchers, including our own @yiliangding.bsky.social - the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship offers her the opportunity to take her work on RNA structure profiling methods and AI powered models to another level. 👏

Big congratulations 🍾

Research Assistant (Dodd Group) | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant to join the Dodd Group, conducting cutting-edge research into circadian rhythms in bacteria and plants.

New opportunity in the lab for a research assistant (technician), to support our BBSRC and @erc.europa.eu funded project @microclockerc.bsky.social on the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock. For this, we're looking for microbiology research experience #chronobiology www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/re...

Congratulations @yiliangding.bsky.social on your Faraday Fellowship👍. You have done an incredible job, we are very lucky to have you.

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social!

We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

PRESS RELEASE - Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre

We have 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:

www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Two amazing opportunities at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Our own Dr Rachel Wells (Senior Scientist, Crop Genetics) caught up with BBC Radio Suffolk's Louise Hulland at the Suffolk Show yesterday 🎙️📻

They talked everything oilseed rape - from the cabbage stem flea beetle to Colman's mustard!

Listen here (starts 2:14:15): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

EVENT - “Fundamental Biology of Legume Crops” Workshop

Discuss the latest research in genomics, metabolomics, biotic interactions and plant development.

💻 Application deadline: 16 July 2025

🗓️ 3 - 4 November 2025
📍The John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH

Find out more and apply: okt.to/fgZCWB

There is a still a few days to apply for this PHD @johninnescentre.bsky.social with the Morgan Group understanding the influence of temperature on meiotic recombination

NEWS - John Innes Centre hosts House of Commons Select Committee delegation

Norwich Research Park welcomed members of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee as part of their wide-ranging inquiry into the Future of Farming.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/john-in...

Seasons and shape: Inflorescences from autumn to summer Abstract. Flowering plants organize their reproductive organs within specialized structures named inflorescences. Plasticity in the architecture of these i

Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @pablidopsis.bsky.social (now with Margot Smit), Tom Lock @txmlock.bsky.social and Steve Penfield (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) on plant architecture responses to seasonal temperature is out!
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NEWS - How cucumbers got longer - and why it's a big deal for farming

A collaboration between the JIC and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has probed the differences between wild cucumbers and their domestic relatives at a molecular level.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/how-cuc...

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

Organ symmetry establishment during gynoecium development Symmetry is a key factor in the morphological diversity and reproductive success of angiosperms (flowering plants). The gynoecium, the female reproduc…

Excited to share our new review on organ symmetry establishment during gynoecium development, just published today! We dive into the latest insights shaping this dynamic field.
P.S. This is also my first first-author publication—a big milestone
Read here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking for the direct target genes of a transcription factor in #wheat? Our protocol uses protoplasts, skipping transgenic plants to save months!

Great step by step protocol @emilieknight.bsky.social! Read more below ⬇️ Thanks to all contributors!
#plantscience @johninnescentre.bsky.social

It's an honour to be shortlisted for the Falling Walls Foundation Science Breakthrough of the Year 2025 for our work on epigenetics in crop breeding. I'm excited to see where this work leads us!

Here we describe our first steps into epigenetic mutants in wheat doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...