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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/...

Using plant circadian programs to optimize agrochemical use Os agroquímicos possuem um papel importante na maximização da produção agrícola. Herbicidas são uma classe de agroquímicos usados no controle de plantas daninhas e no manejo de algumas culturas duran...

Using plant circadian programs to optimize agrochemical use - we wrote this Tansley Insight in collaboration with @carloshotta.bsky.social and @gojonnes.bsky.social for @newphyt.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Congratulations @yiliangding.bsky.social

In #wheat mutants we've long wondered if the expression of homoeologs is upregulated to compensate. Could that explain homoeolog redundancy?

Spoiler alert: no! Great summary by lead author @delfidorussen.bsky.social ⬇️ and the whole preprint is here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience

An exciting new fellowship opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social in microbiology!

Congratulations to Robert Bellows, our Genius of the Month in recognition of his exceptional training and support in confocal microscopy/image analysis and his invaluable contribution to the success of the team. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to @katielong.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social winner of the #Monogram2025 ECR excellence award! Fabulous talk on the intricate patterns of gene expression in wheat spikes!

Congratulations to Isabel Faci @johninnescentre.bsky.social winner of the #Monogram2025 ECR excellence award! Fascinating talk on how decoupling environmental signals can induce aerial branching in wheat!

How plants and microbes synchronize their daily rhythms to keep fit at John Innes Centre on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - How plants and microbes synchronize their daily rhythms to keep fit at John Innes Centre, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD opportunity in my lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social, on circadian interactions between plants and bacteria. Fully funded. Part of @microclockerc.bsky.social in collaboration with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social @marthamerrow.bsky.social #chronobiology #ERCSyG www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

News post

Great write up by British Sugar on the value of genetic engineering for UK farming and working with @bric-isp.bsky.social
www.britishsugar.co.uk/media/news/2...
@johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to our Genius' of the Month, our Team of Researchers who were overall winners of the YES Competition with their team, Terrain Solutions. AND won best business plan, executive summary and the People's Choice Award. Incredible achievement. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Precision Breeding and Gene Editing: Where are we and what’s next? | John Innes Centre At the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London on 30th September 2024, Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner MP announced the government’s intention to pass secondary…

You can learn more about gene editing with our handy modular guide and videos: www.jic.ac.uk/about-us/our...

Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long!

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

Testing out some new options for #chronobiology research outside at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social field station - with @azamlashkari.bsky.social

Our stand is in the Palace of Westminster, and MPs, Peers and civil servants are welcome to come and say hello, meet our scientists, discuss #agriscience, and learn all about our cutting-edge research and #geneediting, including our famous purple tomatoes! 🌾🍅

What a glow up!

Supplement salad: tackling B12 deficiency with pea shoots Researchers led by Professor Antony Dodd at the John Innes Centre (JIC) have established a method of incorporating vitamin B12 into pea shoots.

🆕 Supplement salad: tackling B12 deficiency with pea shoots 🥗

Collaborative research between @johninnescentre.bsky.social Quadram Institute ,@bristoluni.bsky.social & LettUs Grow to develop a commercially viable method to fortify pea shoots with vitamin B12 feature on @ukri.org ⤵️