Very happy to see this remarkable work published. Led by @tommclean.bsky.social and @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social. We show how Streptomyces bacteria sense & respond to misfolded secreted proteins. A great collaboration with @barriewilks.bsky.social #microsky 1/2 journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....

Too excited by the science to include the link to the paper! Here it is: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

✅ Are you aged over 18? ✅ Live within 70 miles of Norwich? ✅Think you might be low in vitamin D? Join the ViTaL-D study and help us understand if @johninnescentre.bsky.social tomatoes biofortified through gene editing could help boost vitamin D levels 🍅

Today we're supporting the Find my Future event at @johninnescentre.bsky.social with hands-on activities that highlight the diversity of micro-organisms. Thanks to all our volunteers and the event organisers for helping us to engage with lots of students!

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social group, in the field of Crop Genetics. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Closing date - 15 December 2025 Salary - £37,500 - £45,350 Contract - Full-time, 17 months in the first instance (potential up to 4 yrs)

More broadly the research could also lead to insights into genetic regulation, biotechnology applications, and new strategies for tackling antimicrobial resistance, one of the major threats to human health in the 21st century.

It also shows that the fold is versatile – not only binding to CTP, but also to other ubiquitous nucleotides including ATP and GTP, including the first examples of GTP-binding ParB-like proteins.

NEWS - An exciting new landscape of protein-related discovery unfolds An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life forms, paving the way for diverse research and applications: www.jic.ac.uk/news/an-exci...

Now published. Thank you very much to our collaborative team, and very supportive editors and reviewers!!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.

Congratulations to Charlotte Owen, winner of our HBio award. For playing a pivotal role in the set-up of spin-out company Hothouse Therapeutics, her exceptional talent in bioinformatics and her many contributions to the running of the Osbourn lab. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Govind Chandra, winner of our @hbio-isp.bsky.social award. For the critical role he plays in bioinformatics data analysis, supporting colleagues and training new bioinformaticians @johninnescentre.bsky.social

‪Want to hear about exciting #microbial research from leading scientists? 🦠 The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

EVENT - Apply today for the John Innes/Rudjer Bošković: Applied #Molecular #Microbiology Summer School (Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery, Biosynthesis and Function) 🗓️ 12 - 20 Sept 2026 📍Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia Deadline: 23 Jan 2026 www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

📽️BBC News report on our ViTaL-D study now on Youtube Together with @johninnescentre.bsky.social we're 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🍅

Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social. 🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025 www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Team JIC are having a cracking time in the “Future of Farm and Agriculture” @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social zone at New Scientist Live @newscientist.com this weekend 🌟🌾 We’re here on Monday too - come along and see stomata down a microscope and our wonderful wheat varieties!! @dsw-isp.bsky.social

Thank you to Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of @ukri.org, and BBSRC's Dr Jef Grainger and Dr Lee Beniston FRSB for visiting us at Norwich Research Park yesterday, to see how plant and microbial science is supporting healthy plants, healthy people and a healthy planet 🌱🌍

Recently, we hosted a visit from @jamestapper.bsky.social at @theobserveruk.bsky.social, which included an interview and short tour with Prof. Anne Osbourn who explained the fascinating story of her group's work with the Chilean soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria) 🗞️ observer.co.uk/news/science...

Many thanks to Katharina Höfer @hoeferlab.bsky.social for giving an inspiring presentation about RNAylation at our annual "Early-Career Microbiologists Symposium" @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Many thanks also to #EMBO @embo.org for supporting this "Young Investigator Seminar".

VACANCY Optical Microscopy Specialist Come work alongside the plant and microbial scientists at JIC and help us explore the biological frontier at the tissue, cell and subcellular scale!

That's a wrap! Another fantastic year @latitudefestival.bsky.social with an amazing team @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Thanks to all the families that took on our #science Escape Bloom! Until next time...

Nice to see our recent work on the fascinating KorAB system be featured on the back of @johninnescentre.bsky.social Advances! Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I had a great time presenting my work on potato starch at #PlantBio2025 🥔 @aspbofficial.bsky.social For more info see my poster 300-73! Great to have two presentations from the Seung Lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social in the same session, and another on Tuesday 🌱

We're proud to be working with the @uommib.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social on a new £8.5M project, funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, to find biotechnological routes to feed a growing population while protecting crops against climate change and pests: www.jic.ac.uk/news/future-...

Prof Anne Osbourn inspired our teachers no-end with a fascinating talk on harnessing plant metabolic diversity for therapeutic applications. "Finding drugs in the garden"💊🌱 So many questions answered. The teachers' students are in for a treat💚 #plantscience #summerschool @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Big congratulations to @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social 👍👍👍Super beautiful structure👍👍👍Very happy to contribute some RNA structure work to this great collaboration😊 @johninnescentre.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social

VACANCY - We’re seeking an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join our Bioimaging Platform, to help train users on light microscopes, collaborate on imaging projects and provide technical support. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/op... Closing date - 11 August 2025 Contract - Full time, indefinite

Come and join our dynamic, welcoming scientific community. For more information about life here at the JIC, please visit: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

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

Finally published! Many thanks to the reviewers and editor whose comments & suggestions improved this work significantly more than the first preprint version!!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Happy to see our collaborative work on the contractile injection system (CIS) in Streptomyces published. We show that the membrane protein CisA gives Streptomyces CIS a licence to kill. @pilhoferlab.bsky.social & Bastien Casu, @joesallmen.bsky.social #MicroSky elifesciences.org/articles/104...

Fantastic opportunity to start your independent career at the JIC here. Great startup package. Repost = nice. Thank you!!!

Lister Prize Awards 2026. Applications now open. Includes £300k of flexible funding over five years. Open to those working in biomedical and clinical sciences in the U.K. lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/

Congratulations to Sachin Shah, winner of the HBio Award for his help and support in the Lomonossoff research group. Sachin works with both enthusiasm and kindness, helping students, post-doctoral scientists and visiting workers all alongside doing his own research. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Mikaela Neequaye, winner of the HBio Award for her exceptional work in the lab, her research ideas, extensive outreach work and leading the JIC’s Race and Ethnicity, Equality and Diversity Group @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Many congratulations to winner of the @hbio-isp.bsky.social Award, Emma Banks. For her passion for science, ability to inspire others and commitment to making a difference in the lab and beyond. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Edward Hems, winner of the @hbio-isp.bsky.social Award for his incredible scientific insights, technical support in chemistry and computing and collaborative spirit, supporting colleagues with their research and organising outreach activities. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants Very happy to share the published version of our work on natural Marchantia-Pseudomonas interactions. Out now in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Very happy to share this work led by @tommclean.bsky.social and @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social. The conserved Streptomyces sensor kinase CutS senses disulphide bond formation outside the cell. If it fails CutS activates CutR which switches on production of foldase HtrA3 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New Microbe Profile: Streptomyces venezuelae, a model species for the genus. Genetically tractable and completes its life cycle in liquid culture in 24 hours. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Congratulations to Martin Rejzek, winner of the HBio Award, for providing expert chemistry skills, support for JIC researchers enabling excellence science and innovation. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Marina Franceschetti, winner of the HBio Award, for setting up a new valuable resource for pea. An EMS population linked to phenotypic and sequencing data. @johninnescentre.bsky.social

We’re delighted to have Professor Janneke Balk opening the PCGIN Stakeholder Meeting 2025, hosted at @kewgardens.bsky.social as part of the UK Legumes Conference this week 🫛 Find out more about PCGIN’s latest funding from DEFRA UK: www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Our keynote speaker, Rose McNelly, gave a fantastic talk at the Norfolk Science Teaching Conference yesterday 🌱 Rose explained how she found a love of plant science from experiments using chocolate chip muffin soil to attending the Year 10 Science Camp at the John Innes Centre.

Great opportunity for early career researchers at Norwich Research Park to present their work on microbial genomics 🧬 Abstract deadline is 3rd April @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Happy to have played a small role in this work from Laura Lehtovirta-Morley’s lab. Distinct Patterns of Antibiotic Sensitivities in Ammonia-Oxidising Archaea enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Today we updated streptomyces.org.uk/strepstrains... with lists of useful Streptomyces strains and plasmids we have @johninnescentre.bsky.social and details of how to request them.

In the UK, more than 20% of us have vitamin D levels lower than government recommendations, and £100m is spent on prescribing vitamin D supplements. #VitaminD is vital to many of our functions, and in the UK about 80-90% is produced by the body when our skin is exposed to UVB sunlight.

It’s ‘#AgriScience Week’ in Westminster, and we’re showcasing our exciting innovations, including a ‘sunshine’ tomato boosted with vitamin D!