Always great to find out more about the people we work with, their background and inspiration @johninnescentre.bsky.social Read more about Prof Christine Faulkner below

VACANCY: Senior Lab Support Technician. Support the development of a new plant immunity platform within TSL Ventures that explores RNAi-based disease resistance. Apply online, deadline 29 Oct 2025. buff.ly/IhskRvq #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!) How do cells communicate when it's hot? Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...

New #PhD opportunity in the Uauy lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity? #wheat #spikelet #development biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...

www.innovationclusters.dsit.gov.uk Update to the Innovation Clusters Map The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) shares a statement from Minister for Science Lord Vallance on the update of the Innovation Clusters Map.

Not many areas spark excitement like our Bioimaging platform 🔬 By shedding light on the tiny structures which make up plant and microbial life, our Bioimaging team have supported 102 projects over the last year – from research groups to start-ups/spin-out companies www.jic.ac.uk/advances/see...

Universities urged to get more political by scientist-turned-MP. A Labour MP who was a scientist before entering parliament has urged universities to have a “strong lobbying position” on the sector’s financial concerns. #Lab25 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Our annual event at Norwich RNA Club: AI in RNA Biology. Great speakers! Please join us this Thursday at 2pm @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social

Fancy finding out more about the history of the @johninnescentre.bsky.social earlier this year 'Eastern Promise the podcast' visited us for a quick (4 hour) tour to find out more. 60min of snippets can be listened to here 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025 🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025 💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025

Click here for the full programme: jic.link/NBIAST2025-P... @johninnescentre.bsky.social , @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #NBIAST2025

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

How food and drink are joining the fight against cancer.

@rebeccavosborne.bsky.social turned a LinkedIn post of mine into artwork. As someone who loves her work I was hugely touched. Thank you

Very honored 🙏 @rsb.org.uk @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Should we rethink how we measure research impact?... "I know the strong impact of what I do, but they don't measure it - they will be assessing me based on research papers in journals and the reaction to that," he added, describing himself as "invisible". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.foodstandards.gov.au/media/media-... New Zealand joins growing number of countries chosing a science backed, evidence based regulatory approach to NGTs 👏

Presented the Watkins Durum Project and shared the incredible work of our GRU team today at #JohnInnesCentre Breeders’ Day, It was a great opportunity to showcase our progress. Also had the pleasure of meeting Tom from the JIC Governing Council, Thank you very much. johninnescentre.bsky.social‬

Was fascinated to see the @johninnescentre.bsky.social drones in action and hear about the field phenotyping work and data being generated. My younger self would have thought this utter science fiction!

Pleasure to join colleagues from across the park in welcoming @adrianramsay.bsky.social Green party MP, and to showcase the work of the @johninnescentre.bsky.social & @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and our vision for the future. #HealthyPlants, #HealthyPeople, #HealthyPlanet

The refined palate of a cabbage stem flea beetle...which oilseed rape will taste the best... @oilseedrachel.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

www.edp24.co.uk/news/2516487... #precisionbreeding

PRESS RELEASE - Parliament has passed the secondary legislation to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act for plants in England. www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Editing proteins www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Unanimous vote in the House of Lords tonight to approve final legislation on the New Genetic Technologies (Precision Breeding) Regulation 2025 (England). Great debate to watch. Still work to do be done to build consumer confidence, but good to see science evidence supporting the final vote.

academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... 'how insights from Arabidopsis have opened new areas of biology and directly advanced our understanding of crops'. @cristobaluauy.bsky.social et al. 2025

#JustIn on Plantae: Integrating Multidisciplinary Approaches in Plant Science Research In this piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Mohammad Aslam, Yuanyuan Liu, and Kestrel Maio explore key areas where multidisciplinary approaches are integrated with plant biology research. buff.ly/0UYV7bj #plantscience

Fantastic to welcome so many early-career female researchers from across the UK wheat community to undertake #WomenInWheat leadership training provided by @hfpconsulting.bsky.social at the JIC field station this week! 🌾 @ukri.org @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social

UK food security: A whistleblowing memo writen by a collective of food industry leaders - warning gov we need to take supply chain resilence and climate change more seriously. insidetrack.org.uk/foodmemo

Introducing the brand new Starter Pack of staff, PhD students and related accounts, from the School of Biological Sciences, UEA. Follow us... #UEAScience go.bsky.app/PLSJXMz

April 2nd is Autism Acceptance Day. Did you know the % of people with autistic traits is higher among scientists than in other workplaces. behavioral-innovations.com/blog/20-famo...

🪲Know someone working with insects based in the UK? 🦟 Please share the RES Insect Welfare Survey with your colleagues and students! 🙌🏽 www.royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel... @hau-entomology.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social @insectneurolab.bsky.social @gmrc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

It’s #BritishScienceWeek! South Norfolk is home to world-class research, like the @earlhaminst.bsky.social at Norwich Research Park—pioneering genomics, biotech & more. Science drives our economy, security & wellbeing. Let’s celebrate those making it happen! #BSW25

It’s day two of British Science Week 2025 & celebrating all of the people doing amazing things in our science sector right here in South Norfolk! Alora, a company based in Norwich Research Park are aiming to solve world hunger! Find out more here: www.alora.world/about-us #BSW25

Day three of #BSW25, celebrating British science & South Norfolk’s amazing researchers! @ukri.org funds world-class bioscience, supporting 1,600 scientists & 2,000 students across the UK—including @johninnescentre.bsky.social, @quadraminstitute.bsky.social & @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Day four of my celebration of British Science Week 2025! The Norfolk Clinical Research Facility is run by the @nnuh.bsky.social, and closely linked with the Endoscopy Centre. It works with the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, across the Norwich Research Park. #BSW25

Day five of my celebration of British Science Week 2025! The @johninnescentre.bsky.social is an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology residing at the Norwich Research Park. #BSW2025

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...

www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #norwich #uk #precisionbreeding

www.gov.uk/government/s... secondary legislation #precisionbreeding England

If you are a #science #teacher in #Norfolk or #Suffolk you will want to attend this #CPD event @johninnescentre.bsky.social on 6th March 9-12:30 for inspiration, knowledge and ideas #primary and #secondary strands www.jic.ac.uk/event/norfol... #bursary available

@georgefreemanmp.bsky.social asks questions to Sir Patrick Vallance on harnessing UK R+D and the innovation economy for local, national and global growth & sustainability.https://www.georgefreeman.co.uk/parliament/science-innovation-and-technology-committee

PRESS RELEASE - Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre. www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas... @ukri.org