John Innes Centre
@johninnescentre
We are an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. www.jic.ac.uk
VACANCY - We’re hiring for a Strategic Bids Coordination Lead to join our Directorate team, supporting the development and delivery of high-value research funding opportunities https://okt.to/XkETPg Deadline - 9 August 2026
NEWS - The Wolfson Foundation invests £1.6m in innovative plant growth systems Alongside our partner @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, we are delighted to announce a £1.6m investment from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social 🌱
VACANCY - We’re looking for a Research Assistant/Lab Manager to join the @tinaschreier.bsky.social group, working on plant cell biology and C4 photosynthesis. https://okt.to/e9GALv Closing date - 18 August 2026 Contract - 36 months, full-time
This important research may have implications for future infection treatments, including for people with cystic fibrosis 🦠🫁 Read the full news story: https://okt.to/EoVnML 2/2
Join JIC at @latitudefestival.bsky.social 2026 🧪🎉 🗓️ Friday 24 July ⏰ 5:30 - 6:00 pm 📍 Satellite Stage Find Dr Neil Holmes talking about “Life in Soil” tomorrow evening, discussing our research into how microbes help plants grow and make a vast array of chemicals that we rely on as medicines 🌱
📢 Registration now open for the UK Precision Breeding Farming Futures Conference Join us on Thursday, 24 September at the Norwich Research Park, uniting farming, science, policy, and industry to explore the fast‑moving landscape of precision breeding in the UK: www.jic.ac.uk/event/uk-pre...
NEWS - Researchers uncover the inside story on plant organ growth 🍃 Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes we see in #agriculture and #nature. www.jic.ac.uk/news/researc...
Our excellent researchers, Professor Myriam Charpentier and Eloise Maher, have arrived at Parliament for @senseaboutsci.bsky.social #EvidenceWeek 🌱🧬 Today, our team will be discussing how symbiotic relationships between plants and microbes in the soil could boost food supply
📢 UK Precision Breeding – Farming Futures Conference 🗓️ 24 Sept 2026 📍 Norwich Research Park Join us for a one‑day conference uniting farming, science, policy & industry exploring UK precision breeding 🌱 Sign up to receive early-bird registration information going live soon: okt.to/OxzD7L
Come along and see us on day two of Groundswell 2026. Today’s agenda of activities on our stand (G9) can be found below, and as always our team are on hand to discuss our latest research, including discoveries that support regenerative agriculture 🚜
We’re thrilled to be here for the first day of Groundswell 2026 🌾 Check out the agenda of activities happening on our stand (G9). Today’s JIC featured speaker is Dr. @oilseedrachel.bsky.social on the ‘Optimising plant protection’ panel. 🗓️ 10:00 – 10:55 AM 📍 The Teapot
NEWS - Borlaug award for outstanding wheat researcher Congratulations to Bernice Waweru, a 4th year PhD student at the JIC, who is one of three young scientists worldwide to receive a Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career Award for 2026 🌾 www.jic.ac.uk/news/borlaug...
BLOG - Harnessing the soil microbiome for crop health Ahead of #MicrobeZoo exhibiting at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition in London from tomorrow, we’ve published a blog about microbes and their impact: www.jic.ac.uk/blog/blog-ha... @norwichmicro.bsky.social @sawtrust.bsky.social
Professor Cathie Martin FRS, JIC Group Leader, is a co-author on a new paper about how climate change negatively affects the amount of vitamins and minerals in crops. More than 700 million people live with caloric hunger, and more than two billion have micronutrient deficiencies, or ‘hidden hunger’.
NEWS - Symbiotic partner-swapping or long-term fidelity? The secrets of partnership success between beetles and bacteria Some insects and microbes develop symbiotic partnerships, which become so interdependent they can no longer survive without each other. But how specific are these symbioses?
VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics to join the Saunders Group, working on innovative plant disease diagnostics. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Deadline - 12 July 2026 Contract - 24 months, full-time Find out more about MARPLE: marple-diagnostics.org
Our team will be there to discuss our research with visitors, as well as participating in various demonstrations and discussions. 💻 Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/event/ground... ✉️ Contact us for further info or to arrange to meet us at Groundswell: development@jic.ac.uk
VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes Closing date: 1 September 2026 Salary: competitive Contract: six-year tenure track or direct appointment, depending on experience Apply now: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Our researchers have had an incredible, productive time at the Wheat Genomics and Bioinformatics Training Workshop at the National Plant Protection Centre, Bhutan 🌾 🧵 1/5
VACANCY - Are you looking for a new career opportunity? Come and join us as our Assistant Lab Manager, supporting the world‑class science delivered across our institute. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/as... Closing date - 17 June 2026 Salary - £36,540 - £40,600 per annum Contract - Permanent, full-time
EVENT - OPEN Friday Seminar: “How to build and control a meiotic DNA-breaking machine” with Prof. Scott Keeney, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 🗓️ 26 June 2026 ⏰ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 💻 Register to join online: jic.link/FS-Keeney
NEWS - New group leader to shed light on supercharged photosynthesis We are pleased to announce that Dr Tina Schreier will join the John Innes Centre as a tenure-track Group Leader in July 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/news/new-gro...
📻 Catch up on today’s BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme, where Anna Hill visited us to talk all things ash tree. 🌳 She met up with Dr Anne Edwards to hear about her devastating discovery of ash dieback in Norfolk, more than a decade ago. 👇
Getting all set-up for our CAKE Club: Spring Plant Swap edition today! 🌟🪴 This CAKE (Communications And Knowledge Exchange) Club offers the chance for colleagues to come together, connect and network whilst enjoying tea, coffee and cake, whilst rehoming and exchanging a wide variety of plants
Thanks to @itvnews.bsky.social Anglia for visiting us this week to talk about ash dieback 🎥🌳 Dr Anne Edwards relived the moment she found the first evidence of ash dieback in the wild in the UK, and Dr Elizabeth Orton demonstrated her new method to fast-track restoring ash trees to the landscape 👇
ICYMI 📻 Catch up on yesterday’s BBC Radio 4 World at One programme - Sarah Montague caught up with JIC's Dr Elizabeth Orton to hear about the process she has refined to speed up ash seed germination, from years in nature down to a week in the lab (from 39:20): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
EVENT - UK Precision Breeding – Farming Futures Conference 🔔 SAVE THE DATE 🔔 Join us for a one‑day conference uniting farming, science, policy, and industry to explore precision breeding in the UK 🌱 🗓️ 24 Sept 2026 📍 Norwich Research Park Register your interest: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...