Congratulations Simon Griffiths! Very well deserved 👏👏👏

Thank you Meltem Bayraktar. JIC_Wheat Transformation and Genome Editing supports science John Innes Centre and across the world, providing transgenic and gene editing plants.

BLOG - Let’s talk about scent This year at our Heritage Open Days event, Dr Mikhaela Neequaye @MNeequayeJIC talked about her research on the scent of flowers, alongside an exhibition of our rare #botanical book collection 🌹🌷🌼🌺   okt.to/5GdTjb Norwich Research Park

1 x Postdoc and 1 x PhD position available in my group to study the mechanisms of meiotic recombination in plants: jic.ac.uk/vacancies/post… biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/disse… Email me for more info

Advances in precision breeding technologies could shape the future of gene-edited crops, improving crop quality and addressing food security. Discover how from Sadiye Hayta and Oli Watson in Springer Nature: bit.ly/4e5WuOy

"One man who lived 100 years ago could save the bread of the future" Wheat is providing one-fifth of human calories. Modern wheat faces issues! Scientists are collaborating to leverage ancient wheat genes to address these problems! 🌾👇🌾 youtube.com/watch?v=iCpYvi… John Innes Centre

This week the European plant gene editing community, formerly @COST_PlantEd, now under the umbrella of AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social, assemble in Samsun 🇹🇷. Thanks to Kubilay and Musa for preparing this conference. Looking forward to seeing many friends and colleagues.

After a great lunch break now Sadiye Hayta from John Innes Centre continues the invited lectures at the 5. AAB-PlantEd Congress in Samsun 🇹🇷 talking about the progress achieved in wheat transformation and gene editing towards improved wheat breeding. AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @COST_PlantEd

Great talk from Dr. Sadiye Hayta Sadiye Hayta, lead of wheat transformation John Innes Centre , AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social Congress in Samsun. @COST_PlantEd

JIC goes global 🙌🌍 JIC_Wheat Transformation and Genome Editing Sadiye Hayta Find out more about our Wheat Transformation platform: jic.ac.uk/research-impac…

For everyone who has not seen this: For over two decades, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research has been at the forefront of wheat research, investing over £300 million since the turn of the century. discover.ukri.org/revolutionisin…

VACANCY - We're recruiting a Director to lead our world-renowned, independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. Please share and apply: okt.to/kURnfW Closing date - 22 November 2024 Norwich Research Park

Finally out! It has been a lot of fun working with AI scientists ( Dr Ke Li’s group University of Exeter). It is just the beginning😊More interesting discoveries are on the way😉 John Innes Centre Haopeng Yu

Iberia-UK wheat workshop bring the wheat scientists and breeders together to discuss future opportunities.Delivering Sustainable Wheat John Innes Centre Rothamsted Research KWS Group Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC) ICARDA Azahara C. Martin

Save the date! #AGROBACTERIUM2025 Joint event of the 45st American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European #Agrobacterium conference SEPTEMBER 15-16 2025, LEUVEN, BELGIUM More info soon!

Happy New Year! The JIC_Wheat Transformation and Genome Editing wheat transformation team John Innes Centre would like to extend our warmest wishes to you, our collaborators and supporters. Here’s to another year of fantastic progress and great opportunities and possibilities! Delivering Sustainable Wheat

NEWS - New culture project launched to support women in wheat research A progressive culture improvement initiative led by the JIC, The Sainsbury Laboratory and Rothamsted Research has secured funding from the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research. okt.to/Zj8VlN Diane Saunders

Simon Griffiths John Innes Centre on the genomics of the AE Watkins wheat landrace collection #IWGSC workshop #PAG32

It's a wrap! #IWGSC workshop #PAG32 Thank you all for attending and to the speakers Delfi Dorussen, Gurminder Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Laura Mathieu, Sarah Raffan and Simon Griffiths for the great talks. Don’t miss the IWGSC 20th anniversary celebration today at Adrián Lamo:45pm in Palm 5-6

Happy for the opportunity to present our ongoing work on HS stress in wheat at the NGPlab 🇨🇱 during the workshop organized by IWGSC. Thanks to our collaborator Ariel and Isabelle Caugant for the photos and support 🌾 at the #PAG32 👩‍🔬 Sociedad Chilena de Biología Vegetal Universidad Austral de Chile