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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...
Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…
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October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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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:

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July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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
Optical Microscopy Support Specialist | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join the Bioimaging Platform at the John Innes Centre.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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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
July 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
👀 Consider establishing a research programme at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) and join a thriving community of scientists working on plant-associated microbe interactions.
July 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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VACANCY - We’re seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group, focusing on the role of intercellular communication in plant immune and stress responses.

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

Closing date - 6 April 2025
Salary - £36,720 - £39,750 per annum.
Contract - 3 years, full-time.
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.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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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.

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Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre
Following an international search, Professor Cristóbal Uauy has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre. Professor Uauy is internationally recognised for his significant…
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February 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Huge congratulations to Team Terrain Solutions today! Well-deserved winners of Your Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) #YES24 👏
What a day! The @johninnescentre.bsky.social team romped home to victory in the final of the Your Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) 24.

Their fictitious company Terrain Solutions uses real life microbial science to provide an AI trained solution to a real world problem.

Well done!

#UnleashYourIngenuity
January 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Abstract submission is now open for the IS-MPMI meeting in Cologne, Germany in July. You could consider submitting to the “Structure Informed Synthetic Biology: From Design to Function” session co-chaired by myself and @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social 😁. Submission deadline 11 March.
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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We are recruiting for my lab in Warsaw.

One postdoc position available for a biochemistry project on superoxide dismutases (of course).
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We're also looking for a technician.
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Get your application in!
January 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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A Witches' Broom Phytoplasma effector induces stunting by stabilizing a bHLH transcription factor in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.24.629987v1
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.24.630226v1
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM