What does the first 6 months of a PhD look like? Read the new blog post about the experiences of our editors and @ARIES_DTP and UEA School of Environmental Sciences first year student, Kate Dewally! scienvy.co.uk/post/my-phd-jo…

You should absolutely check out this opportunity to work with two amazing supervisors on a really cool project (the lab groups are pretty great too 😉) Happy to chat and answer any questions about JIC and Norwich/ PhD life/ the lab groups! 👩🏻‍🔬

Crossbow murders in 10 years: 9 Women murdered by men in England + Wales in 6 years: 1500+ What’s the issue here?

Apply TODAY for this BBSRC funded iCASE #PhD available at the John Innes Centre, supervised by @MattHutchings10 and @barriewilksjic 🗓️ Deadline - 22 July 2024 #Chemistry “Sustainable protein production for therapeutic and biotechnological applications”: okt.to/dehcgn

A very gorgeous week in Dubrovnik for the JIC/Rudjer Bošković SSAMM (and for some very on brand watching of ant trails on the beach). Images of thunderstorms omitted.

BLOG - JIC-TSL Annual Student Science Meeting 2024: A celebration of student innovation Check out our round-up of the recent JIC-TSL Student ASM, an exciting collaborative event organised by the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory student voices 🌟 okt.to/lY2t7Q

(1) Embarrassing question from someone at JIC but where is everyone else getting their soya flour from for Streptomyces/actinomycetes? Strep_papers Streptomyces coelicolor @ActinoBase (previous supplier was Holland & Barrett)

Brilliant to see this piece in print, a real privilege to have my first first-author out with this great group of authors.

A stunning paper on the evolution of ant-fungus symbioses: 'About 27 million years ago, a subset of ants completely domesticated their fungal cultivars, just as humans have done with most of our staples' science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

"10,000 years of agriculture? Well, bless y'alls hearts, humans!" - Ants

It happened again.

Pseudonocardia: antibiotics for every niche. Published #OpenAccess and fee-free in #MicrobioJ using a #PublishAndRead agreement as part of the Microbe Profiles collection: doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.…

DTP PhD studentship available in our lab. Start: Oct 2025. Apply: now-24th Nov 2024 Taming the Viral Wolf: Cracking the Code of Gene Transfer Agents in Bacteria. Please RT. Thank you!!! shorturl.at/sR2px

Every time she went to court, women made sure she was surrounded by other women, full of love, support and protection. This is why we say sisterhood is powerful. Because it is.

New Yorker cartoon today.

Come and see me and Bonnie Whatmough talking about cool relationships with microbes and both of our PhD projects John Innes Centre, tomorrow at the Norwich puppet theatre! pintofscience.co.uk/event/invisibl… Pint of Science UK #pint25

Bonnie Whatmough presenting he flash talk at ISBA 2025 #ISBA2025 Bonnie Whatmough