http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org provides the latest news from John Innes Centre The images were obtained using cryo scanning electron microscopy, where the sample is plunged into liquid nitrogen to freeze it and imaged using the electron microscope. http://phys.org/news287731889.html Biology Tue, 14 May 2013 06:31:41 EST news287731889 In two papers to be published in Current Biology, researchers from JIC and The Sainsbury Laboratory on the Norwich Research Park, and Rothamsted Research and the University of York identify genes that help plants interact with microbes in the soil. http://phys.org/news271070558.html Biology Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:22:58 EST news271070558 (Phys.org)—Arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress as it is commonly known, made history back in 2000 by becoming the first plant to have its entire genetic code read by scientists, contributing to what is often referred to as biology's version of the book of life.  Today, the 'microscopes' scientists have access to allow them to zoom down much further into the structure of the proteins that are made by the genes, so taking the book of life and making sense of the tiny letters on the pages. http://phys.org/news269239482.html Biology Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:44:53 EST news269239482 (Phys.org)—For organisms to grow and develop, they must produce tissues with distinct functions, each one made up of similar cells. These different tissues are derived from stem cells. How stem cells divide to create new cell types is known as asymmetric cell division, and is obviously crucial to the overall development of the organism. In plants, whose cells cannot migrate, the location where a stem cell undergoes asymmetric cell division must also be crucial to ensuring tissues develop in the correct place. http://phys.org/news265628145.html Biology Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:36:22 EST news265628145 (Phys.org) -- A new project is investigating whether altering the production of an antibiotic will remove side effects preventing it being used clinically to battle drug-resistant superbugs. http://phys.org/news263720488.html Chemistry Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:00:01 EST news263720488 (Phys.org) -- Streptomyces produce the majority of clinically useful antibiotics, yet we don’t fully understand how they grow. PhD student Antje Hempel has contributed to our understanding of this by working out how and why the bacterial filaments produce branches. http://phys.org/news263535467.html Biology Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:17:55 EST news263535467 Professor Caroline Dean recently wrote a blog article for The Independent website on how plants know when to flower. This was part of a series of blogs on Women in Science. http://phys.org/news262859543.html Biology Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:32:33 EST news262859543 (Phys.org) -- Researchers led by Professor Caroline Dean have uncovered the genetic basis for variations in the vernalization response shown by plants growing in very different climates, linking epigenetic mechanisms with evolutionary change. http://phys.org/news261651070.html Biology Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:52:12 EST news261651070