New Crop Science Centre opens in Cambridge
01 October 2020A new Centre in Cambridge, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide, was launched today.
The £2 billion vegetable and the agricultural future of the East
15 March 2019From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability.
Major funding for new crop sciences research centre that will be ‘centrepiece’ of industrial collaboration
10 July 2017Over £30m has been announced for a new Cambridge Centre for Crop Science that will focus on linking with farming and food industries to translate research into real world impact.
Celebrating 10 years of European research excellence
13 March 2017So what has the ERC ever done for us? Quite a lot, say Cambridge academics, as they mark the 10th anniversary of Europe’s premier research-funding body
Sir David Baulcombe named as new Biochemical Society President
09 July 2014Plant scientist and geneticist elected as president of learned society for work on cancer, HIV and disease-resistant crops
From foundry to factory: building synthetic plants
20 June 2014A movement is under way that will fast-forward the design of new plant traits. It takes inspiration from engineering and the software industry, and is being underpinned in Cambridge and Norwich by an initiative called OpenPlant.
Genetics prize honours pioneering research
17 June 2014Cambridge academic among three honoured
Plant scientists call for rethink of GM crop regulation
19 March 2014Leading plant scientists have called for major changes to the way GM crops are licensed.
Professor Sir David Baulcombe has won the first Barbara McClintock prize for Plant Genetics and Genome studies
19 December 2013Professor Sir David Baulcombe, from the Department of Plant Sciences, is the first recipient of the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies awarded by the Maize Genetics Executive Committee.
Botanic Garden names new Director
09 January 2013Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution to which she has been elected, in July 2013.
