The Earlham Institute has been awarded £31.4m from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UKRI, to deliver an ambitious programme of research, develop new technology, and deliver innovation and impact over the next five years.

The Earlham Institute has added the Vizgen MERSCOPE® to its suite of technology platforms, supporting its research programmes in advanced cellular genomics.

Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which could be used to confuse would-be pests looking for love and reduce the need for harmful pesticides.

The community of microbes living in and on our bodies may be acting as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance, according to new research from the Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute in Norwich.

Legislation governing the use of precision breeding technology has received Royal Assent, enabling plant scientists to begin developing more nutritious and resilient crops.

The Earlham Institute has today taken receipt of the NovaSeq X Plus, the first site in the UK and among the first in Europe to install this latest sequencing system from Illumina.

The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world’s poorest people.

Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes.

The 2023 Norwich Science Festival will showcase a landmark project aiming to sequence the genomes of 70,000 species of eukaryotic organisms in Britain and Ireland.

The Earlham Institute is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Edyta Wojtowicz and Dr Ruben Garrido-Oter as new research Group Leaders.