Mission
JIC's mission is to conduct research relating to the understanding and exploitation of plants and microbes. Their mission statement specifically emphasises research relating to:
- yield and productivity
- environmental interactions
- quality and valuable products.
These strands provide the basis for their three research programmes:
- Plant Growth and Development: Traits and Mechanisms
- Plant Perception and Response to the Environment
- Understanding and Exploiting Plant and Microbial Metabolism
The institute is divided into six departments: Biological Chemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Computational & Systems Biology, Crop Genetics, Metabolic Biology and Molecular Microbiology.
JIC has a tradition of training PhD students and post-docs. PhD degrees obtained via JIC are awarded by the University of East Anglia. JIC has a contingent of postdoctoral researchers, many of whom are recruited onto the institute's Post-doctoral Training Fellowship programme. JIC also sponsors seminars and lectures, including the Bateson Lecture.
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