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Hybrid Wheat Initiative: the ‘holy grail’ of wheat breeding

Connecting academia and the wheat industry to resolve the critical challenge of hybrid wheat and shape the future of crop research.

From bloom to bust: Algae, the bountiful scum of the Earth

Algae give us most of the oxygen in the air we breathe, yet have the voracious power to suffocate vast tracts of ocean through algal blooms. Understanding them, therefore, might help us to predict the potentially catastrophic biological cascades associated with climate change.

The blood boneyard: determining the fate of blood stem cells

When student Anita Scoones was considering her research career, she probably imagined using microscopes more than kitchen utensils. But to understand blood cells, you have to start with the bones.