📢NEWS - Incredible news as @BBSRC and @UKRI_News Infrastructure Fund confirms £317.7 million investment to secure the future of world-leading plant and microbial science @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre at the heart of the @NorwichResearch Park.

Read ➡️ tsl.ac.uk/news/essential… @GeorgeFreemanMP “I am delighted as Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation that we are announcing this major investment into @JohnInnesCentre and @TheSainsburyLab (…) investing even more into this vital asset for the Norfolk and UK economies.” @NorwichResearch

At The Sainsbury Laboratory, we are thrilled about the government's decision to facilitate access to gene editing technology. This long thread sums up our position ⬇️ 1\ We believe genetic technologies have a crucial role to play in sustainable agriculture. Notably, our plant health science always factors in the interwoven threats of climate change and global food security.
Read our full statement➡️ tsl.ac.uk/news/role-gene…

“We welcome the government’s announcement on genome editing. With the climate emergency, we need innovation to make agriculture more sustainable and much less dependent on fossil fuels. Doing nothing is no longer an option.”-Prof Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL
gov.uk/government/new… @talbotlabTSL “I welcome the decision of DEFRA to act on the scientific consensus about the utility and safety of gene editing for crop improvement. Enabling plant breeders to apply these benign and useful methods is essential to increase food production by 50% by 2050.” - @jonathandgjones

1\ The @KamounLab members are unlocking receptor biology one NLR paper at a time. #OpenScience
tsl.ac.uk/news/unlocking… 2\ A novel vector system was described to enable functional studies of the ZAR1 resistosome. 72 Golden Gate compatible plasmids are now in the public @Addgene depository.

https://twitter.com/KamounLab/status/1262386072396455938

https://twitter.com/KamounLab/status/748870270480424960?s=20