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January

Screenshot from animation, showing a 'space invader' graphic hovering over a line of trees and plants

Mirren takes on olive killer in new animation news

BBSRC-funded John Innes Centre has recruited Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen to voice an animation to educate the public of the consequences of the plant disease Xylella fastidiosa.

The pathogen has caused great destruction to olive crops across Europe and the John Innes Centre – the independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology – is at the forefront of efforts to keep the disease out of the UK.