Welcome to the Norwich Research Park (NRP) Image Library.
The NRP is an international centre of excellence in life and environmental sciences. Our aim is to deliver solutions to the global
challenges of healthy ageing, food and energy security, sustainability and environmental change. Come in and explore our collection of images.
| Comparison of biosynthetic gene clusters NRP-234 Andrew Truman, John Innes Centre... Bacterial natural products are widely used in medicine to treat various diseases. The pathways that produce these compounds are encoded in bacterial genomes as clusters of genes. These gene clusters e... | | Leafcutter ants foraging for leaves NRP-228 Matt Hutchings, University of East Anglia... Leafcutter worker ants carrying leaves back to the nest.
These ants collect leaves to feed to a symbiotic fungus which they cultivate as the sole food source for their larvae and queen. The ants also... | | Disease Cat and Mouse NRP-274 Matt Heaton, John Innes Centre... Unchecked, fungal rusts infect and destroy cereal crops but finding them is an ongoing game of cat and mouse. To identify rust outbreaks before they grow too large to control, researchers drive huge d... |
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