Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre (IMAGE) John Innes Centre Caption Scientists in Professor Dean's Lab uncovered a previously unidentified step in the process of vernalisation, which links an important gene responsible for flowering time to the proteins that regulate it. Credit The John Innes Centre Usage Restrictions Please credit the John Innes Centre License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.