Title
"One hundred percent safe? GM foods in the UK"
Reference
MS/2153/01/48
Production date
-12-2001 - -12-2001
Creator
- CropgenBiographyBiography
CropGen's mission is to make the case for GM crops and foods by helping to achieve a greater measure of realism and better balance in the UK's public discussions on agriculture and food. They believe that crop biotechnology offers manypotential benefits which they believe can be overlooked or deliberately obscured in public debates. To combat this, CropGen participates in radio and TV interviews and presentations, briefs journalists, writes articles and letters, also offering speakers for private and public debates and meetings.
- Moses, VivianBiographyBiography
(1928 - 2017) Professor of Microbiology
Moses was a Professor of Microbiology at London's Queen Mary College for 22 years, where he started his involvement with the field of biotechnology. He jointly edited a major textbook on Biotechnology and co-authored around 190 original research papers, reviews, articles and books. In the beginning of his career, Vivian remained at UCL as a junior lecturer until he was assigned to a post-doctoral appointment joining a research group on photosynthesis with Melvin Calvin at the University of California in Berkeley. From 1999 he chaired CropGen with a vision to boost public understanding of biotechnology.
- Brannan, MichaelBiographyBiography
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
- Hails, RosemaryBiographyBiography
(active 1982) Science Director
Professor Hails recieved a BA Honours in Zoology from Oxford University and a MSc in Applied Entomology and PhD in insect population ecology from Imperial College London. In addition to her role as science director at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology she is a senior research associate of Oxford University and a frequent visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University. In June 2000, Hails was awarded an MBE for services to environmental research. In her role at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology since 1992 Professor Hails has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers.
In 2012, Professor Hails was appointed to the Government’s Natural Capital Committee. Along with this, she also chairs the Natural Capital Initiative, a forum which focuses on how to apply the Ecosystem Approach to water and management of land.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
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Finding aids
Box 2
