Title
Gene flow in plants and micro-organisms – initiative workshop
Reference
MS/2155/03/71
Production date
23-06-2005 - 23-06-2005
Creator
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilBiographyBiography
BBSRC is part of UK Research and Innovation, an organisation that brings together seven research councils to maximise the contribution of each council and create a good environment for research. Their goal is to ensure the UK is a world-leader in research and innovation.
The company invested £469 million in bioscience in 2016-17 and supports around 1,600 scientists and 2,000 research students in universities in the UK.
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural AffairsBiographyBiography
UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. The department's broad remit means they have large responsibilites for people’s day-to-day life, from the food the public eats to the water the public drinks.
- Natural Environment Research CouncilBiographyBiography
Set up in 1965 with responsibilities relating to the promotion, planning and execution of research into the natural environment. NERC supports several research centres and institutes, including; the British Antarctic Survey, the British Geological Survey, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. It also supports several collaborative centres of subject-based centres for the storage and distribution of environmental data.
NERC invest public money in world-leading science, designed to help sustain and benefit from natural resources, predict and respond to natural hazards and understand environmental change. They work closely with policymakers and industry to make sure that the knowledge of the council can support sustainable economic growth and wellbeing in the UK and around the world.
NERC is part of UK Research & Innovation - external link, a new organisation that brings together the UK's seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England to maximise the contribution of each council and create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish. The vision for these councils is to ensure the UK maintains its position in research and innovation. Natural Environment Research Council is supported by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), but funding decisions are often independent of government.
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- 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.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
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Finding aids
Box 7