Title
"SC&E Report to Steering Group"
Reference
MS/2200/01/14
Production date
15-05-1998 - 15-05-1998
Creator
- John Innes CentreBiographyBiography
John Innes Centre
A research facility and foundation decdicated to the research and training used for the advancement of genetics in the environment, particulaly within the study of genetic modification to plants and crops. The facility was one of the leading centres in research at the time of the genetically modified crops debate and so their trial farm land was often targeted by protestors and many of the scientists who worked at the centre were interviewed by press along with sending correspondence to other scienctists regarding the debate.
The centre was the biggest supporter of the farm-scale trials and subsequent debate, however, once the growing and selling of gm crops was banned in the Uk and Europe funding to the Research centre was cut dramatically. Despite this research is still ongoing at the centre through funding from donations and the foundation.
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- Jones, JonathanBiographyBiography
(active 1976) Senior Scientist
Jonathan Jones is a leading researcher in plant interactions and biotechnology and has been working at The Sainsbury Laboratory on research into genetic modification since 1988. Before this Jones began his first Scientific role after his PhD at an ag-biotech company Advanced Genetic Sciences (AGS) in Oakland, California. His main areas of focus in his research have been surrounding disease resistance in crops to help feed the planets growing population.
Jones along with his personal research, has helped to co-found two companies specialising in biotechnology. The first of these was Mendel Biotechnology which was founded in 1997 with an aim to discover new regulators of crop productivity. Following this Norfolk Plant Sciences Ltd was founded by Jones combining health promoting traits and disease resistance traits in potato and tomato crops.
During his career Jones has been elected as a Professor at the University of East Anglia, a member of European Molecular Biology Organization, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
Finding aids
Box 1
