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John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science founded in 1910. It is a registered charity (No 223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the European Research Council (ERC) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is a member of the Norwich Research Park. In 2017, the John Innes Centre was awarded a gold Athena SWAN Charter award. History The John Innes Horticultural Institution was founded in 1910 at Merton Park, Surrey (now London Borough of Merton), with funds bequeathed by John Innes, a merchant and philanthropist. The Institution occupied Innes's former estate at Merton Park, Surrey until 1945 when it moved to Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire. It moved to its present site in 1967. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who specialises in this field. "Plant" and "botany" may be defined more narrowly to include only land plants and their study, which is also known as phytology. Phytologists or botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of Embryophyte, land plants, including some 391,000 species of vascular plants (of which approximately 369,000 are flowering plants) and approximately 20,000 bryophytes. Botany originated as history of herbalism#Prehistory, prehistoric herbalism to identify and later cultivate plants that were edible, poisonous, and medicinal, making it one of the first endeavours of human investigation. Medieval physic gardens, often attached to Monastery, monasteries, contained plants possibly having medicinal benefit. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayfordbury
Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, is a large Grade II* listed country house with surrounding parkland, and the location of a University of Hertfordshire campus, housing its biology/geography field station and observatory. History of Bayfordbury Bayfordbury House was originally built between 1759 and 1762 for well-to-do London merchant Sir William Baker. It was upgraded to its present appearance by his son, also William Baker between 1809 and 1812. After the death of Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker in 1940, the estate was leased to the Dr Barnardo's charity. The 372-acre Bayfordbury estate was then bought by the John Innes Centre in 1948 and developed into a School of Cytology. A new Cell Biology building was built in 1959, later to become the Science Learning Centre. In 1967 the John Innes Centre moved to its present site in Norwich and the Bayfordbury estate was bought by the Hertfordshire Council in 1967 for the use of Hatfield Polytechnic. Bayfordbury Observatory In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Agricultural Botany
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is a plant science research company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, UK. NIAB group The NIAB group consists of: * NIAB * East Malling Research Station, NIAB EMR – a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East Malling, Kent, with a specialism in fruit and clonally propagated crop production. Joined the NIAB Group in 2016. * NIAB CUF – a potato agronomy unit. Joined the NIAB Group in 2013. * NIAB TAG – the arable group that joined in 2009 * British Crop Production Council, BCPC – promotes the use of science and technology in the understanding and application of effective, sustainable crop production. Acquired by NIAB in 2018. History NIAB was founded in 1919 by Sir Lawrence Weaver. The original Huntingdon Road headquarters building was opened in 1921, by King George V and Queen Mary. Regional centres NIAB operates 10 regional centres throughout England: * Cambridge * Morley, Norfolk, Morley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothamsted Research
Rothamsted Research, previously known as the Rothamsted Experimental Station and then the Institute of Arable Crops Research, is one of the oldest agricultural experiment station, agricultural research institutions in the world, having been founded in 1843. It is located at Harpenden in the English county of Hertfordshire and is a Charitable organization, registered charity under English law. Two of the station's best known and longest-running experiments are the Broadbalk Experiment, planted annually with winter wheat since 1843, and the Park Grass Experiment, a biological study that started in 1856 and has been continuously monitored ever since. History The Rothamsted Experimental Station was founded in 1843 by John Bennet Lawes, a noted Victorian era entrepreneur and scientist who had founded one of the first artificial fertilizer manufacturing factories in 1842, on his 16th-century estate, Rothamsted Manor, to investigate the impact of inorganic and organic fertilizers on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldane Lecture
The Haldane Lecture is an award lecture given at the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom since 2001. The lecture is named in honour of J.B.S. Haldane, who was employed by the John Innes Trustees from 1927 to 1937 under the directorship of Alfred Daniel Hall. Haldane Lecturers SourceJohn Innes Centre* 2017 Eske Willerslev * 2016 Michael Elowitz * 2014 Michael_Lynch_(geneticist), Michael Lynch * 2011 Simon Levin * 2007 :de:Herbert Jäckle, Herbert Jäckle * 2006 Bruce Stillman * 2004 Patrick_O._Brown, Pat Brown * 2003 Sydney Brenner * 2002 Tim Mitchison * 2001 John Maynard Smith All Haldane Lecturers are presented with a print of a work of art by Leonie Woolhouse, wife of Harold Woolhouse. During their visit to the John Innes Centre, Haldane Lecturers are given the opportunity to have their portrait painted by Enrico Coen as a memento. See also * List of genetics awards References {{reflist Genetics awards Genetics in the United Kingdom Science and technology in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington Lecture
The Darlington Lecture is a lectureship of the John Innes Centre named after its former director, the geneticist C. D. Darlington. Lecturers SourceJohn Innes Centre* 2001 Alec Jeffreys * 2002 Kim Nasmyth * 2004 Nicholas R. Cozzarelli * 2005 Frank Grosveld * 2007 Susan R. Wessler, University of Georgia, USA - 'It's alive: activation of virtual rice transposable elements in Arabidopsis and yeast' * 2008 Ewan Birney, EMBL, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK - 'Ensembl and ENCODE; understanding genomes' * 2010 Edward Rubin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * 2012 David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK – ‘RNA silencing and genome defense of plants’ * 2013 Chad Nusbaum, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA- ‘DNA technology as the engine of scientific discovery’ * 2015 Detlef Weigel, Molecular Biology of Plants & Animals, MPI for Developmental Biology – ‘Origin and consequences of genetic and epigenetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatt Lecture
The Chatt Lecture, named after Joseph Chatt, is a lectureship of the John Innes Centre. Lecturers * 2000 Robert Huber * 2002 Tom Blundell * 2003 Stephen J. Lippard * 2004 Doug Rees * 2005 George Whitesides * 2006 Sir Jack Baldwin - "Studies on beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthesis" * 2008 Timothy Richmond, ETH Zurich - "Chromatin structure and remodeling factor interaction" * 2009 Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University - 'Radically enhanced molecular recognition' See also * Bateson Lecture * Biffen Lecture * Darlington Lecture * Haldane Lecture * List of biology awards This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornithol ... References {{reflist Biology awards Science and technology in Norfolk Science lecture series John Innes Centre 2000 establishments in England Recur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biffen Lecture
The Biffen Lecture is a lectureship organised by the John Innes Centre, named after Rowland Biffen. Lecturers SourceJohn Innes Centre* 2001 John Doebley * 2002 Francesco Salamini * 2003 Steven D. Tanksley * 2004 Michael Freeling * 2006 Dick Flavell * 2008 Rob Martienssen – 'Propagating silent heterochromatin with RNA interference in plants and fission yeast' * 2009 Susan McCouch, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Cornell University – 'Gene flow and genetic isolation during crop evolution' * 2010 Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide, Australia – 'Miserable but worth the trouble: Genomics, wheat and difficult environments' * 2012 Sarah Hake, Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS – 'Patterning the maize leaf' * 2014 Professor Pamela Ronald, Department of Plant Pathology & The Genome Center, University of California, Davis – ‘Engineering crops for resistance to disease and tolerance of stress’ * 2015 Professor Lord May, Department of Zoology, University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bateson Lecture
The Bateson Lecture is an annual genetics lecture held as a part of the John Innes Symposium since 1972, in honour of the first Director of the John Innes Centre, William Bateson. Past Lecturers SourceJohn Innes Centre * 1951 Sir Ronald Fisher - "''Statistical methods in Genetics''" * 1953 Julian Huxley - "''Polymorphic variation: a problem in genetical natural history''" * 1955 Sidney C. Harland - "''Plant breeding: present position and future perspective''" * 1957 J.B.S. Haldane - "''The theory of evolution before and after Bateson''" * 1959 Kenneth Mather - "''Genetics Pure and Applied''" * 1972 William Hayes - "''Molecular genetics in retrospect''" * 1974 Guido Pontecorvo - "''Alternatives to sex: genetics by means of somatic cells''" * 1976 Max F. Perutz - "''Mechanism of respiratory haemoglobin''" * 1979 J. Heslop-Harrison - "''The forgotten generation: some thoughts on the genetics and physiology of Angiosperm Gametophytes'' " * 1982 Sydney Brenner - "''Molecular genet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postdoctoral Researcher
A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary academic appointment, sometimes in preparation for an academic faculty position. According to data from the US National Science Foundation, the number of holders of PhD in biological sciences who end up in tenure track has consistently dropped from over 50% in 1973 to less than 20% in 2006. They continue their studies or carry out research and further increase expertise in a specialist subject, including integrating a team and acquiring novel skills and research methods. Postdoctoral research is often considered essential while advancing the scholarly mission of the host institution; it is expected to produce relevant publications in peer-reviewed academic journals or conferences. In some countries, postdoctoral research may lead to further for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
Trumpington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, mostly located in Cambridge, with a small southern area of the village extending into the South Cambridgeshire district. As of the 2021 UK census, the village had a population of 12,393 people. The village was a separate parish from the Anglo-Saxon era until the 20th century. In 1912 all of the land north of Long Road was transferred to Cambridge, and on 1 April 1934 most of the remaining land, including all of the village, was also given over to Cambridge. Only , almost uninhabited, were transferred to Haslingfield parish. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1183. The Cambridge Local Plan 2006 took land around the village out of the green belt and paved the way for an urban extension due for completion in 2023. A map of the enlarge village is available in ''The Trumpet'', a community magazine produced by the parish church. Archaeology There is evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements in Trumpington, near the Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant Breeding Institute
The Plant Breeding Institute was an agricultural research organisation in Cambridge in the United Kingdom between 1912 and 1987. Founding The institute was established in 1912 as part of the School of Agriculture at the University of Cambridge. Rowland Biffen was the first director, and was close with William Bateson who was leading studies of heredity in Cambridge following the rediscovery of the pioneering genetic research of Gregor Mendel in 1900. Biffen began studying cereal breeding in the early 1900s with the aim of producing improved varieties for farmers and millers, and also to test whether Mendel's laws applied to wheat. He demonstrated that resistance to yellow rust was a dominant trait and this culminated in 1910 in the release of the rust-resistant variety Little Joss, which was widely grown for decades and used as a parent for many other varieties. The institute's site was to the west of Cambridge, and it shared land with the School of Agriculture that is today th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
