17-619: 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 . Source: John Innes Centre 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
34-509: 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. In 1910, William Bateson became the first director of the John Innes Horticultural Institution and moved with his family to Merton Park. John Innes compost was developed by the institution in the 1930s, who donated
51-595: A very significant collection of archive material held in the Historical Collections library at the John Innes Centre. The John Innes Centre is home to a collection of rare botanical books, lab books, manuscripts and letters documenting the history of genetics and research carried out by its scientists. This includes a letter from William Bateson documenting the first use of the word " genetics ". The History of Genetics library also contains
68-756: 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. The John Innes Horticultural Institution was founded in 1910 at Merton Park , Surrey (now London Borough of Merton ), with funds bequeathed by John Innes ,
85-723: Is closely affiliated with the University of East Anglia . Along with the Institute of Food Research and University of East Anglia (UEA), JIC hosted the BA Festival of Science (now the British Science Festival ) in September 2006. The John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia (UEA) The Sainsbury Laboratory , The Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute Bioscience have since 2016, run Women of
102-407: Is divided into four Institute Strategic Programs (ISPs) funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) . These ISPs, which combine the research of multiple groups to address a greater aim, were, from 2017 to 2023 as follows: The John Innes Centre co-located with The Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich), an institute focused studying plant disease. The Sainsbury Laboratory
119-529: Is extensively used by UK and non-UK researchers and breeders, and is an available upon request to research, academic and commercial efforts, subject to availability. The complete list of the material can be found in the GRU database. Quadram Institute Bioscience The Quadram Institute is a centre for food and health research, combining Quadram Institute Bioscience (formerly the Institute of Food Research),
136-471: The University of East Anglia . The John Innes Centre has a contingent of postdoctoral researchers , many of whom are recruited onto the institute's Post-doctoral Training Fellowship programme. The John Innes Centre also sponsors seminars and lectures, including the Bateson Lecture , Biffen Lecture , Chatt Lecture , Darlington Lecture and Haldane Lecture . The research at the John Innes Centre
153-605: The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The institute combines research teams from the partners with a regional gastrointestinal endoscopy unit and a clinical trials facility . The first patients were treated in the endoscopy unit in December 2018. The Institute of Food Research was created in 1968, spread over four sites; the Meat Research Institute at Langford near Bristol ,
170-952: The Food Research Institute (FRI) at Colney in Norwich, the National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD) in Shinfield near Reading, and the Long Ashton Research Station . At the end of 1990, the Meat Research Institute Bristol laboratory was closed, and in 1992 the National Institute for Research in Dairying Reading laboratory was moved to the campus of the University of Reading . In 1999,
187-704: The Future an event aimed at promoting career in science to young women. The John Innes Centre has been directed by: Notable staff and alumni include: The John Innes Foundation (JIF) is an independent charitable foundation (registered Charity No. 1111527) and was formed in 1910 by John Innes . JIF set up the John Innes Horticultural Institution (JIHI) in London. Currently, the JIF owns the land and buildings at Newfound Farm in Bawburgh, Norfolk which are used by researchers from
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#1732794109097204-483: The John Innes Centre. The JIF trustees also play an active part in the management of John Innes Centre research and have the right to appoint three members of the Governing Council. The foundation sponsors several graduate studentships each year, support for educational programmes and the infrastructure of the site. They also fund student awards for scientific excellence and science communication. It also owns
221-683: The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals' endoscopy centre and aspects of the University of East Anglia 's Norwich Medical School and the Faculty of Science. It is located on the outskirts of Norwich , England , and is a member of the Norwich Research Park . The institute is housed in a purpose-built facility on the Norwich Research Park that opened in 2018. Its founding partners are Quadram Institute Bioscience, University of East Anglia, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and
238-843: The archives of the Genetical Society. An important part of the John Innes Centre is the John Innes Centre Germplasm Resources Unit (GRU). This seedbank houses a number of germplasm collections, including the Watkins Landrace Wheat Collection , the John Innes Centre Pisum Collection , BBSRC Small Grain Cereal Collection, Crop wild relative collection and several specialist genetic stocks collections. This material
255-557: The institute's activities were consolidated in one location: Norwich. On 28 April 2017, the Institute of Food Research transitioned into Quadram Institute Bioscience, ahead of a full opening of the Quadram Institute in 2018. The founding director is Ian Charles, who was appointed in 2015. The Quadram Institute has a research programme that covers: Construction of the Quadram Institute building began in February 2016, and
272-647: The recipe to the " Dig for Victory " war effort. The John Innes Centre has never sold John Innes compost. During the 1980s, the administration of the John Innes Institute was combined with that of the Plant Breeding Institute (formerly at Trumpington, Cambridgeshire ) and the Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory. In 1994, following the relocation of the operations of other two organisations to the Norwich site,
289-406: The three were merged as the John Innes Centre. As of 2011 the institute was divided into six departments: Biological Chemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Computational & Systems Biology, Crop Genetics, Metabolic Biology and Molecular Microbiology. The John Innes Centre has a tradition of training PhD students and post-docs. PhD degrees obtained via the John Innes Centre are awarded by
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