Speakers:
Prof David Pink, leads the Crop Improvement group, University of Warwick
Prof Alison Smith, Head of Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre
Dr John Gatehouse, Reader in the School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham
Dr Angela Karp, Leader, Rothamsted Research
A press briefing run jointly with the BBSRC to announce £13.3M of funding for 17 of new projects which will exploit genetics to improve the sustainability of agriculture and help to address various issues for farming, food processing, nutrition and biofuels.