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Government’s vision is for the UK to have a broad, rich engineering biology ecosystem that can safely develop and commercialise the many opportunities to come from the technology.
Charles Godfray is Hope Professor in the Zoology Department and Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the University of Oxford. He is a population biologist with research interests including ecology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology....
Science Minister announces national vision for engineering biology, setting out government's £2 billion plan to seize the potential of engineering biology.
Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession. Prior to this Angela was the Chief Scientific Adviser...
Multidisciplinary teams of researchers highlight approaches for managing crop pests while limiting use of pesticides
The UK’s leadership in the responsible use of engineering biology will be driven forward by the first-ever meeting of the UK Biosecurity Leadership Council
Professor Jason Chin FRS was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2023. Jason is a Programme Leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology ( MRC-LMB ), where he...
Professor Dame Angela McLean visited the United States to launch the US-UK Strategic Dialogue on Biological Security, visit US laboratories, and take part in discussions with scientists, scientific advisers and companies working on biosecurity.
Advice to the Prime Minister on opportunities to capture economic and social impact from engineering biology.
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