News from the John Innes Centre

Vicky Ford, Member of the European Parliament for the East of England, visited Norwich Research Park on Friday 18th November to see for herself the latest developments in science and innovation coming from the institutes and companies based on the park. Vicky is a full member of the Industry, Research and Energy committee and her [...]

Now is an exciting time for angel investment: there are many interesting opportunities emerging from the research community and tax incentives from Government for those that support early-stage businesses. The Norwich Research Park is hosting an angel event on 16th November to launch its new Venta programme. The Venta programme is designed to bring early-stage [...]

The NRP Innovation Centre at the Norwich Research Park (NRP) provides offices and laboratory facilities for science and technology businesses at the heart of a major science cluster. Today (18th July 2011) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vince Cable, officially opened the Innovation Centre in the presence of regional business, [...]

The ‘new drugs for cancer’ public event was held in May 2011 at the JIC Conference Centre. The development of new anti-cancer drugs is a major challenge facing the research community. On the Norwich Research Park, we are harnessing the complex machinery used by plants to produce biologically active natural products. For instance, we are [...]

[Media release from Norwich Research Park] The Minister for Universities and Science, the Right Hon. David Willetts MP, visited Norwich Research Park (NRP) today, following the Budget announcement by Government and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council which will see £26M invested to deliver innovation from bioscience at Norwich Research Park. Welcoming him, Alan [...]

[Media release from Norwich Research Park] The Government has today announced investment of £70 million for innovation centres on the Norwich Research Park and Babraham Research Campus. £26 million will come to the Norwich Research Park. “The decision by government and the BBSRC to invest over £25M in the Norwich Research Park will help to [...]