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 ====Appointments Board Member====
-*[[Professor C Goble]] - Chair | *[[Professor D Richardson]] - Deputy chair | [[Dr F Marston]] | [[Professor C Rawlings]] | [[Professor R Hubbard]] | [[Professor J Hurst]] | [[Professor A Osbourn]] | [[Professor A Willis]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/appointments/ Appointments Board] BBSRC, accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
+*[[Professor C Goble]] - Chair | [[Professor D Richardson]] - Deputy chair | [[Dr F Marston]] | [[Professor C Rawlings]] | [[Professor R Hubbard]] | [[Professor J Hurst]] | [[Professor A Osbourn]] | [[Professor A Willis]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/appointments/ Appointments Board] BBSRC, accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
 ====Audit Board Members 2015====

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 ==People==
 ====Council 2015====
-*Professor Sir [[David Baulcombe]]
+*Professor Sir [[David Baulcombe]] | Dr [[Neil Brewis]] | Professor [[Richard Cogdell]] | Professor [[Margaret Dallman]] | Professor [[Russell Foster]] | Professor [[Carole Goble]] | [[Jim Godfrey]] | Dr [[Mike Goosey]] | [[David Gregory]] | Professor [[Sarah Gurr]] | Professor [[Jackie Hunter]] | Professor [[Judith Petts]] | Professor [[David Richardson]] | Professor [[Helen Sang]] | Dr [[Will West]] | Professor [[Tim Wheeler]]  <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/council/ Council] ''BBSRC'', accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
 ====Appointments Board Member====
-*[[Professor C Goble]] - Chair
+*[[Professor C Goble]] - Chair | *[[Professor D Richardson]] - Deputy chair | [[Dr F Marston]] | [[Professor C Rawlings]] | [[Professor R Hubbard]] | [[Professor J Hurst]] | [[Professor A Osbourn]] | [[Professor A Willis]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/appointments/ Appointments Board] BBSRC, accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
 ====Audit Board Members 2015====
-*[[Mr D Gregory]] - Chair
+*[[Mr D Gregory]] - Chair | [[Mr J Godfrey]] | [[Professor A Dell]] | [[Mr D Mann]] | [[Mr P Ratcliffe]]  | [[Professor R Cogdell]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/audit/ Audit Board] ''BBSRC'', accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
 ====Remuneration Board Members 2015====
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 *[[Dr M Goosey]]
 *Professor [[Sarah Gurr]]
 *Professor [[Jackie Hunt]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/remuneration/ Remuneration Board] ''BBSRC'', accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
 ==Previous Personnel==

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 In 2004 the BBSRC was recently given a clean bill of health in a report by the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology, under the chairmanship of Dr [[Ian Gibson]] MP, a former member of the JIC's governing body. The only serious fault that the committee found with the BBSRC was that it was not being pro-active enough in communicating with the public about GM in such a way as to gain public trust for such research. <ref>[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/6/609.htm Public engagement]</ref>
-== Personnel ==
+==People==
-* Chair - Sir [[Tom Blundell]] was appointed as Chair of BBSRC in 2009.His research is focusses on structural biology, bioinformatics and drug discovery. Tom Blundell has played active roles in national science policy. He was member of the advisory group to the Prime Minister ([[ACOST]]) in 1980s, founding CE of BBSRC (1994-1996), Chairman of the [[Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]] until 2005, and President of the [[UK Biosciences Federation]] until 2008. He co-founded Astex Therapeutics (now [[Astex Pharmaceuticals]] after being acquired by [[SuperGen]]), in 1999.
+====Council 2015====
-* Chief Executive - Professor [[Douglas Kell]] was appointed Chief Executive of BBSRC in October 2008. He was Director of Research of the [[Institute of Biological Sciences|IBERS]] (now [[IBERS]]) in Aberystwyth from 1997-2002. He has served on the Programme Management Committees of three LINK schemes and the [[RCUK]] Basic Technology Panel, and was a member of BBSRC from 2001-2006. He co-founded [[Aber Instruments]], a leading company in on-line biomass measurement.
+====Appointments Board Member====
-*Appointments Board Member - Professor K Lindsey (Chair)
+====Remuneration Board Members 2015====
-*Appointments Board Member - Professor D Richardson (Deputy Chair)
+*Professor Sir [[Tom Bundell]]
-*Appointments Board Member - Professor R Bardgett
+*[[Dr M Goosey]]
-*Appointments Board Member - Dr J Burke
+*Professor [[Sarah Gurr]]
-*Appointments Board Member - Professor C Rawlings
+*Professor [[Jackie Hunt]] <ref> [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/structures/boards/remuneration/ Remuneration Board] ''BBSRC'', accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>
-*Audit Board Member - Mr D Gregory (Chair) - BBSRC Council member
+==Previous Personnel==
-*Audit Board Member - Professor A Dell CBE FRS – BBSRC Council member
+* Chair - Sir [[Tom Blundell]]  was appointed as Chair of BBSRC in 2009.His research is focusses on structural biology, bioinformatics and drug discovery. Tom Blundell has played active roles in national science policy. He was member of the advisory group to the Prime Minister ([[ACOST]]) in 1980s, founding CE of BBSRC (1994-1996), Chairman of the [[Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]] until 2005, and President of the [[UK Biosciences Federation]] until 2008. He co-founded Astex Therapeutics (now [[Astex Pharmaceuticals]] after being acquired by [[SuperGen]]), in 1999.
-*Remuneration Board Member - Professor Sir [[Tom Blundell]] FRS (Chair) - BBSRC Chairman
+* Chief Executive - Professor [[Douglas Kell]] was appointed Chief Executive of BBSRC in October 2008. He was Director of Research of the [[Institute of Biological Sciences|IBERS]] (now [[IBERS]]) in Aberystwyth from 1997-2002. He has served on the Programme Management Committees of three LINK schemes and the [[RCUK]] Basic Technology Panel, and was a member of BBSRC from 2001-2006. He co-founded [[Aber Instruments]], a leading company in on-line biomass measurement.
 * Former Chair (2003-2009)  - Dr [[Peter Ringrose]] was appointed as Chair of BBSRC in May 2003, following his retirement in December 2002 as Chief Scientific Officer of [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] (BMS) and President of the [[Pharmaceutical Research Institute]] based in [[Princeton]], USA (1997-2002). Dr Ringrose is a non-executive director on the Boards of [[Astex Therapeutics Ltd]], Cambridge and [[Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc]], San Francisco, a member of the [[Scientific Advisory Boards of Accenture Life Sciences]], Philadelphia; [[Schering-Plough Research Institute]], New Jersey; and [[Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc]], N.Carolina. He has also served on the boards of [[Cambridge Antibody Technology]], [[ImClone Systems Inc]], and [[Pfizer Ltd]]. He is also a Council Member of the [[Foundation for Science and Technology UK]].

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 * Chair - Sir [[Tom Blundell]] was appointed as Chair of BBSRC in 2009.His research is focusses on structural biology, bioinformatics and drug discovery. Tom Blundell has played active roles in national science policy. He was member of the advisory group to the Prime Minister ([[ACOST]]) in 1980s, founding CE of BBSRC (1994-1996), Chairman of the [[Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]] until 2005, and President of the [[UK Biosciences Federation]] until 2008. He co-founded Astex Therapeutics (now [[Astex Pharmaceuticals]] after being acquired by [[SuperGen]]), in 1999.
-* Chief Executive - Professor [[Douglas Kell]] was appointed Chief Executive of BBSRC in October 2008. He was Director of Research of the [[Institute of Biological Sciences|IBERS]] (now [[IBERS]]) in Aberystwyth from 1997-2002. He has served on the Programme Management Committees of three LINK schemes and the RCUK Basic Technology Panel, and was a member of BBSRC from 2001-2006. He co-founded [[Aber Instruments]], a leading company in on-line biomass measurement.
+* Chief Executive - Professor [[Douglas Kell]] was appointed Chief Executive of BBSRC in October 2008. He was Director of Research of the [[Institute of Biological Sciences|IBERS]] (now [[IBERS]]) in Aberystwyth from 1997-2002. He has served on the Programme Management Committees of three LINK schemes and the [[RCUK]] Basic Technology Panel, and was a member of BBSRC from 2001-2006. He co-founded [[Aber Instruments]], a leading company in on-line biomass measurement.
 *Appointments Board Member - Professor K Lindsey (Chair)

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 == Personnel ==
-* Chair  - Dr [[Peter Ringrose]] was appointed as Chair of BBSRC in May 2003, following his retirement in December 2002 as Chief Scientific Officer of [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] (BMS) and President of the [[Pharmaceutical Research Institute]] based in [[Princeton]], USA (1997-2002). Dr Ringrose is a non-executive director on the Boards of [[Astex Therapeutics Ltd]], Cambridge and [[Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc]], San Francisco, a member of the [[Scientific Advisory Boards of Accenture Life Sciences]], Philadelphia; [[Schering-Plough Research Institute]], New Jersey; and [[Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc]], N.Carolina. He has also served on the boards of [[Cambridge Antibody Technology]], [[ImClone Systems Inc]], and [[Pfizer Ltd]]. He is also a Council Member of the [[Foundation for Science and Technology UK]].
+* Chief Executive - Professor [[Douglas Kell]] was appointed Chief Executive of BBSRC in October 2008. He was Director of Research of the [[Institute of Biological Sciences|IBERS]] (now [[IBERS]]) in Aberystwyth from 1997-2002. He has served on the Programme Management Committees of three LINK schemes and the RCUK Basic Technology Panel, and was a member of BBSRC from 2001-2006. He co-founded [[Aber Instruments]], a leading company in on-line biomass measurement.
-* Chief Executive - Professor [[Julia Goodyear]] CBE Julia joined BBSRC in January 2002 after more than 20 years at Birkbeck College, University of London, where she was Vice-Master and head of the School of Crystallography. Julia is responsible for an internationally recognised research group and her ongoing research interests include the use of computer simulation techniques to study the structure and function of large molecules. She was appointed Vice-Master of Birkbeck College in 1998 and Professor of Biomolecular Science in 1995.
+*Appointments Board Member - Professor K Lindsey (Chair)
 * Board Member - Dr [[D Brightman]] Independent

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 The BBSRC has also won an extra £50 million in funding since [[Lord David Sainsbury]] became Science Minister. There has also been a 300 per cent increase in the grant given by the BBSRC to the Sainsbury Laboratory of the [[John Innes Centre]] in Norwich, which has over the years also benefitted from Lord Sainsbury's personal support and investment. The JIC is a plant biotechnology centre with major research alliances with Dupont and, until recently, Syngenta.
-The JIC is one of eight strategic life sciences research institutes in the UK for which the BBSRC provides core funding. Among the other institutes are the Roslin Institute (former home of Dolly the sheep), the Institute of Food Research (see [[Mike Gasson]]), [[Rothamsted Research]] (formerly the Institute of Arable Crops Research), the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, [[Horticulture Research International]] (HRI,
+The [[JIC]] is one of eight strategic life sciences research institutes in the UK for which the BBSRC provides core funding. Among the other institutes are the Roslin Institute (former home of Dolly the sheep), the Institute of Food Research (see [[Mike Gasson]]), [[Rothamsted Research]] (formerly the Institute of Arable Crops Research), the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, [[Horticulture Research International]] (HRI,
 headed by Prof [[Mike Wilson]]) and [[Science Media Centre]] (in year 2011-12)<ref>Science Media Centre, [http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Science-Media-Centre-Brochure-BLK.pdf About the SMC], List of Funders 2011-12, 10.2012, accessed 07.09.2013.</ref>.

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 == Sponsored Institutes ==
-BBSRC sponsors and provides core strategic grants to vatious institutes. The institutes are supported through a mix of funding sources including government departments, industry and the EU.They have charitable status and are companies limited by guarantee.
+BBSRC sponsors and provides core strategic grants to various institutes. The institutes are supported through a mix of funding sources including government departments, industry and the EU.They have charitable status and are companies limited by guarantee.
-===Sustainable agriculture & land use ===
+===Sustainable agriculture & land use===
 * [[Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research]] (IGER)
 * [[Rothamsted Research]]
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 ===Biomedical research including cloning & epigenetics ===
 * [[Roslin Institute]] (RI)
-*[[Babraham Institute]] (BI)
+* [[Babraham Institute]] (BI)
 ===Animal health & welfare===
 * [[Institute for Animal Health]] (IAH)
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 The JIC is one of eight strategic life sciences research institutes in the UK for which the BBSRC provides core funding. Among the other institutes are the Roslin Institute (former home of Dolly the sheep), the Institute of Food Research (see [[Mike Gasson]]), [[Rothamsted Research]] (formerly the Institute of Arable Crops Research), the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, [[Horticulture Research International]] (HRI,
-headed by Prof [[Mike Wilson]]) and [[Science Media Centre]] (in year 2011-12)<ref>Science Media Centre, [About the SMC http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Science-Media-Centre-Brochure-BLK.pdf], List of Funders 2011-12, 10.2012, accessed 07.09.2013.</ref>.
+headed by Prof [[Mike Wilson]]) and [[Science Media Centre]] (in year 2011-12)<ref>Science Media Centre, [http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Science-Media-Centre-Brochure-BLK.pdf About the SMC], List of Funders 2011-12, 10.2012, accessed 07.09.2013.</ref>.
 The BBSRC has been accused of instituting what has been called [http://members.tripod.com/~ngin/scigag.htm 'a gagging order'] via the BBSRC code that prevents all publicly funded researchers from speaking out on concerns about GM foods by defining this as becoming 'involved in political controversy on biotechnology and biological sciences'. Disobeying leaves researchers, including even retired staff who are Fellows of BBSRC funded institutes, open to being sued or dismissed. The reality is, of course, that this is a one way street where scientists at or formerly at such institutes can (and do) hype GM to their hearts' content. For instance, several of the scientists who work for the biotech industry funded lobby group Cropgen simultaneously work for or are Fellows of BBSRC-funded institutes. The BBSRC's controls are aimed strictly at the sceptics.