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-Prof [[David Baulcombe]] is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and as of 2008 was the chair of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative makes no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it is not difficult to infer that this is a significant part of what is meant.
+Prof [[David Baulcombe]] is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and in 2008 was appointed chair of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative made no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it proved to be a significant part of what was meant.
-After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of
+After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), the reports
 of which were published in April 2008." The NGOs continue, "We see no reason to justify this duplication of scientific assessment carried out by the IAASTD which extended over 4 years."<ref>"[http://www.bioscienceresource.org/cms/documents/RoyalSocWorkingGroupLetter.pdf Biological approaches to enhance food crop production]", letter to Prof David Baulcombe from ActionAid, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth Intnl., GM Freeze, Greenpeace UK, Pesticides Action Network Intnl., Third World Network, 24 September 2008, accessed December 2008</ref>
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 Prof Baulcombe also claimed with regard to Dr John Losey's Monarch butterfly study (which showed that Monarch butterfly larvae were killed by eating GM pollen), that 'it was actually that non-genetically modified maize pollen had damaged the butterfly'. He further claimed that 'there were no real differences' between the damage caused to the Monarch butterflies by the GM maize pollen and the non-GM pollen. Losey has pointed out that Baulcombe's claims are 'completely without merit'. Losey notes, 'Caterpillars fed on milkweed leaves with untransformed [non-GM] corn pollen suffered NO mortality while 44% of those that fed on leaves dusted with Bt-corn pollen died within 4 days.' Losey concludes, 'I assume the person who actually made this quote did not read the paper.'<ref>Personal communication, 30 July 1999, posted to the Cornell list:  BIOTECH-L@cornell.edu; Losey's comments are archived [http://www.lobbywatch.org/mart02.asp?paid=38&maid=4&pg=1 here].</ref>
-Prof Baulcombe has not been alone in promoting GM crops by means that bear little scrutiny<ref>Jonathan Matthews, "[http://ngin.tripod.com/biospin.htm BIOSPINOLOGY IN OUR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION? Report on the science communication activities of the John Innes Centre (JIC)]", 2001, Lobbywatch website, accessed November 2008</ref>. [[Jonathan Jones]] and [[Mike Gale]] are also members of the Royal Society's Working group on biological approaches to enhance food-crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=7928 Biological approaches to enhance food-crop production: working group membership]", The Royal Society website, accessed November 2008</ref>
+Prof Baulcombe has not been alone in promoting GM crops by means that bear little scrutiny<ref>Jonathan Matthews, "[http://ngin.tripod.com/biospin.htm BIOSPINOLOGY IN OUR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION? Report on the science communication activities of the John Innes Centre (JIC)]", 2001, Lobbywatch website, accessed November 2008</ref>. [[Jonathan Jones]] and [[Mike Gale]] were also members of the Royal Society's Working group on biological approaches to enhance food-crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=7928 Biological approaches to enhance food-crop production: working group membership]", The Royal Society website, accessed November 2008</ref>
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:GM|Baulcombe, David]][[Category:Corporate Science (GM)|Baulcombe, David]][[Category:Pro-GM Lobbyists|Baulcombe, David]]

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−	~~As of 2008~~ Prof ~~'''~~David Baulcombe~~''' FRS (~~Fellow of the Royal Society) and ~~Royal Society Research Professor is~~ the chair of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative makes no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it is not difficult to infer that this is a significant part of what is meant.	+	Prof [[David Baulcombe]] is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and as of 2008 was the chair of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative makes no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it is not difficult to infer that this is a significant part of what is meant.

	After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of		After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of

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 ==History==
-Baulcombe has been professor of botany at Cambridge University since September 2007. He joined the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] as a Senior Research Scientist, and also served as Head of Laboratory between 1990-1993 and 1999-2003. The Sainsbury Laboratory is based at the [[John Innes Centre]] in Norwich, UK, with which it is closely linked.
+Baulcombe has been professor of botany at Cambridge University since September 2007. He joined the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] as a Senior Research Scientist, and also served as Head of Laboratory between 1990-1993 and 1999-2003. The Sainsbury Laboratory is based at the [[John Innes Centre]] in Norwich, UK, with which it is "closely linked".<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/about.htm About TSL], The Sainsbury Laboratory website, accessed 26 October 2009</ref>
 The JIC is often described as Europe's leading plant biotechnology institute. It represents itself as an independent, charitable and mainly publicly funded institution. It has, however, done deals with major biotech corporations, such as [[Syngenta]] (originally Zeneca) and [[DuPont]], worth tens of millions of pounds. It has also received millions in donations from the pro-biotech billionaire Lord [[David Sainsbury]], after whom the Sainsbury Laboratory is named.

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 ==History==
-Baulcombe has been professor of botany at Cambridge University since September 2007. He joined the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] as a Senior Research Scientist, and also served as Head of Laboratory between 1990-1993 and 1999-2003. The Sainsbury Laboratory is based at the [[John Innes Centre]] in Norwich, UK, but is not part of the JIC.
+Baulcombe has been professor of botany at Cambridge University since September 2007. He joined the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] as a Senior Research Scientist, and also served as Head of Laboratory between 1990-1993 and 1999-2003. The Sainsbury Laboratory is based at the [[John Innes Centre]] in Norwich, UK, with which it is closely linked.
 The JIC is often described as Europe's leading plant biotechnology institute. It represents itself as an independent, charitable and mainly publicly funded institution. It has, however, done deals with major biotech corporations, such as [[Syngenta]] (originally Zeneca) and [[DuPont]], worth tens of millions of pounds. It has also received millions in donations from the pro-biotech billionaire Lord [[David Sainsbury]], after whom the Sainsbury Laboratory is named.

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 Prof Baulcombe also claimed with regard to Dr John Losey's Monarch butterfly study (which showed that Monarch butterfly larvae were killed by eating GM pollen), that 'it was actually that non-genetically modified maize pollen had damaged the butterfly'. He further claimed that 'there were no real differences' between the damage caused to the Monarch butterflies by the GM maize pollen and the non-GM pollen. Losey has pointed out that Baulcombe's claims are 'completely without merit'. Losey notes, 'Caterpillars fed on milkweed leaves with untransformed [non-GM] corn pollen suffered NO mortality while 44% of those that fed on leaves dusted with Bt-corn pollen died within 4 days.' Losey concludes, 'I assume the person who actually made this quote did not read the paper.'<ref>Personal communication, 30 July 1999, posted to the Cornell list:  BIOTECH-L@cornell.edu; Losey's comments are archived [http://www.lobbywatch.org/mart02.asp?paid=38&maid=4&pg=1 here].</ref>
-Prof Baulcombe has not been alone in promoting GM crops by means that bear little scrutiny<ref>Jonathan Matthews, "[http://ngin.tripod.com/biospin.htm BIOSPINOLOGY IN OUR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION? Report on the science communication activities of the John Innes Centre (JIC)]", 2001, Lobbywatch website, accessed November 2008</ref>. [[Jonathan Jones]] and [[Mike Gale]] - are also members of the Royal Society's Working group on biological approaches to enhance food-crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=7928 Biological approaches to enhance food-crop production: working group membership]", The Royal Society website, accessed November 2008</ref>
+Prof Baulcombe has not been alone in promoting GM crops by means that bear little scrutiny<ref>Jonathan Matthews, "[http://ngin.tripod.com/biospin.htm BIOSPINOLOGY IN OUR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION? Report on the science communication activities of the John Innes Centre (JIC)]", 2001, Lobbywatch website, accessed November 2008</ref>. [[Jonathan Jones]] and [[Mike Gale]] are also members of the Royal Society's Working group on biological approaches to enhance food-crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=7928 Biological approaches to enhance food-crop production: working group membership]", The Royal Society website, accessed November 2008</ref>
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:GM|Baulcombe, David]][[Category:Corporate Science (GM)|Baulcombe, David]][[Category:Pro-GM Lobbyists|Baulcombe, David]]

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−	As of 2008 Prof '''David Baulcombe''' FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) is the ~~Chair~~ of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative makes no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it is not difficult to infer that this is a significant part of what is meant.	+	As of 2008 Prof '''David Baulcombe''' FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) and Royal Society Research Professor is the chair of a controversial [[Royal Society]] Working Group on how "science" and "biological approaches" can enhance global food crop production.<ref>"[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, 7 August 2008, accessed November 2008</ref> While the Royal Society's press release announcing the initiative makes no mention of the words "genetic engineering", it is not difficult to infer that this is a significant part of what is meant.

	After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of		After hearing of Baulcombe's appointment to this post, a group of environmental and development NGOs wrote an open letter to him to express their concern that "there are major overlaps between this [[Royal Society]] study and the International Assessment of