Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Executive
Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Executive
Professor Ann Glover a scientist from Aberdeen University, and past winner of the Sir Ian Wood award for innovation, was seconded to the Scottish Executive 'to provide independent advice to Ministers, take the lead on co-ordinating science policy across the Executive and work closely with the science community' [1]. It has to be doubted just how 'independent' Professor Glover is. She is an open believer of research being a business opportunity and the commercialisation of science. She also recommends patenting and retaining Intellectual Property rights for financial gain [2]. What also was not mentioned in that release was how she is an advocate of Biotechnology and GM foods, indeed her company won the award of best new Biotech Company for 2000 [3]. Her close links to other supporters of GM in Scotland today is shown through her delivering of a lecture on 13th February this year at the Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research titled 'Does Science Matter?' [4] The Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research is a partnership made up of known champions of GM foods.
References
- ^ Scottish Executive News Release - 'New Science Champion for Scotland
- ^ Professor Ann Glover Presentation 2006]
- ^ibid
- ^ Consortium for Rural Research Briefings and Headlines page
