The Norwich Research Park Partners
The JIC is a leading international centre for research and training in plant and microbial science. It generates and disseminates new knowledge, understanding and valuable intellectual property on selected plants and microbes including plant pathogens. The JIC and Sainsbury Laboratory together form Europe's premier research centre in plant genetic science.
Originally founded in 1910, the modern-day JIC operates on a scale that allows studies from the atomic level to crop field performance and promotes the rapid transfer of knowledge from model organisms to target crops and industrial microbes.
JIC is comprised of seven departments: Crop Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology, Computational and Systems Biology, Metabolic Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Biological Chemistry and Disease & Stress Biology.
JIC is a world leader in the genetics and genomics of crops including cereals, brassicas and legumes and leads the identification and molecular characterisation of economically important traits in target crops. It is an international centre of excellence in research into the fundamental biology of growth and development in plants and microbes.
Further information: http://www.jic.ac.uk/
The Institute of Food Research (IFR) at Norwich Research Park employs over 200 scientists plus a large number of research students and visiting scientists. The IFR is known internationally for the strength of its research in food and plays a leading role in the development of food policy both in the UK and the EU.
There is considerable strength in research directed at understanding the role of diet in the maintenance of human health and in particular through investigation of the gut as the interface between food and the body. The IFR has renowned expertise in both commensal and pathogenic gut microbes.
The research is divided into four programmes;
The research is divided into four programmes; Integrated Biology of the Gastro Intestinal Tract, Plant Natural Products and Health, Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens and Food Structure and Health.
The Food & Health Network keeps IFR in close touch with industry users www.foodandhealthnetwork.com
Further information: http://www.ifr.ac.uk/
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is an internationally renowned university based in a campus that provides top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 13,000 students. It is one of the top twenty universities in the UK with a worldwide reputation for excellence in research which attracts top calibre staff and students.
The science research schools include; Biological Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Computing Science, Environmental Science and Mathematics.
The Medical School, which opened in 2000, was the first in 30 years to be established in the UK. This, together with the opening of the new Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the creation of the Pharmacy School this has provided a very large boost to the research capability in health sciences which will continue to expand. It is expected that the staffing levels in the Medical School will double in the next five years.
The School of Environmental Science is one of the best in the world and is renowned for its ground breaking and cross-disciplinary research on climate.
Researchers in the Computing and Mathematics Schools work closely with many of the UEA science schools as well as other NRP institutions. This gives the life scientists opportunities to approach their scientific questions in new ways that would otherwise not be possible.
Further information: http://www.uea.ac.uk/
Located on the JIC site, the Sainsbury Laboratory has more than 60 scientists undertaking research into disease resistance and gene silencing in crop plants for which it has a worldwide reputation. It pioneers work on cloning of resistance genes and the study of interactions between plants and their pathogens aimed at developing durable disease-resistant in crop plants.
Further information: http://www.tsl.ac.uk/
International centre for DNA sequencing and analysis for plants, animals and microbes.
Opened in 2009. Whole genome sequencing and developing new high throughput sequencing technologies. Supporting advances in areas such as crop yield, animal health and new drug discovery.
Further information: http://tgac.bbsrc.ac.uk/
The 987 bed Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was opened in 2001 to provide the city and county with high level medical care. The hospital has a Clinical Research and Trials Unit and a Research and Development department to support research projects undertaken by the consultants, doctors and other staff. There are a number of joint appointments with the Medical School at UEA that cement the developing relationship between the University and Hospital.
Many successful collaborations have developed between research oriented clinicians at the hospital and health related scientists at the University and Institute of Food Research.
The principal areas of research excellence at the NNUH are; Cancer, Chronic Illnesses (particularly diabetes and arthritis), Health Technology and Disability.
Further Information: http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/