Norwich Research Park
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| Established | 1992 |
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Field of research | Agriculture Genomics Health Environment |
| President | David Parfrey |
| Address | NR4 7UG |
| Location | Norwich, Norfolk, England 52°37′26″N 1°13′26″E / 52.623894°N 1.223946°E |
| Website | norwichresearchpark |
Norwich Research Park (NRP) is a business community located to the southwest of Norwich in East Anglia close to the A11 and the A47 roads. Set in a 568-acre (230-hectare) area of parkland, it is one of five Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded campuses. It is the only site with three BBSRC funded research institutes and the focus of the community is on creating and supporting new companies and jobs based on bioscience.[1]
It is also a partnership between the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and four independent world-renowned research institutes (John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute, Earlham Institute, and The Sainsbury Laboratory) linked to the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.[2] There are over forty businesses located on the site across 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of space with 12,000 people, including 3,000 researchers and clinicians with an annual research spend of £164 million.[3]
History
The research park was officially launched in 1992, comprising UEA’s Schools of Biological and Chemical Sciences, the John Innes Centre, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) Norwich Food Science Laboratory and the British Sugar Technical Centre.[4] The MAFF Laboratory moved to York in 1992 while the British Sugar Technical Centre closed its laboratories in Norwich in 2001.[5]
The Institute of Food Research (IFR) was created in 1968, spread over four sites including the Food Research Institute (FRI) at Colney in Norwich. The IFR became an institute sponsored by the BBSRC in 1994. In 1999, the institute's activities were consolidated in one location (Norwich).[4] On 28 April 2017, the IFR transitioned into Quadram Institute Bioscience in preparation for the full opening of the Quadram Institute in September 2018.[6]
Facilities
- The John Innes Centre (JIC), founded in 1910, an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science.[7][8] In 2017, it was given a gold Athena SWAN Charter award which recognises good practices in research institutions towards the advancement of gender equality.[9]
- The University of East Anglia (UEA), founded in 1963, a public plate glass research university and one of the nation's most-cited research institutions worldwide.[10] Consisting of four faculties and twenty-six schools of study, it ranks in the Top 1% worldwide according to Times Higher Education,[11] and within the world Top 100 for research excellence in the Leiden Ranking with UEA "often out-performing Russell Group universities".[12]
- The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), founded in 1988, a research institute that carries out fundamental biological research and technology development on aspects of plant tissue culture and transformation, bioinformatics and computational biology, proteomics, and synthetic biology in plants.[13]
- The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), founded in 2001, a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital and is a partner with the University of East Anglia in the delivery of courses. It is one of the largest hospitals in the United Kingdom in terms of in-patient capacity.[14]
- The Earlham Institute (EI), founded in 2009, a life science research institute focused on analysing plant, microbial, fish and farm animal genomes.[15]
- The Quadram Institute (QI), founded in 2018, a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research centre which combines expertise in food science, microbiology, and genomics with a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit and an NNUH clinical trials facility to promote health and prevent disease.[16][17]
References
- ^ "University of East Anglia (UEA)". www.timeshighereducation.com. 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Our Community - Norwich Research Park". Norwich Research Park.
- ^ "NORWICH RESEARCH PARK - OVERVIEW" (PDF). East of England.
- ^ a b "A Short History of Food Research" (PDF). IFR.ac.uk. Norwich: Institute of Food Research. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Michael Sanderson The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich 2002. p102
- ^ "Institute of Food Research transitions into Quadram Institute Bioscience". Norwich Research Park. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "The John Innes Institute". Nature. 202 (4930): 337–338. 1964. Bibcode:1964Natur.202U.337.. doi:10.1038/202337e0.
- ^ Humphries, E. C. (1964). "The John Innes Institute". Nature. 204 (4955): 232. Bibcode:1964Natur.204..232H. doi:10.1038/204232a0.
- ^ "The Gold Standard: John Innes Centre receives Athena SWAN Gold award". John Innes Centre. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Succcess in Times Higher Education rankings sees UEA rise to five-year high". Norwich Research Park.
- ^ "New rankings place UEA in world top 150". UEA. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "League Table & Uni Guide". UEA. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Sainsbury, David. "David Sainsbury". www.davidsainsbury.org.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Press Release Archive - UEA". comm.uea.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2002. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | UK | England | Norfolk | Support hope for new genome unit". 6 October 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ Faulkner, Doug (3 March 2017). "Go with your gut – how biology is big business". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Scott, Geraldine (5 February 2018). "Countdown is on to opening of £81m research and health hub". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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