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- 6 Mar 2020 (Creation)
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Interview with Jon Clarke conducted by Ruby O'Grady. Audio file (ClarkePt1090101-002master.wav), 1 hour 21.59 minutes. Covers early life, education, career and work at the JIC. Business in orchid breeding (micropropagation), mutants in peas, Harold Woolhouse, Jim Dunwell, Ellis Marks, Colin Law, Mike Gale, plant transformation, agri-tech, industry consortium plant gene toolkit project, JIC expansion, GM testing, the JIC Christmas Review, social life at JIC.
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Admin History: Jonathan Clarke (28 May 1963- ) Head of Business Development at the JIC, leading the Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation team, putting businesses in contact with experts to maximise the impact of the research of the scientists at the John Innes Centre. Studied Plant Sciences (Leeds) working on plant tissue culture, transformation and micropropagation and started an Orchid breeding business (1980?). Joined the JIC in Nov 1985 as a technician working on developing haploid peas to improve breeding. Worked on anthropollen culture under Phil Molenhue (?) 1986/7-9 including testing spread of genetically modified (GM) crops. PhD in plant vernalization