Collection MJA - Mike Ambrose Collection

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MJA

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Mike Ambrose Collection

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  • 1950-2008 (Creation)

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Extent: 1 box

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Documents regarding the the visual arts policy for the John Innes Centre site/Colney site. Arts exhibition photographs and brochures. Fruit planting (apples and cherries) on site. Articles and correspondence about the history of the John Innes Centre and related history. Research paper: 'Experiments on Pisum sativum' by Miss Pellow and Mrs Sansome: 'The Genetics of Pisum'

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      Admin History: Michael (Mike) James Ambrose, M.Phil., JIC Dept of Crop Genetics, curator of the JIC's cereal collection, Manager of the Germplasm Resources Unit (GRU) ? - 2018. Managed the GRU and its development as a National Capability supported by the BBSRC. This centres around the long-term curation and distribution of strategically important germplasm for a range of crops, associated wild relatives and specialist genetic stocks and their utilisation by the wider bioscience community and related industries. The unit hosts some of the most comprehensive wheat, barley, oat and pea collections in the world, which form part of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

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