22 October 2007 - Press Release - EGN Conference 25-26 October 2007
FROM GM FARM ANIMALS TO EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH: LANDMARK EVENT SHOWCASES GROUNDBREAKING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH INTO GENOMICS
19 September 2007 - 16 October 2007 - ESRC Science in Society Final Event
The final event of this five year programme on 16 October 2007, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
19 September 2007 - ESRC Science in Society Final Event
04 July 2007 - Promises and Challenges of the Life Science Industry in CEE - 18 & 19 October 2007
Two Day Workshop - Prague 18 & 19 October 2007
19 June 2007 - Present day pioneers follow in the footsteps of giants
Following in the footsteps of distinguished predecessors such as Sir Walter Scott, Lord Kelvin and James Clerk Maxwell, Innogen associate Prof Graeme Laurie has been elected fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
04 April 2007 - ESRC Genomics Network Post-graduate Studentships
14 March 2007 - Call for Papers! 20 April deadline
25 September 2006 - Life Science Companies: Managing a Turbulent Future, 25-27th April 2007
12 January 2007 - Experts lead debate on egg donation for stem cell research
The “Talking About Stem Cells: The Social Dynamics of Public Engagement in Stem Cell Research” team recently held a public debate about the possible use of women’s eggs in research.
21 November 2006 - Innogen Associate to join the South African Health and Biotechnology Working Group
Joanna Chataway has been asked to join the South African Health and Biotechnology Working Group. The group involves policy makers, academics and entreprenuers from the private sector.
27 October 2006 - Innogen funded until 2012
The ESRC have announced a further 5 years funding for Innogen. Taking over from Professor Joyce Tait, Innogen will also welcome a new Centre Director, Professor David Wield, from October 2007.
29 September 2006 - Innogen Director invited to World Knowledge Forum in Korea
Through her role on the Scientific and Technical Council of the International Risk Governance Council, Joyce Tait will be presenting a paper at the World Knowledge Forum, Seoul, Korea, 17-19 October
12 September 2006 - Impressions from the Innogen Annual Conference
Linda Nordling, editor of Research Africa, gives an insight into the Innogen 'Genomics for Development? The Life Sciences and Poverty Reduction' Conference held in London on 5-6 September.
12 September 2006 - Prestigious RCUK Fellowship Vacancy at Innogen
The University of Edinburgh invites applications for a Research Council UK Academic Fellowship in Translational Research at Innogen. This prestigious Fellowship is for a period of five years, and is intended to lead to an open-ended academic appointment.
23 August 2006 - The G8 one year on; an opportunity lost?
Innogen associate James Smith and Clare Coughlan look back at the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles and civil society’s mobilisation around the Summit and, drawing on experiences in Scotland and Mali, ask; what exactly has been achieved?
21 July 2006 - Innogen Research Fellow featured in Sunday Herald
One in five Scots back cash-for-organs plan. Donor families object to 'immoral' financial incentives for transplants.
12 July 2006 - Innogen Annual Conference speaker featured in Guardian
Professor Julian Ma's research that aims to produce rapidly a new cheap anti-HIV drug using genetically modified tobacco plants was featured in last week's The Guardian. Hear him speak at the Innogen International Conference 2006, 5-6 September in London.
02 July 2006 - Innogen director at workshop on 'Synthetic Genomics'
Joyce Tait participated in a workshop on “Synthetic Genomics”, at Airlie House, Virginia, USA
26 June 2006 - Professor Irene Leigh awarded OBE
Professor Irene Leigh receives an OBE
26 June 2006 - Innogen Researcher publishes in Nature Biotechnology
A paper by Siefe Ayele, together with Joanna Chataway and Dave Wield, 'Partnerships in African crop biotech' is published in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology
02 February 2006 - Thousands of Scots families to help scientists improve nation’s health
Generation Scotland, an ambitious and ground-breaking project looking at the ways genetic and lifestyle factors cause cancer, heart disease and mental illness was launched on Thursday, 2 February in Edinburgh.
10 February 2006 - Innogen Co-director invited to give presentation at Royal Society's South Africa Day
'Dave Wield gave a presentation on 'The Role of Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy: How the UK-South Africa relationship can take this forward'
21 November 2005 - Bridging the Gulf Workshop
Last November Innogen and the Open University Innovation Knowledge and Development (IKD) Research centre co-hosted a workshop entitled ‘Bridging the gulf between policies for innovation, productivity and industrial growth and policies to reduce poverty'
17 November 2005 - Innogen Researchers at the African Studies Conference, Washington DC
Three Innogen researchers will be presenting papers at this year's African Studies Association Conference in Washington DC
04 October 2005 - Dr Iain Gillespie's Innogen Seminar
Towards a Bioeconomy? Opportunities and Challenges for Policy
04 October 2005 - BCPC International Congress
BCPC International Congress
04 October 2005 - 17 Oct 2005 - Joyce Tait to serve on the assessment panel of BBSRC Crop Science Initiative
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
15 August 2005 - 27 Sep 2005 - Research Workshop, London, 18-20 Nov
Bridging the gulf between policies for innovation, productivity & industrial growth & policies to reduce poverty, 18-20 November
15 August 2005 - 27 Sep 2005 - Joyce Tait to be awarded fellowship of the Society for Risk Analysis
Professor Joyce Tait has been selected to be a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis. This is a distinct honor and reflects the major national and international contributions she has made to the discipline of risk analysis.
15 August 2005 - 22 Sep 2005 - Genomics Forum Launched
The Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Genomics Policy and Research Forum
15 August 2005 - 15 Sept 2005 - Innogen Biotechnology Publication be to Reprinted
(2004) Understanding Company R&D Strategies in Agrobiotechnology
14 September 2005 - 14 Sept 2005 - Joyce Tait and Robin Williams Present at EuroNanoForum 2005
Nanotechnology and the Health of the EU Citizen in 2020
15 August 2005 - 6 Sept 2005 - Innogen hosts Developmental Studies Association Annual Conference, 7-9 Sept 2005
Conference to be held at Innogen at the Open University
11 July 2005 - 26 Jul 2005 - Joyce Tait article in Scotsman
Press reports of an unexpected mutation of a 'superweed' serve only to stoke the fire on an already febrile subject, writes Joyce Tait
11 July 2005 - Research Breakthrough Against Cattle Killer
Innovation, capacity building and partnerships to combat a deadly African cattle disease are in the news. This month, ILRI's East Coast fever research is featured in two top journals - Science and the Journal of International Development
11 July 2005 - 11 Jul 2005 - Dave Wield and James Smith attend G8 Seminar
organised by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the UK Economic and Social Research Council.
24 October 2005 - Open University Workshop
The Open University's centre on Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) hosts workshop on 27 October
16 February 2006 - Innogen Annual Conference 2006 - Conference report now available
The Innogen Annual Conference 2006 took place at Regent's College, London on 5 and 6 September 2006.
11 December 2008 - Innogen Professors edit Special Issue of Internationl Journal of Biotechnology
Professor Luigi Orsenigo and Professor Joyce Tait edit special issue Volume 10, Issue 5: 'Evolution of the Life Science Industries'
07 October 2008 - Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe: The Life Sciences in Transition
Innogen Deputy Co-Director, Dr Peter Robbins edited a special issue of Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology with Farah Huzair, an Innogen PhD Student.
24 November 2008 - International Colloquium, Yaoundé, 7-9 October 2008
Lois Muraguri, a Research Fellow at Innogen, attended an 'International Colloquium on Intellectual Property in the Knowledge Economy: A Challenge for Africa and its Diaspora'.
28 November 2008 - Innogen Researchers lead Executive Course on Health Innovation
Norman Clark, Lois Muraguri and others led the ACTS/Innogen Executive Course on Health Innovation in Africa in Nairobi on 24th - 28th November 2008.
14 December 2008 - Innogen Professor Mariana Mazzucato Awarded FP7 Research Grant on Finance, Innovation and Growth (FINNOV)
The three year, 1.5 million Euro project will be funded by the European Commission as part of the FP7 theme SSH-2007-1.2.3: The role of finance in growth, employment and competitiveness in Europe.
13 February 2009 - ISSTI Interdisciplinary Masterclass - 22nd - 23rd April 09, Edinburgh
Registration is now open.
03 February 2009 - Innogen contributes two chapters to Nepad’s book on Public Health in Africa
16 April 2009 - Innogen Response to UK Parliamentary Enquiry on Global Food Security
21 April 2009 - Alastair Kent reappointed to Human Genetics Commission
06 May 2009 - Royal Academy of Engineering Report on Synthetic Biology published
Innogen's Dr Jane Calvert was part of the working group.
07 May 2009 - VACANCY: Chair in Innovation in the Life Sciences
We are seeking an outstanding research leader with an international reputation and exceptional knowledge in the socio-economic study of the life sciences, innovation, regulation and policy.
14 May 2009 - RiskBridge conference proceedings available to download
24 April 2009 - Videos of health innovation workshop available online
13 December 2007 - MSc in Translational Medicine
Innogen is providing modules on innovation strategies, risk regulation & governance for this innovative distance learning course.
28 May 2009 - The Limits to Governance
A book by Innogen's Catherine Lyall, James Smith and Theo Papaioannou has been published.
02 June 2009 - Leverhulme Success
Dr Julius Mugwagwa has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.
03 June 2009 - Journal Special Issue published
Innogen's Professor Robin Williams edits a special issue of the Journal of Association for Information Systems
- Joyce Tait awarded Honorary Degree from the Open University
08 June 2009 - Innogen researcher awarded ESRC Placement Fellowship
Ann Bruce will be working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19 June 2009 - Successful ESRC Grant
Mitigating the environmental impact of cattle and sheep: animal genetics and farmers' readiness for uptake
03 October 2008 - Data Sharing in the Biosciences
Workshop report published summarising the main points of discussion.
22 July 2008 - Health Biotechnology to 2030. Report to OECD International Futures Project
Innogen writes a scenario report for the OECD International Futures Programme.
30 July 2008 - Innogen Professor, Donald Mackenzie, awarded the 2008 Zelizer Distinguished Scholarship Award
Read more about 'An Engine, Not a Camera'.
07 July 2008 - Shaping Scientific Excellence in Agricultural Research
A recent article in 'id21:Communicating Development Research' discusses Innogen agricultural research.
29 May 2008 - EGN is part of new synthetic biology network
Researchers at the Genomics Forum and Innogen are part of a new interdisciplinary network in synthetic biology.
15 May 2008 - ESRC Collaborative (CASE) Studentship 2008
Innovation and Regulation Interactions in the Development of Clinical Stem Cell Therapies
09 May 2008 - Professor Joyce Tait gives oral evidence for House of Lords Inquiry
03 April 2008 - Biofuels: can they really save the planet?
It is promoted as a green solution to our energy crisis, but can bioenergy live up to its promises? Find out more at tonight's Edinburgh International Science Festival event, 'A Green Future in Bioenergy?', National Museum of Scotland from 8pm-9pm.
16 March 2008 - Sperm donors ‘eager’ to meet their children
Innogen research is reported in the Sunday Herald.
10 January 2008 - New Innogen Director for Phase II
Professor Dave Wield joins Edinburgh as Director for Innogen Phase II.
01 October 2007 - Innogen Enters its Second Phase
October 1st marks the beginning of Phase 2 (2007-2012) of Innogen.
27 September 2007 - Acute Respiratory Infections
Joyce Tait will be leading an important policy study for ESRC.
08 February 2011 - 21st Century Healthcare
Experts gather on 11 Feb and 15 Feb to discuss how different governance paradigms will affect the future of healthcare.
02 February 2011 - A tribute to Jim Jackson (1947-2011)
Our friend and colleague, Jim Jackson, former Chief Executive of Alzheimer Scotland and PhD student in the School of Social and Political Studies, will be deeply missed.
