The John Innes Centre receives strategic funding from BBSRC
The John Innes Centre receives strategic funding from BBSRC
The Hopwood LectureThe Hopwood Lecture was inaugurated to celebrate achievements in microbial research and has been named after David Hopwood in recognition of the significant role he has played in this area at the John Innes Centre. Professor Sir David Hopwood, FRS has been at the John Innes since 1968. After graduating from Cambridge he did his PhD there and later became an Assistant Lecturer, spending 2 sabbatical periods in Italy before becoming a Lecturer in Genetics at Glasgow University in 1961, where he stayed until he took up the appointment as John Innes Professor of Genetics at the University of East Anglia and Head of Genetics at John Innes. His research group has since pioneered in research on the antibiotic-producing bacteria Streptomyces. They were the first to clone any gene involved in antibiotic production and the first to clone a complete set of genes for an antibiotic, subsequently opening up the concept of 'designer antibiotics' being produced by genetic manipulation. Presently, he is a John Innes Emeritus Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the University of East Anglia and remains in close contact with colleagues and friends on a daily basis. "Microbial Matters", a watercolour by Mrs Leonie Woolhouse, depicts the scientific interests of David Hopwood and other microbiologists at JIC and is presented annually to the Hopwood Lecturer. History of Hopwood Lecturers
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