Friday seminars are held in the John Innes Conference Centre , and are open to scientists at the John Innes Centre and partner institutes on the Norwich Research Park as well as members of the public.
During their visit to the John Innes Centre, speakers of the named lectures are given the opportunity to have their portrait done by Professor Enrico Coen.
Below is a selection of all the portraits so far;
Sydney Brenner – 2003
Simon Levin – 2011
Michael Freeling – 2004
George Coupland – 2008
Philip Benfey – 2011
Ira Herskowitz – 2001
John Maynard-Smith – 2001
Lord Robert May – 2015
Thomas Steitz – 2003
Alec Jeffreys – 2001
Tetsuya Higashiyama – 2019
Francesco Salamini – 2002
Sue Wessler – 2007
Martin Yanofsky – 2016
Julian Parkhill – 2017
Tom Blundell – 2002
Nick Cozzarelli – 2004
Doug Rees – 2004
Karl Stetter – 2002
Kim Nasmyth – 2002
Susan Gottesman – 2005
Susan McCouch – 2009
Steve Tanksley – 2003
Frank Grosveld – 2005
Winslow Briggs – 2001
Sarah Hake – 2012
Dick Flavell – 2006
Edward Buckler – 2016
Carol Gross – 2006
Detlef Weigel – 2015
Bruce Stillman – 2006
Julian Schroeder – 2012
Robert Huber – 2000
Steve Lippard – 2003
Jean Beggs – 2017
Lucy Shapiro – 2003
Sean Carroll – 2008
Fred Ausubel – 2017
Chris Somerville – 2005
Sean Cutler – 2010
Tim Mitchison – 2002
Michael Lynch – 2014
Jack Baldwin – 2006
Timothy Richmond – 2008
Thomas Silhavy – 2007
Maarten Koornneef – 2000
Hopi Hoekstra – 2017
Jim Naismith – 2018
Joe Ecker – 2006
John Doebley – 2001
Bonnie Bassler – 2013
Joanne Chory – 2003
Nam-Hai Chua – 2004
Mark Estelle – 2011
Herbert Jaeckle – 2007
Eske Willerslev – 2017
Rob Martienssen – 2008
Pat Brown – 2004
Ottoline Leyser – 2013
Elliot Meyerowitz – 2002