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;
Maarten Koornneef – 2000
Steve Tanksley – 2003
Pat Brown – 2004
Jack Baldwin – 2006
Nick Cozzarelli – 2004
Michael Freeling – 2004
Elliot Meyerowitz – 2002
Thomas Steitz – 2003
Rob Martienssen – 2008
Carol Gross – 2006
George Coupland – 2008
John Doebley – 2001
Chris Somerville – 2005
Nam-Hai Chua – 2004
Bruce Stillman – 2006
Lord Robert May – 2015
Kim Nasmyth – 2002
Lucy Shapiro – 2003
Susan Gottesman – 2005
Sean Carroll – 2008
John Maynard-Smith – 2001
Joe Ecker – 2006
Simon Levin – 2011
Alec Jeffreys – 2001
Jean Beggs – 2017
Dick Flavell – 2006
Detlef Weigel – 2015
Tim Mitchison – 2002
Sarah Hake – 2012
Ottoline Leyser – 2013
Robert Huber – 2000
Fred Ausubel – 2017
Sean Cutler – 2010
Susan McCouch – 2009
Thomas Silhavy – 2007
Sue Wessler – 2007
Joanne Chory – 2003
Julian Schroeder – 2012
Michael Lynch – 2014
Steve Lippard – 2003
Martin Yanofsky – 2016
Julian Parkhill – 2017
Sydney Brenner – 2003
Karl Stetter – 2002
Bonnie Bassler – 2013
Ira Herskowitz – 2001
Eske Willerslev – 2017
Frank Grosveld – 2005
Doug Rees – 2004
Philip Benfey – 2011
Hopi Hoekstra – 2017
Tom Blundell – 2002
Herbert Jaeckle – 2007
Jim Naismith – 2018
Mark Estelle – 2011
Timothy Richmond – 2008
Francesco Salamini – 2002
Tetsuya Higashiyama – 2019
Winslow Briggs – 2001
Edward Buckler – 2016