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