LGC Genomics Limited

Over the past decade the industry has seen growth in the beer sector with hundreds of "micro-breweries" that demand hops with new, high-impact aroma profiles. Consequently, the development of cultivars with unique aromas has become the focal point of breeding programmes. The success of a new hop variety is not only measured in its brewing qualities. Growe...

The project is developing an innovative drug for advanced liver disease including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) where there are limited existing treatment options. The drug is designed to be administered subcutaneously, selectively target to the liver and increase the expression of a protein in the liver which is down-regulated in disease. Increasi...

This project directly addresses the challenge of improved food security and livelihoods for international development. For about half a billion people in Asia, most of them poor, rice provides over 50% of the caloric supply so the size and stability of the rice harvest is crucial. The simplest way to increase yields is by the breeding of new rice varietie...