Citation
(2012), "IFR", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 42 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2012.01742eaa.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
IFR
Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 42, Issue 5
IFR is a world leader in research into harnessing food for health and preventing food-related diseases. Outputs from IFR research underpin evidence-based advice on healthier ageing, disease prevention strategies, and early detection of risk factors developed for policymakers, the National Health Service and specialist services, industry and the public. It also stimulates innovation in the commercial sector. The institute is a key fulcrum that links research in the area of food science, diet and health between the major universities/institutes and research associations in the UK, Europe and worldwide. IFR is making a key contribution to the BBSRC strategic research priorities of Food Security, Bioscience Underpinning Health, and Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology.
BBSRC is the UK funding agency for research in the life sciences. It provides grant in aid to support strategic research to the following:
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The Babraham Institute.
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Institute for Animal Health.
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Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Studies (Aberystwyth University).
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Institute of Food Research.
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John Innes Centre.
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The Genome Analysis Centre.
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The Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh).
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Rothamsted Research.