A new center for food and health research is planned for the Norwich Research Park.
Funding partners include the Institute of Food Research (IFR), the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), the University of East Anglia (UEA), and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Researchers from IFR, UEA and NNUH will be brought together in the proposed new building, alongside partners from the John Innes Centre and The Genome Analysis Centre to uniquely integrate multidisciplinary bioscience and clinical expertise.
The center aims to deliver a step change for food and health research and the translation of science into innovative healthy food products and therapies to benefit society and the UK economy.
The output of the new center will lead to improved human health, the production of nutritionally enhanced crop-based food and accelerate commercial development by the UK industry.
“The center will help us to work with more volunteers for food and clinical trials, and will attract food, pharmaceutical and fast-moving consumer goods companies that need to acquire understanding and evidence of the effects of products on gastrointestinal process,” said Prof David Boxer, chief executive of the IFR.
More detailed plans for the center will now be developed over the next 12-18 months, including the appointment of architects and contractors.
