Following an initial meeting in Norwich in January 2024 funded by BBSRC, the UK Legume Research Community was formally established, a founding steering committee was established, and terms of reference adopted.
UKLRC Steering Committee
Lars Ostergaard
(UKLRC Chair)
Professor of Botany, Oxford
Rahul Bhosale
Research Fellow in Phenomics and Functional Genomics, Nottingham
Chris Harrison
Managing Director, Novofarina
Catherine Howarth
Reader, IBERS
Ravi Vallaru
Senior Lecturer in Crop Science, Lincoln
Donal O’Sullivan (UKLRC2024 Local Host)
Professor of Crop Science, Reading
Myriam Charpentier
Group Leader, John Innes Centre
Phil Howell
Head of Breeding, NIAB Cambridge
Charlotte Jones
Clover Breeder, Germinal Seeds
Roger Vickers
CEO, PGRO
Jacob Bishop (UKLRC2024 Co-host)
Lecturer in Crop Science, Reading
Caspar Chater
Senior Research Leader, RBG Kew
Pete Ianetta
Head of Ecological Food systems, James Hutton Institute
J Leake
Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions, Sheffield
Emma Markham
Senior Portfolio Manager, UKRI