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Subgroups


The subgroups that are currently developing advice for government are:

Digital

  • Convenor: Professor Alan Hughes
  • Members: Professor Dame Janet Finch, Professor Geoffrey Boulton, Sir Mark Walport, Sir Paul Nurse, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dr Hermann Hauser and Professor Michael Sterling

Research

  • Convenor: Professor Dame Janet Finch
  • Members: Sir John Beddington, Professor Geoffrey Boulton, Professor Peter Davies, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dr. Hermann Hauser, Professor Alan Hughes, Dame Sue Ion, Sir Paul Nurse, Dr. Raj Rajagopal, Dr. Philip Ruffles, Professor Michael Sterling, Professor Kathy Sykes and Sir Mark Walport

Innovation in the Water Industry

  • Convenor: Professor Michael Sterling
  • Members: Dr Sue Ion and Professor Peter Davies

National Infrastructure

  • Convenor: Sir Mark Walport
  • Members: Professor Peter Davies, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dr Sue Ion, Professor Michael Sterling and Professor Geoffrey Boulton

Corporate Venture Capital

  • Convenor: Dr Phil Ruffles
  • Members: Professor Alan Hughes, Dr Hermann Hauser, Professor Peter Davies and Dr Raj Rajagopal

Previous subgroups, whose work has already led to the publication of advice to government and who will be reviewing government’s response and actions: 

Policy through dialogue - review

  • Convenor: Professor Geoffrey Boulton
  • Members: Professor Kathy Sykes, Sir Paul Nurse, Professor Dame Janet Finch

Academia & Government

  • Convenor: Professor Sir John Beringer
  • Members: Professor Dame Janet Finch, Professor Alan Hughes, Professor Alan Gilbert, Sir Paul Nurse and Dr Mark Walport

Strategic Focus: Methodology

  • Convenor: Dr. Raj Rajagopal
  • Members: Professor Peter Davies, Dr. Hermann Hauser, Professor Alan Hughes, Dr. Phil Ruffles, Dr. Mark Walport

Strategic Focus: Plastic Electronics

  • Convenor: Dr. Sue Ion
  • Members: Dr. Hermann Hauser, Professor Alan Gilbert, Dr. Phil Ruffles, Dr. Mark Walport

Strategic Focus: Biosciences

  • Convenor: Sir Paul Nurse
  • Members: Sir John Beringer, Sir Keith Peters, Dr. Mark Walport,

The Research Endeavour

  • Convenor: Professor Wendy Hall
  • Members: Professor Geoffrey Boulton, Dr Sue Ion, Sir Paul Nurse, Professor Michael Sterling, Professor Kathy Sykes

Commercialisation and innovation

  • Convenor: Professor Alan Hughes
  • Members: Dr Hermann Hauser, Mr Andrew Gould, Sir Rob Margetts, Dr Raj Rajagopal

Public health in policy making

  • Convenor: Professor Janet Finch
  • Members: Sir John Beringer, Sir Keith Peters, Dr Mark Walport

Nanotechnology Review

  • Convenor: Professor Sir John Beringer
  • Members: Professor Geoffrey Boulton, Dr Hermann Hauser, Dr Sue Ion, Mr Andrew Gould

Further information on the work of the Nanotechnology subgroup can be found here.

Personal datasets

  • Convenor: Dr Mark Walport
  • Members: Professor Janet Finch, Professor Wendy Hall

Energy

  • Convenor: Professor Michael Sterling
  • Members: Professor Sir John Beringer, Dr Dieter Helm, Dr Sue Ion

Science and Society

  • Convenor: Professor Geoffrey Boulton
  • Members: Professor Sir John Beringer, Professor Janet Finch, Sir Paul Nurse, Professor Kathy Sykes

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