Andrew Chapple is a press officer in the Communications group at the John Innes Centre, the Institute of Food Research, The Genome Analysis Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory.
These are scientific institutions based on the Norwich Research Park that are world-leaders in research into plant and microbial sciences, food and health.
A graduate of the UEA School of Biological Sciences, he worked as a scientist at the John Innes Centre before moving into science writing and communication in 2006.

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