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MercurysBall2 ago

UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE To be published as HC 746-i - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/uc746-i/uc74602.htm

Science and Technology Committee

The role of the Chairman of the MRC

Wednesday 20 June 2007 - SIR JOHN CHISHOLM

Witness: Sir John Chisholm, Chairman, Medical Research Council, gave evidence.

Members present : Dr Evan Harris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chisholm_(executive)

Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm FREng CEng FIEE FRAeS FInstP[1] (born 27 August 1946) is a British engineer who was chairman of the Medical Research Council and QinetiQ

Chisholm was born in India of Scottish parents, Ruari Ian Lambert Chisholm and Pamela Harland Frank, and brought up in Calcutta. Mairi Chisholm was his great-aunt.[2][3] He was educated at Worth School, and later attended Cambridge University, reading Mechanical Sciences on a scholarship from General Motors.

MercurysBall2 ago

https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/About.html

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron. It works like a giant microscope, harnessing the power of electrons to produce bright light that scientists can use to study anything from fossils to jet engines to viruses and vaccines.

The machine accelerates electrons to near light speeds so that they give off light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. These bright beams are then directed off into laboratories known as ‘beamlines’. Here, scientists use the light to study a vast range of subject matter, from new medicines and treatments for disease to innovative engineering and cutting-edge technology.

..Diamond is a not-for-profit limited company funded as a joint venture by the UK Government as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and in partnership with the Wellcome Trust. The synchrotron is free at the point of access through a competitive application process, provided that the results are in the public domain. Over 14,000 researchers from across both academia and industry use Diamond to conduct experiments, assisted by approximately 620 staff.