The Minister for Pensions, Torsten Bell, is given a tour of the Biotech Lab at Imperial College by Vice-Provost Professor Peter Haynes and Academic Lead for Engineering Biology for Sustainability Professor Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro. Mr Bell also met research staff alongside Andrien Meyers from London CIV and the CEO of British Business Bank, Louis Taylor.
Ministers from the UK, Sweden and Denmark, as well as delegations from Finland, Canada, Korea and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, toured the facilities to learn more about the cutting-edge work taking place.
Their visits underline the global significance of Imperial’s research in shaping the future of food systems.
