{"id":7769,"date":"2019-02-03T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T10:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:17:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:17:29","slug":"imperial-biotechnology-ltd-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/imperial-biotechnology-ltd-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Biotechnology Ltd: 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1982 all the talk around campus was about the Fermentation Plant in the Bio-Chemistry building. The plant had been transferred to a private company to be called Imperial Biotechnology and employing its own members of technical staff. The plant was set up initially to satisfy the needs of Sir Ernst Chain in the 1960&#8217;s. There is excellent footage of the building and the plant in my previous blog where the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/queen-mother-opens-biochemistry-1965\/\">Queen Mother<\/a> opened the building.<\/p>\n<p>This news item from the Thames Television News archive is a report from April 1982, it shows the Fermentation Plant and includes an interview with Dr Trevor Langley who was instrumental in the formation of the company. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/interferon-pilot-plant-1980\/\">See also my additional post from 2020 which includes an interview with Prof Brian Harley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XInF3KB5QpU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw February 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1982 all the talk around campus was about the Fermentation Plant in the Bio-Chemistry building. 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