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Anne Osbourn

Plant scientist and poet Anne Osbourn receives prestigious Novozymes Prize

Anne Osbourn is receiving the 2023 Novozymes Prize for her pioneering work that has opened the possibility of producing important drugs in greater volumes and improving the natural defence systems of plants. At the height of her scientific career, the British professor decided to take a year off to study poetry. Today, poetry and plant research support each other.

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About Anne Osbourn

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Anne Osbourn

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  • 2020: Mock Orange published by SPM Publications
  • 2013–present: Director, Norwich Research Park Industrial Biotechnology Alliance, UK
  • 2005–present: Group Leader, Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
  • 2005–2010: Branco Weiss Science in Society Fellow
  • 2005: Founder of the Science, Art and Writing (SAW) Trust
  • 2004–2005: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Dream Time Fellowship
  • 1999–2005: Group Leader, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
  • 1987–1999: Research Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
  • 1985: PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
  • 1982: BSc, University of Durham, UK