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Crop researchers face the chop from BBSRC

Published on
July 2, 1999
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Up to 200 researchers at the Institute of Arable Crops Research laboratories in Long Ashton could lose their jobs under a restructuring plan.

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which funds the labs, is considering whether to relocate the labs to a sister site at Rothamsted in Hertfordshire.

A spokeswoman for the research council said: "It is true that the BBSRC has looked at the Institute of Arable Crops Research's sites and considered the options. However, no decision has yet been made."

A spokeswoman for the University of Bristol, which employs the researchers, said: "We are unable to comment until a decision has been made."

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