Innovator of the Year award for Pirbright scientist
The Pirbright Institute’s Dr Luke Alphey has won BBSRC’s Innovator of the Year award 2014 for his work on the genetic-based control of pest insects.
As a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 competition, Luke Alphey was up against eight others for the title of ‘Innovator of the Year’. The annual event forms part of the Biological and Biotechnology Research Council’s (BBSRC) Fostering innovation suite of competitions and is designed to recognise BBSRC funded research that takes innovation beyond the lab to deliver social and economic benefits.