The Food and Environment Research Agency Dr Louise Byass IP Exploitation Manager

Background Fera brings together the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), the UK Government Decontamination Service (GDS), the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI), Plant Varieties and Seeds Division (PVS) and Plant Health Division (PHD). The creation of Fera will help to strengthen Defra’s groundbreaking food, farming and environmental research programmes in support of the Department’s objectives, through its work in: plant and crop protection food chain safety environmental risk assessment crisis response

Our Purpose Developing a sustainable food chain Developing a healthy natural environment Protecting the global community

Our role Regulation Policy and inspectorate functions for plant health, bee health and plant varieties and seeds Research Robust scientific research, analysis and evidence for government and commercial customers worldwide Response Advice, guidance and support as part of the UK’s capability to respond and recover in emergency situations

Our Capabilities Horizon scanning, policy and strategy development Research and innovation Expert identification, measurement and modelling Risk assessment, mitigation and contingency response Better regulation, inspection, auditing and advice Development of globally important collections and datasets

Organisational design

Key facts Projected turnover 2009/10 - £72million Staff Location Main labs at Sand Hutton, York, UK Seeds office at Cambridge, UK Wildlife Management facility at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, UK Regional inspectors at 40 locations across the UK, including Heathrow airport, Felixstowe seaport GDS office location near Stafford Website:

Main site (Sand Hutton, York)

Fera at a glance We have over 40,000 government and commercial customers We run over 600 research projects We provide services to customers in over 100 countries We analyse over 50,000 plant and food samples a year We carry out over 150,000 plant and bee health inspection visits a year We work with more than 1000 collaboration partners

Commercial activity Projected commercial income 09/10 = £15m R&D and services to private sector, licensing etc. SMEs through to global blue chip companies Key account management – moving towards fewer larger customers BDMs and marketing

IP and its exploitation 16 patent families, similar number of TMs Mostly in diagnostic and pest management areas Licensing – in and out Products – proficiency testing schemes and reference materials, insect traps, web-based subscription products e.g. RAPPORT and fc24

Products

Forsite Diagnostics Ltd Founded January figure external investment Based on Fera site

InterAct project Unique collaboration between six public sector research establishments Cefas, Dstl, Fera, HPA, HSL, VLA £3m from DIUS over 3 years Objective – to identify and exploit synergies in IP of partners Fera lead partner Includes Proof of Concept fund for partners

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