University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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The letters concern a variety of matters, including health, recruitment and the completion of annual complement forms. Also contains internal memoranda and other correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises administrative, financial, personnel and estates records of the PRC, as well as reports, publications and visitors books. These files are chiefly those of the PRC Secretary, Alistair Menzies. There is a very limited amount of research material.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises administrative, financial, personnel and estates records of the PRC, as well as reports, publications and visitors books. These files are chiefly those of the PRC Secretary, Alistair Menzies. There is a very limited amount of research material.

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Contains: Index of Agricultural and Food Research (1986-1987); IAPGR Animals Programmes Progress Reports (1988-1989); IAPGR-ERS Programme Units and Progress Reports (1987-1988, 1988-1989); Programme of Agricultural and Food Research Vol. 2, IAPGR (1987-1988, 1988-1989); Programme of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol. 6, IGAP (1987-1988, 1988-1989), and AFRC Programme Unit and Research Objective Titles (1989-1990).

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Contains a copy of the report of the 1987 Visiting Group, a copy of the director's comments from the 1988 Visiting Group to Babraham and papers relating to the February 1992 Visiting Group, including the director's response.

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Contains: correspondence between Roger Land and the Agricultural and Food Research Council; a copy of the report of the 1985 Visiting Group and ABRO's response to the Council; a timetable for the 1987 Visiting Group; and Mid-Term reports from the 1989 Visiting Group.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises records of IAPGR-ERS which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. Most of the files are from the Secretary's office, although there are some from the Head of Station and individual scientists.

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Contains: photocopies of grant applications and related correspondence; Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes from discussions and meetings, reprints of scientific papers, photographs of cells taken through a microscope and a copy of reports from the AFRC "Stem Cell Molecular Biology" workshop (5-7 April 1992).

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Topics covered include prevention of fraud, theft and corruption, accounting, contingent liabilities, superannuation, capital works reporting and bench fees. Also contains a 1978 'Guide on Accounting and Financial Procedures for the Use of Institutes and Units.'

Scope and Contents Proposed projects include: 'To identify genetic markers linked to susceptibility to or progression of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (R.L. Spooner); 'The role of growth factors in chicken embryonic growth and development' (D. Burt); 'Investigation of social relationships in group-housed sows, the causes and alleviation of aggression' (C. Petherick); 'Role of right cerebral hemisphere in assessment of novelty: fear and boredom in domestic fowl' (B. Jones) and 'Factors that increase...