The Centre for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Integrity is a
strategic partnership between Queen’s University Belfast and the
NML at LGC.
The Centre for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Integrity will
develop innovative scientific-measurement solutions and digital
technologies to help make supply chains more sustainable,
reliable, safe, and productive.
The Centre will also educate and train current and future
industry leaders across the UK with the specialist
knowledge and skills needed for a fast-changing and competitive
agrifood industry.
The Centre is part of an ambitious partnership between Queen’s
University Belfast and the National
Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC in Teddington and will be
based at the ASSET
Technology Centre at Queen’s, in the heart of Belfast’s
globally significant innovation ecosystem.
Prof Julian Braybrook,
UK Government Chemist and Director of National Laboratories at
LGC, gave a presentation at the launch event. Prof Braybrook
said:
The NML at LGC and Queen’s University Belfast have strong and
highly complementary research environments. By adopting a ‘One
Health’ approach, the Centre will foster an interdisciplinary
culture that facilitates innovation in scientific measurement and
acceleration of impact to market through supported delivery of
the UK Government’s Innovation, Net Zero
and National Food Strategies.
