Plant biologist Ottoline Leyser to head UK’s leading funding body

By Katrina Krämer2020-05-18T08:30:00

Source: © Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University

Leyser will guide government’s plan to increase spending on science to 2.4% of GDP by 2027

Plant developmental biologist Ottoline Leyser has been appointed chief executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), overseeing the organisation’s research funds of more than £7 billion.