1. Nitrous Oxide Focus Group – current and future objectives
Professor David Richardson Dean, Faculty of Science University of East Anglia

2. The Norwich Research Park
Norfolk and Norwich
University Hospital
University of East Anglia
John Innes
Centre
The Sainsbury
Laboratory
Institute of Food Research

3. Which affect the climate by altering the planets albedo.
act as cloud condensation nucleii causing the formation these lovely fluffy clouds!
Which affect the climate by altering the planets albedo. 3

5. The Focus Group on the web

7. Translating Interdisciplinary Research into Practice (soil)
Time series of fluxes and genes expression
Model of gene regulatory networks
Hierarchical regulation analysis
Detailed kinetic measurements in vitro
Detailed kinetic model of metabolism
Influence of plant and rhizosphere
Simplified model of metabolism
Time series of measurements in soil
Policy /Practice

8. Translating Interdisciplinary Research into Practice (wastewater)
Time series of fluxes and genes expression
Detailed kinetic measurements in vitro
Model of gene regulatory networks
Hierarchical regulation analysis
Detailed kinetic model of metabolism
Influence of bioreactor configuration / waste input
Simplified model of metabolism
Time series of measurements in bioreactors
Policy /Practice

10. Some current activities
The Systems Biology of Denitrification – £3M Exploratory Pre-application to the BBSRC. UEA, Aberdeen, Oxford, Manchester
Nitrous oxide production in soils by ammonifying bacteria - £600K Funded Grant by BBSRC-DEFRA government partnership award UEA & Aberdeen
Molecular studies on nitrogen cycle enzymes. BBSRC funding for studies on nitrate, nitrite and nitric oxide reductases UEA & Oxford. Three grants totalling £1M
Is it soil- or organic matter-C that drives denitrification? - £300K NERC Aberdeen & Macaulay Institute

11. Infrastructure
Henry Welcome Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry – £3.6M from Welcome Trust for molecular studies on enzymes, including N-cycle enzymes
LGMAC - £7.5 from NERC for Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry LGMAC
Royal Society / Wolfson Foundation / BBSRC (£1.5M) Wolfson Fermentation Laboratory