dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɪz pˈoʊstdɑːk ɪn kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ, hiː ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪnˈɪʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd ænd mˈænɪdʒd, wɪð hɪz kˈɑːliːɡ mˈaɪkəl dˈʌbəljˌuː. bˈɛvæn, ðə wˈɜːldz fˈɜːst fˈiːld ɹᵻlˈiːs əvə tɹænsdʒˈɛnɪk fˈuːd kɹˈɑːp dʒˈuːn wˈʌn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən, ɪn tɹˈʌmpɪŋtən, nˌɪɹ kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ, jˌuːkˈeɪ.
During his postdoc in Cambridge, he also initiated and managed, with his colleague Michael W. Bevan, the world's first field release of a transgenic food crop (June 1, 1987), in Trumpington, near Cambridge, UK.