InGen
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InGen (International Genetic Technologies, Incorporated) is a fictional genetic engineering company appearing in the Jurassic Park series of novels and films. The company is based in Palo Alto, California, and has one location in Europe. However, most of InGen's research took place on both the islands of Isla Sorna and Isla Nublar.
The company also pioneered a technique to use DNA extracted from ancient mosquitoes trapped in solid amber to produce cloned, living dinosaurs.
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InGen was founded by billionaire John Hammond in 1983, with mostly Japanese contributions. In 1985 Hammond started to design and construct "Jurassic Park", a zoo-like tourist attraction on the island of Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. "Jurassic Park" would be the first zoo in the history of the world to have living, breathing dinosaurs as the attractions. In addition, Hammond created a research facility on "Site B" (featured in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III). Although Hammond was the leading man behind InGen, the real "brains" of the project was a man named Norman Atherton, who had died before Hammond started the company due to terminal cancer. He was replaced by his best student, Henry Wu.
According to the novel The Lost World, InGen broke down after the incident on Isla Nublar in 1989 (1993 in the film). In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Hammond was forced out by the board of directors and replaced as chief executive officer by his nephew, Peter Ludlow. Ludlow built a new Jurassic Park in San Diego and went to Isla Sorna to capture the dinosaurs and populate the park. Ludlow, however, was killed by an infant T. Rex that he captured on the island. Hammond is also killed in the novel version of Jurassic Park.
[edit] CEO History
- 1985-1997 John Hammond
- 1997-1998 Peter Ludlow
- 1998- John Hammond
[edit] Known facilities
[edit] InGen Headquarters Building
Status: Active
The large glass building is in downtown Dallas,Texas where all orders are carried out from, the headquarters of InGen Bioengineering. There are no laboratories at this property but simply business areas.
[edit] InGen Isla Nublar Facility (Also known as Jurassic Park)
Status: Quarantine
This facility which is 120 miles from Costa Rica was planned to be a theme park proposed by John Hammond. But instead of being like most theme parks it was more like a Safari tour than a Zoo. However it does have most items like a track, visitors center, and tour program. Even though the company knew there were some flaws the project was still continued. But after the crisis on this island the facility was abandoned and the island was quarantined but is still heavily secured in order to make sure there are no remaining dinosaurs (Though this action only took place in the books, there is no mention what happened to Isla Nublar in the films).InGen is now working on a new project that is called "Jurassic Classic",this means that the Isla Nublar park may re-open.
[edit] InGen Isla Sorna Facility (Also known as Site B)
Status: Abandoned
When InGen made Jurassic Park the company needed a place to make and mature the dinosaurs. So under Hammond's request the company took over Isla Sorna, an island 87 miles away from Isla Nublar. On this island they built a heavily secured laboratory where all the original work was performed. After the dinosaurs were matured they were transported to Isla Nublar where they were to be kept until their death. After Hurricane Clarissa hit the island, all personnel were evacuated and the facility was abandoned. When the personnel left the island they released the dinosaurs to live wildly. InGen originally hoped without certain medication, the dinosaurs would die - thus ending their population. However, they survived, the reason for this being explained during The Lost World . Since the island was evacuated, it was nearly forgotten by InGen.
In 1997 a British family on a private yacht had stumbled across this island thinking they were on a chain of islands connected to Costa Rica rather than one 120 miles away from the mainland that was owned by a company. A girl who wandered off was later attacked by a group of Procompsognathus. At the end of The Lost World: Jurassic Park the island was declared a dinosaur preserve. Peter Ludlow sent a team to Isla Sorna to capture and transport the dinosaurs back to San Diego where Ludlow had finished building a mainland Jurassic Park. Most of the team was slaughtered by the island's "wildlife" until finally capturing a male Tyrannosaurus and it's offspring. The boat holding the male was enroute to San Diego, when the crew were killed by a stowaway Velociraptor. None of the crew survived. The Velocirator was nowhere to be found when the ship crashed into the dock, it is assumed it either died in the crash, jumped overboard into the bay where it probably drowned or it wandered into the cargo hold where it was most likely eaten by the Rex. After the Rex was released, it went on a rampage through the city. Eventually the Rex was returned to the boat, but Ludlow died in the event. Afterwards, the Rex and it's offspring was sent back to Isla Sorna. InGen never tried to use the islands again and kept them under high security.
[edit] InGen San Diego Jurassic Park amphitheater
Status: Closed
When InGen had found out that the dinosaurs were flourishing on Isla Sorna, Peter Ludlow took advantage of this to help InGen get back to the top so under his request InGen had decided to resume a previous Jurassic Park project that was canceled by Hammond for a theme park in San Diego where the general public could see these magnificent creatures up close. After the San Diego incident the project was once again abandoned and the area was sold to another company in order to help pay off InGen's massive lawsuits and debts.
[edit] InGen San Diego Depot
Status: Active
This Depot was built to transport large shipments for InGen and was even a cargo plane airport for the United States customs and Immigration Services. Much of the place was destroyed in the San Diego crisis but was successfully relocated in Dallas, Texas.
[edit] InGen Security Center of Costa Rica
Status: Active
This facility was built after the two incidents and was to make sure nobody would leave and enter Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna where the dinosaurs currently live.
[edit] Trivia
- In the novel, Biosyn was responsible for paying Dennis Nedry to steal the dinosaur embryos; however, in the film the name Biosyn is never explicitly mentioned as the company Lewis Dodgson works for.
- The name "InGen" much resembles the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish word "ingen" which means "nobody" (as in nobody there).
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