Gordon started work for the Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds in 1941, where he was a colleague of R. L. M. Synge. He spent periods in Denmark, Czechoslovakia and Sweden, 1948-1950 before starting at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London in June 1950.
Curtis was Director of the Food Research Institute, Norwich.
Matai applied for a Colombo Plan Fellowship to study with R. L. M. Synge at the Food Research Institute, Norwich. He was notified of the award in December 1967 but delays thereafter meant he was unable to take up the post until October 1968. He returned to India in August 1970.
Chalmers was a colleague of R. L. M. Synge at the Rowett Research Institute. In 1964 she was offered an appointment on twelve month assignment as Animal Production Officer (Animal Nutrition) on an FAO Mission of the United Nations to the Government of India. The appointment was based at the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union at Anand, Gujerat.