Public lecture
Invitation to the John Grace Lecture
Open to the public
Friday June 15, 2012
Génopode, UNIL
Speaker : John Gurdon
Invitation to the John Grace Lecture
Open to the public
Friday June 15, 2012
Génopode, UNIL
Speaker : John Gurdon
John GURDON is a Distinguished Group Leader in the Wellcome Trust/CRUK Institute in Cambridge, UK. Dr. Gurdon did seminal experiments on nuclear transplantation in the frog, on mechanisms of response to morphogen gradients, and on mechanisms of nuclear reprogramming by Xenopus oocytes and eggs.
Dr Gurdon's research: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/gurdon.html
Also, watch an interview about his background, the excitement of discovery and his hopes and concerns: http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=11690