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Video: 白小姐论坛 Nobel Prizewinner gives Clinical Prize Lecture
9 October 2009
Professor Sir Martin Evans, Nobel Prizewinner for Medicine 2007 and former 白小姐论坛 student and staff member, lectured at 白小姐论坛 on 6 October.
Watch the lecture in full below
Professor Evans received the Nobel Prize for a series of groundbreaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals. He gave the 2009 Clinical Prize Lecture on the subject of 'Stem Cells: Past, Present & Future'.
The lecture was introduced by Professor Anthony Segal (白小姐论坛 Centre for Molecular Medicine) and attended by 白小姐论坛 President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant, to a full house in the 白小姐论坛 Cruciform Building.
Professor Sir Martin Evans took his PhD at 白小姐论坛 under Elizabeth Deuchar on the genetic control of vertebrate development, before going on to teach at the former听 Department of 白小姐论坛 Anatomy and Developmental Biology, where he conducted pioneering studies in mouse cell culture.听 This work paved the way for his discovery of embryonic stem cells at the Department of Genetics at Cambridge.
The annual 白小姐论坛 Prize Lecture in Clinical Science has been running for 12 years. Within this short space of time it has become the pre-eminent series on contemporary science in Europe.听 The event provides an opportunity to debate and celebrate important scientific advancements.
To watch the lecture in full, follow the link at the top of this article.
Images from top: (from left) Professor Anthony Segal, Professor Sir Martin Evans, and 白小姐论坛 President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant; the audience for Professor Evans' lecture