UK biology research facility
Gurdon Institute Established 1989 Director Benjamin Simons Faculty 17 Key people Formerly called Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology Address Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN Location , Website www .gurdon .cam .ac .uk
The Gurdon Institute (officially the Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)[ 4] is a research facility at the University of Cambridge , specialising in developmental biology and cancer biology.[ 5]
History
The Institute was founded in 1989 to provide a rich, collaborative environment for scientists working in diverse but complementary specialities in the fields of developmental biology and cancer biology. It receives its primary funding from the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK .[ 6]
In 2004 it was renamed in honour of John Gurdon , joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine.[ 7] [ 8]
Faculty
There are 13 Group Leaders and 4 Associate Group Leaders.[ 9]
Group Leaders:
Alumni
Former Group Leaders:
References
^ Anon (2015). "Gurdon, Sir John (Bertrand)" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18436 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Anon (2015). "Kouzarides, Prof. Tony" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000174 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Anon (2015). "St Johnston, Prof. (Robert) Daniel" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10000175 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "The story of the Institute, our people and our science" . The Gurdon Institute . Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022 .
^ "Gurdon Institute" . 24 October 2013.
^ Anon (1991). "Charities cohabit in Cambridge: New £5 million institute opens" . Nature . 351 (6326): 432. doi :10.1038/351432b0 .
^ Gurdon, J. (2003). "John Gurdon" . Current Biology . 13 (19): R759–R760. doi :10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.015 . PMID 14521852 .
^ Williams, R. (2008). "Sir John Gurdon: Godfather of cloning" . The Journal of Cell Biology . 181 (2): 178–179. doi :10.1083/jcb.1812pi . PMC 2315664 . PMID 18426972 .
^ "Research group overview — The Gurdon Institute" . University of Cambridge. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019.
^ Anon (2015). "Brand, Prof. Andrea Hilary" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245452 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ McMahon, H. T.; Gallop, J. L. (2005). "Membrane curvature and mechanisms of dynamic cell membrane remodelling". Nature . 438 (7068): 590–596. Bibcode :2005Natur.438..590M . doi :10.1038/nature04396 . PMID 16319878 . S2CID 4319503 .
^ Anon (2018). "Miska, Prof. Eric Alexander" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Centres and institutes
Projects and facilities Board of governors Executive leadership team
Jeremy Farrar
Chris Bird
Stephen Caddick
Simon Chaplin
Alyson Fox
Peter Pereira Gray
Mark Henderson
Chonnettia Jones
Tim Livett
Nick Moakes
Kathy Poole
Jim Smith
James Thomas
Ed Whiting
Former directors Other key people Awards and fellowships