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]
| Established | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Director | Benjamin Simons |
| Faculty | 17 |
| Key people |
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| Formerly called | Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology |
| Address | Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 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
editThere are 13 Group Leaders and 4 Associate Group Leaders.[9]
Group Leaders:
- Julie Ahringer
- Sumru Bayin
- Andrea Brand[10]
- David Fernandez-Antoran
- Jenny Gallop[11]
- John Gurdon
- Tony Kouzarides
- Emma Rawlins
- Benjamin Simons
- Daniel St Johnston
- Azim Surani
- Iva Tchasovnikarova
- Fengzhu Xiong
Associate Group Leaders:
- Martin Howard
- Eric Miska [12]
- John Perry
- Steve Jackson
Alumni
editFormer Group Leaders:
- Michael Akam
- Enrique Amaya
- Nick Brown
- Rafael Carazo Salas
- Thomas Down
- Martin Evans
- Charles ffrench-Constant
- Janet Heasman
- Meritxell Huch
- Ron Laskey
- Rick Livesey
- Hansong Ma
- Anne McLaren
- Masanori Mishima
- Nancy Papalopulu
- Eugenia Piddini
- Jonathon Pines
- Jordan Raff
- Jim Smith
- Chris Wylie
- Philip Zegerman
- Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
References
edit- ^ 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.)