Gurdon Institute

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Gurdon Institute
Established1989
DirectorBenjamin Simons
Faculty17
Key people
Formerly calledWellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology
AddressTennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN
Location
Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Websitewww.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] As of 2024 the director is Ben Simons. The Deputy Director is Emma Rawlins.

Faculty

As of 2022 there are 13 Group Leaders and 2 Associate Group Leaders.[9]

Group Leaders:

  1. Julie Ahringer
  2. Sumru Bayin
  3. Andrea Brand[10]
  4. David Fernandez-Antoran
  5. Jenny Gallop[11]
  6. John Gurdon
  7. Tony Kouzarides
  8. Emma Rawlins
  9. Ben Simons
  10. Daniel St Johnston
  11. Azim Surani
  12. Iva Tchasovnikarova
  13. Fengzhu Xiong

Associate Group Leaders:

  1. Martin Howard
  2. John Perry

Alumni

Former Group Leaders:

  1. Michael Akam
  2. Enrique Amaya
  3. Nick Brown
  4. Rafael Carazo Salas
  5. Thomas Down
  6. Martin Evans
  7. Charles ffrench-Constant
  8. Janet Heasman
  9. Meritxell Huch
  10. Steve Jackson
  11. Ron Laskey
  12. Rick Livesey
  13. Hansong Ma
  14. Anne McLaren
  15. Masanori Mishima
  16. Eric Miska [12]
  17. Nancy Papalopulu
  18. Eugenia Piddini
  19. Jonathon Pines
  20. Jordan Raff
  21. Jim Smith
  22. Chris Wylie
  23. Philip Zegerman
  24. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

References

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ 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.)
  3. ^ 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.)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Gurdon Institute". 24 October 2013.
  6. ^ Anon (1991). "Charities cohabit in Cambridge: New £5 million institute opens". Nature. 351 (6326): 432. doi:10.1038/351432b0.
  7. ^ Gurdon, J. (2003). "John Gurdon". Current Biology. 13 (19): R759–R760. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.015. PMID 14521852.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Research group overview — The Gurdon Institute". University of Cambridge. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019.
  10. ^ 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.)
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Anon (2018). "Miska, Prof. Eric Alexander". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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