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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] As of 2024
[update] the director is Ben Simons. The Deputy Director is Emma Rawlins.
Faculty
As of 2022
[update] there are 13 Group Leaders and 2 Associate Group Leaders.
[9]
Group Leaders:
Alumni
Former Group Leaders:
References
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UK public library membership required.)
^ Anon (2015).
"Kouzarides, Prof. Tony" .
Who's Who (online
Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black.
doi :
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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
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^
"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.)
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