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Paul Nurse

Geneticist

Paul Nurse is a geneticist and cell biologist who has worked on how the eukaryotic cell cycle is controlled and how cell shape and cell dimensions are determined. His major work has been on the cyclin dependent protein kinases and how they regulate cell reproduction. He is Director of the Francis Crick Institute in London, and has served as President of the Royal Society, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK and President of Rockefeller University. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and has received the Albert Lasker Award and the Royal Society’s Royal and Copley Medals. He was knighted in 1999, received the Legion d’honneur in 2003, and for 15 years was a member of the Council for Science and Technology advising the Prime Minister and Cabinet over science and innovation issues. He is presently a member of the Scientific Advisory Mechanism for the EU.

Past Programs Featuring Paul Nurse

Saturday, June 3, 2017 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Friday, June 4, 2010 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Friday, June 4, 2010 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, June 13, 2009 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Friday, June 12, 2009 | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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