Gurdon Institute Explained
Gurdon Institute |
Established: | 1989 |
Former Name: | Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Campaign Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology |
Head Label: | Director |
Head: | Benjamin Simons |
Faculty: | 17 |
City: | Cambridge |
State: | Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
Address: | Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN |
The Gurdon Institute (officially the Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)[1] is a research facility at the University of Cambridge, specialising in developmental biology and cancer biology.[2]
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.[3]
In 2004 it was renamed in honour of John Gurdon, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine.[4] [5] the director is Ben Simons. The Deputy Director is Emma Rawlins.
Faculty
there are 13 Group Leaders and 2 Associate Group Leaders.[6]
Group Leaders:
- Julie Ahringer
- Sumru Bayin
- Andrea Brand
- David Fernandez-Antoran
- Jenny Gallop[7]
- John Gurdon
- Tony Kouzarides
- Emma Rawlins
- Ben Simons
- Daniel St Johnston
- Azim Surani
- Iva Tchasovnikarova
- Fengzhu Xiong
Associate Group Leaders:
- Martin Howard
- John Perry
Alumni
Former Group Leaders:
- Michael Akam
- Enrique Amaya
- Nick Brown
- Rafael Carazo Salas
- Thomas Down
- Martin Evans
- Charles ffrench-Constant
- Janet Heasman
- Meritxell Huch
- Steve Jackson
- Ron Laskey
- Rick Livesey
- Hansong Ma
- Anne McLaren
- Masanori Mishima
- Eric Miska
- Nancy Papalopulu
- Eugenia Piddini
- Jonathon Pines
- Jordan Raff
- Jim Smith
- Chris Wylie
- Philip Zegerman
- Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Notes and References
- Web site: The story of the Institute, our people and our science . The Gurdon Institute . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031040940/https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/about/historyandalumni/history-alumni-overview . 31 October 2020 . 1 February 2022.
- Web site: Gurdon Institute . . 24 October 2013 .
- Anon. 10.1038/351432b0 . Charities cohabit in Cambridge: New £5 million institute opens. Nature . 351 . 6326 . 432 . 1991 . free .
- Gurdon . J. . John Gurdon. John Gurdon . Current Biology . 13 . 19 . R759–R760 . 2003 . 14521852. 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.015 . free .
- Williams . R. . Sir John Gurdon: Godfather of cloning . 10.1083/jcb.1812pi . The Journal of Cell Biology . 181 . 2 . 178–179 . 2008 . 18426972 . 2315664 .
- Web site: Research group overview — The Gurdon Institute. 2019-02-22. University of Cambridge. 2019-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222114944/https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/research-group-list.
- 10.1038/nature04396. Membrane curvature and mechanisms of dynamic cell membrane remodelling. Nature. 438. 7068. 590–596. 2005. McMahon . H. T. . Gallop . J. L. . 16319878 . 2005Natur.438..590M. 4319503.