The Gurdon Institute is a research facility at the University of Cambridge, specialising in developmental biology and cancer biology.
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. Until 2024 it received its primary funding from the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK.https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2024-25/weekly/6776/section4.shtml#heading2-10
In 2004 it was renamed in honour of John Gurdon, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine.
Faculty There are 13 Group Leaders and 4 Associate Group Leaders.
Group Leaders:
Julie Ahringer Sumru Bayin Andrea Brand David Fernandez-Antoran Jenny Gallop John Gurdon Tony Kouzarides Emma Rawlins Benjamin Simons Daniel St Johnston Azim Surani Iva Tchasovnikarova Fengzhu Xiong Associate Group Leaders: Martin Howard Eric Miska John Perry Steve Jackson
Alumni Former 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
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