Sir John B. Gurdon Kt DPhil DSc FRS

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012
Nobel co-recipient Shinya Yamanaka

Developmental Biologist. Mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. Hobbies: Outdoor sports, mountaineering, travelling, but not theatre, music, reading.

At age15, damning school report: …he will not listen, but will insist in doing his work his own way…has ideas of becoming a Scientist…waste of time for him and teachers.

`Know Thyself

Videos

Nobel Lecture, "The egg and the nucleus: a battle for supremacy." Aarhus Universitet

Interview with Nobelist Professor Sir John Gurdon. University of Cambridge

Conversations with History: John Gurdon. University of California Television (UCTV)

Sir John B. Gurdon Please bear in mind that there may be more than one person with same name