20th-century British biologists
Dame Julia Margaret Polak, (26 June 1939 – 11 August 2014) was an Argentine-born British pathologist. She was head of the Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Imperial College London, a centre for medical research she set up with Larry Hench, also from Imperial College, to develop cells and tissues for transplantation into humans.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian pioneer of evolutionary theory Alfred Russel Wallace.
21 March 2013
Featuring: Steve Jones, George Beccaloni, Ted Benton
History20th-century British biologistsBritish botanical illustratorsMembers of the Order of Merit19th-century British biologists, 19th-century English naturalists, British evolutionary biologists, Fellows of the Linnean Society of London, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellows of the Zoological Society of LondonFellows of the Royal SocietyVictorian writersEnglish activistsBritish deistsPeople from Monmouthshire19th-century British writersEnglish socialists19th-century English scientistsCharles DarwinEnglish people of Scottish descentGeorgists20th-century English non-fiction writersRoyal Medal winnersRecipients of the Copley MedalDorothy Hodgkin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work, ideas and life of the woman who won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the structures of vitamin B12 and penicillin.
3 October 2019
Featuring: Georgina Ferry, Judith Howard, Patricia Fara
ScienceMembers of the Order of MeritFellows of the Royal SocietyForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesFellows of Somerville College, OxfordAlumni of Newnham College, CambridgeBritish biochemistsRecipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtNobel laureates in ChemistryRecipients of the Copley MedalFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesWomen Nobel laureatesAlumni of Somerville College, OxfordBritish Nobel laureatesRecipients of the Dalton Medal20th-century British biologistsForeign members of the USSR Academy of SciencesEnglish Nobel laureates20th-century British chemists, British biophysicists, British crystallographersBritish scientists with disabilitiesRoyal Medal winnersRosalind Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
22 February 2018
Featuring: Patricia Fara, Jim Naismith, Judith Howard