Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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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  1. Alfred Russel Wallace

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian pioneer of evolutionary theory Alfred Russel Wallace.

    21 March 2013

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    Featuring: Steve Jones, George Beccaloni, Ted Benton

     
  2. Dorothy 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

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    Featuring: Georgina Ferry, Judith Howard, Patricia Fara

     
  3. Rosalind Franklin

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.

    22 February 2018

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    Featuring: Patricia Fara, Jim Naismith, Judith Howard