Jim Naismith
Interim lead of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Director of the Research Complex at Harwell and Professor at the University of Oxford
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
ScienceJewish agnosticsEnglish agnosticsAlumni of Newnham College, Cambridge20th-century British biologistsJewish British scientistsJewish women scientistsAcademics of King's College LondonDeaths from cancer in EnglandBritish crystallographers, British biophysicists, 20th-century British chemistsBiomoleculesMetabolism
Rosalind Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
22 February 2018
Also featuring: Patricia Fara, Judith Howard
Enzymes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the proteins that control the speed of chemical reactions in organisms which would otherwise happen too slowly to keep the organisms alive.
1 June 2017
Also featuring: Nigel Richards, Sarah Barry