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
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ScienceEnglish agnosticsJewish agnosticsAlumni of Newnham College, CambridgeJewish women scientists20th-century British biologistsDeaths from cancer in EnglandJewish British scientists20th-century British chemists, British biophysicists, British crystallographersAcademics of King's College LondonBiomoleculesMetabolism
Rosalind Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
22 February 2018
Also featuring: Patricia Fara, Judith Howard
ScienceJewish British scientistsJewish women scientistsEnglish agnostics20th-century British biologists20th-century British chemists, British biophysicists, British crystallographersAlumni of Newnham College, CambridgeJewish agnosticsDeaths from cancer in EnglandAcademics of King's College London20th centuryEnzymes
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