A moment with Sir John Gurdon

Congratulations to Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka on winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology

Date:	December 7, 2010
Run Time:	02 minutes
Speakers:	John Gurdon
Topics:	Stem Cell

Congratulations to Sir John Gurdon (and Shinya Yamanaka) on winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Here is a science studio conversation with Sir John, recorded after the Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa 2010, which he keynoted. This is an excerpt. For the full conversation, go here.

John Gurdon is a Distinguished Group Leader and an Emeritus Professor in the Zoology Department at Cambridge University. He is a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Science, a Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and a Member of the Academie Europea. Gurdon was also a founding member of The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research and The Gurdon Institute. His research is focused on Stem Cell research, nuclear transfer, messenger RNA expression and intercellular signaling factors.