John GurdonEducated at Eton College, where he did Classics, having been advised he was unsuited for science. PhD with Michael Fischberg, on nuclear transplantation in Xenopus. Obtained the first clone of genetically identical adult animals. Demonstrated genetictotipotency of somatic cell nuclei by obtaining sexually mature frogs from the nuclei of intestinal epithelium. Postdoctoral work at Caltech, on bacteriophage genetics. Moved to MRC Molecular Biology Laboratory in Cambridge, subsequently becoming Head of Cell Biology Division. In 1983, accepted John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Cell Biology in University of Cambridge, in Zoology Department. Initiated, with Prof R Laskey, Cancer Research Campaign unit of Molecular Embryology in Zoology Department Cambridge. In 1990 moved to new Wellcome CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology in Cambridge and served as Chairman 1990-2001. From 2001, the Institute was renamed The Gurdon Institute. Dr Gurdon has received multiple awards and recognitions internationally, too numerous to list. Read More Read Less