Cambridge alumnus and celebrated scientist Professor Colin Blakemore returns to the 探花直播 this week to give the Fitzwilliam College Foundation Lecture.
Cambridge alumnus and celebrated scientist Professor Colin Blakemore returns to the 探花直播 this week to give the Fitzwilliam College Foundation Lecture.
探花直播former Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council will be holding a talk entitled 鈥榃hose Science is it anyway?' this Thursday 8 November.
Professor Blakemore studied medicine at the 探花直播 before moving to California to complete a PhD at the 探花直播 of Berkeley.
He returned to Cambridge in 1968, spending 11 years in the Department of Physiology before moving to Oxford 探花直播 in 1979. 探花直播professor became Director of the Medical Research Council before being promoted to Chief Executive in 2003.
A strong advocate of the public understanding of science, Professor Blakemore has made numerous appearances on television and radio and was the youngest person to present the renowned BBC Reith lectures.
A respected writer, his books for the general public include Mechanics of the Mind (for which he won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science), Images and Understanding, and 探花直播Oxford Companion to the Body.
Previously known as the Fitzwilliam Centenary Lecture, the college has held the annual speech since 1969 with previous speakers including Professor Lord Robert Winston and Dr David Starkey.
探花直播talk is open to all university members and others who are interested and is held at the Fitzwilliam College Auditorium at 6 pm.
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