The Gurdon Institute is a research facility at the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
, specialising in
developmental biology
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of Regeneration (biology), regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and di ...
and
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
biology.
History
The Institute was founded in 1989 to provide a rich, collaborative environment for scientists working in diverse but complementary specialities in the fields of developmental biology and cancer biology. Until 2024 it received its primary funding from the
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of Burroughs Wellcome, one of the predec ...
and
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation. It is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, and was formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and t ...
.
In 2004 it was renamed in honour of
John Gurdon, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine.
Faculty
There are 13 Group Leaders and 4 Associate Group Leaders.
Group Leaders:
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Julie Ahringer
#Sumru Bayin
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Andrea Brand
#David Fernandez-Antoran
#Jenny Gallop
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John Gurdon
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Tony Kouzarides
#Emma Rawlins
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Benjamin Simons
#Daniel St Johnston
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Azim Surani
#Iva Tchasovnikarova
#Fengzhu Xiong
Associate Group Leaders:
#Martin Howard
#Eric Miska
#John Perry
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Steve Jackson
Alumni
Former Group Leaders:
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Michael Akam
#Enrique Amaya
#Nick Brown
#Rafael Carazo Salas
#Thomas Down
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Martin Evans
Sir Martin John Evans FLSW (born 1 January 1941) is an English biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981. He is also known, along with Mario Capecchi ...
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Charles ffrench-Constant
#Janet Heasman
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Meritxell Huch
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Ron Laskey
#Rick Livesey
#Hansong Ma
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Anne McLaren
#Masanori Mishima
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Nancy Papalopulu
#Eugenia Piddini
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Jonathon Pines
#Jordan Raff
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Jim Smith
#Chris Wylie
#Philip Zegerman
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
References
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Institutions in the School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
Cancer organisations based in the United Kingdom
Research institutes established in 1989
1989 establishments in England