The Named Lecture and Discovery Seminar Series
The School of Life Sciences hosts several Named Lectures throughout the year. In addition, each Division invites 1 speaker who will give a Discovery Lecture. These lectures are given by distinguished scientists and are aimed at a very broad audience. Details about the individual Named Lectures and previous lecturers can be found below.
The Divisional Seminars
Each Division of the School of Life Sciences holds its own specialist seminars at various times throughout the year.
Final PhD Seminars
All final year postgraduate students present a 45 minute lecture on their research followed by questions from the audience. After a 30 minute break they then go into private session for a viva with an external examiner from another University and an internal examiner from the School of Life Sciences.
Named Lecture Series
The Adam Neville Lecture
The Adam Neville Lecture is held in honour of the Principal of the University of Dundee from 1978-1987 who had the foresight to realise that research excellence in the Life Sciences was the key to the University's future and who provided the financial backing and support that allowed the fledgling Department of Biochemistry to survive and essentially to prosper. Although much criticised at the time, his decisions have been vindicated by subsequent events. Without his help developments, such as the Wellcome Trust Biocentre would never have happened.
The Bridget Ogilvie Lecture
The Bridget Ogilvie Lecture was founded in 1997, to acknowledge the former Director of the Wellcome Trust's key role in the events that led the Wellcome Trust to donate £10 million towards the cost of the Wellcome Trust Building at Dundee. This is thought to be the largest single charitable donation ever given to Scotland in its history. The Bridget Ogilvie Lecturer is selected by each Division of the Wellcome Trust Building in rotation.
The Peter Garland Lecture
The Peter Garland Lecture was set up in 1985 to mark the achievement of Dundee's first Professor of Biochemistry in building up the Department into one of the strongest in the UK over the period 1970 to 1984.
Named Lecturers
Adam Neville Lecture |
Bridget Ogilvie Lecture |
Peter Garland Lecture |
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2020 |
Professor Sadaf Farooqi FMedSci |
Professor Edith Heard FRS |
POSTPONED - DATE TBC Professor Bruce Beutler |
2019 |
Professor Caetano Reis e Souza FRS |
Professor Gill Bates FRS |
Professor Sir Adrian Bird FRS |
2018 |
Professor Greg Towers |
Professor Dianne K Newman |
Dr Richard Henderson |
2017 |
Dr Simon Boulton |
Professor Marino Zerial (19th Bridget Ogilvie Lecture) |
Professor Dame Carol Robinson |
2016 |
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Professor Fiona Powrie |
Professor William A Catterall |
2015 |
Professor Molly Stevens |
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Professor James Rothman |
2014 |
Dame Linda Partridge |
Professor Angela Nieto |
Professor Ron Vale |
2013 |
Dr Elaine Fuchs |
Professor Bonnie Bassler |
Professor Angela Belcher |
2012 |
Professor Robert A Weinberg |
Dr Craig Thompson |
Professor Roger Tsien |
2011 |
Professor Peter Ratcliffe, FRS |
Professor Wayne Hendrickson |
Professor Venki Ramakrishnan, FRS |
2010 |
Professor John Todd |
Professor Ruth Lehmann |
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn |
2009 |
Professor Mark Pepys |
Professor Gideon Dreyfuss |
Professor Dame Louise Johnson FRS |
2008 |
Professor Eric Olson |
Sir John Skehel FRS |
Professor Harold Varmus |
2007 |
Professor Richard Flavell |
Professor Janet Rossant FRS |
Dr Aaron Ciechanover |
2006 |
Professor Aubrey Manning |
Professor Herbert Waldmann |
Dr Sydney Brenner |
2005 |
Professor Hans Clevers |
Professor Robert Singer |
Sir John Sulston FRS |
2004 |
Dr Oliver Smithies |
Dr Arthur Weiss |
Professor Suzanne Cory |
2003 |
Dr Gerald Hart |
Dr Gail Martin |
Professor Sir Alec Jeffries |
2002 |
Professor Marc Kirschner |
Dr Wim Hol |
Sir Paul Nurse |
2001 |
Lucy Shapiro |
Robert Tjian |
Arthur Kornberg |
2000 |
Steve Elledge |
Scott Emr |
Bruce Alberts |
1999 |
Sara A Courtneidge |
Professor Brigid Hogan |
Daniel E. Koshland Jr |
1998 |
Kai Simons |
Professor Stephen Beverley |
Bruce Stillman |
1997 |
Tim Mitchison |
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Phillip Sharp |