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Steve Connor |
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Science Editor, The Independent |
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Steve is Science Editor of The Independent and Independent on Sunday. He has also worked for The Sunday
Times, The Daily Telegraph and New Scientist. A past winner of several ABSW Science Writers’ Awards, Steve
has also been nominated twice as Specialist Writer of the Year in the UK Press Awards and has won a clutch of
other prizes including the annual award of the Medical Journalists’ Association. He has a degree in zoology from
the University of Oxford. |
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David Dugan |
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Chairman, Windfall Films |
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David graduated from University College, London and won a Sunday Times scholarship after finishing a
postgraduate course in Journalism Studies at University College, Cardiff. He worked for BBC Television for ten
years, producing many Horizon programmes and documentaries for the Science and Features departments. David
has worked as executive producer or producer on projects for the BBC, Channel 4 and PBS, and has won a
number of awards including two Emmys, a Royal Television Society Award and two
ABSW Science Writers’ Awards. |
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Robin Lovell-Badge FRS |
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Head, Division of Developmental Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research |
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Robin is a research scientist at the National Institute for Medical Research, involved in looking at the role of genes
in embryonic development. Following a PhD in London and post-doctoral research in Cambridge and Paris, Robin
set up his lab at the Medical Research Council 20 years ago. Robin’s serious work focuses on sex determination
and the earliest aspects of embryonic development and stem cells; he has also been known to draw cartoons
and drives a purple Lotus! |
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Andrew Luck-Baker |
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Producer, BBC Radio Science |
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Andrew Luck-Baker is a producer and presenter at the BBC Radio Science Unit. He has worked there for 14>
years, making science documentaries and topical programmes for the World Service and Radio 4. Andrew won
an ABSW Science Writers’ Award for the best radio programme in 2003. |
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Averil Macdonald |
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University of Reading |
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Averil is a part-time lecturer in physics at the University of Reading, with a research interest in analytical
techniques applied to the conservation of historic painted textiles. She also works as a consultant specialising in
the production of teaching materials and projects aimed at increasing the public awareness and appreciation of
science. Averil works extensively with the Institute of Physics to increase school student interest in the subject
and the careers it offers. In 1999 Averil was awarded the Bragg Medal by the Institute of Physics and was
awarded a BA/Royal Society Millennium Fellowship for her work in making science accessible through drama. |
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Gareth Mitchell |
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Presenter, Go Digital, BBC World Service |
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A former broadcast engineer, Gareth traded in climbing transmitter masts for science journalism about ten years
ago. He now presents science and technology programmes on BBC World Service and is a regular contributor to
Case Notes and Leading Edge on Radio 4, where he has reported on everything from cosmology to comedy in
science. He also writes regularly for Focus, where, as an ‘expert’, he answers readers’ questions on technology.
Gareth is also a correspondent for audio journals of oncology and cardiovascular medicine. Wearing his academic
hat, Gareth is a lecturer on the Science Communication MSc course at Imperial College London, and earns
himself a free dinner each month at the Dana Centre by hosting Café Scientifique evenings. |
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Toby Murcott |
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Chair, ABSW |
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After completing a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Bristol in 1986, Toby spent the following three years in
post-doctoral research, during which time it became painfully obvious to him that he was better at talking about
science than actually doing it: thus began a new career as a science journalist. He has since been, amongst
others, science correspondent for BBC World Service, editor of Einstein TV, science contributing editor for Maxim
magazine and producer/presenter of science programmes across all of BBC Radio. Currently a freelance science
communicator, Toby works with organisations including the British Association for the Advancement of Science,
the British Council, the Society of Chemical Industry and the Institute of Physics. He writes a regular column for
The Times, consults to a number of production companies and keeps his hand in by helping out with the
occasional radio programme. He has been Chair of the ABSW since January 2005 and chaired the Judging Panel. |
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James Randerson |
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Life Sciences News Editor, New Scientist |
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James is Life Sciences News Editor, having been with New Scientist for four years. His first forays into
journalism began as a PhD student at the University of Bath. James quickly realised that his attention span
was more suited to writing about science than actually doing it. Academic life, though, did leave him with fond
memories of brandishing a butterfly net in the Ugandan bush. When off-duty he plays trombone in a funk and
disco ‘covers’ band and tries to rock-climb. He was last year's winner of the ABSW Science Writers’ Award
for investigative journalism. |
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Professor Nancy Rothwell FRS |
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University of Manchester |
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Nancy holds an MRC Research Chair at the University of Manchester and is Vice-President for Research for
the newly-merged University of Manchester. She leads a group of scientists and clinicians studying the role
of cytokines in brain injury, which includes studies on patients with stroke and brain haemorrhage. Nancy is a
member of the Councils of Cancer Research UK, The Academy of Medical Sciences and the National Endowment
for Science, Technology and Arts. She recently retired as President of the British Neuroscience Association.
She has a strong interest in science communication and in 1998 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
for the BBC. |
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