The World Knowledge Dialogue Webcast

John Sulston

Chairman of the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, Manchester University, UK
Professor Sir John Sulston received the Nobel prize for Physiology or Medecine in 2002, for his role in elucidating the development and programmed cell death of a small but complex animal called C.elegans. The insights for which he is widely known were borne of his decades spent exploring uncharted frontiers between biology and chemistry. Sulston went on to lead his country's contribution to the Human Genome Project and to defend the principle of universal free access to the information it yielded. He has also been an influential campaigner for open-access publishing of scientific information and continues to pioneer serious exploration of the issues of social and global justice that are raised by scientific and technological advance.