Anne McLaren, collaborator and friend

The Kellogg Annual Anne McLaren Lecture

Anne McLaren’s work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). She received many honours for her contributions to science, and became the first-ever woman Officer of the Royal Society, when she was made Foreign Secretary, then Vice-President. She was a Trustee of the Oxford International Biomedical Centre, which commissioned this annual lecture.

Prof Liz Simpson FRS, FMedSci, OBE, says:

''Anne and I were introduced by Peter Medawar at the Christmas party at his Hampstead house in 1975. We shared an interest in genes on the mammalian Y chromosome from two points of view; Anne’s related to sex determination during embryonic development, mine to expression of the male specific transplantation antigen, HY. Combining our skills in genetics and immunology was a challenging and very enjoyable venture that enabled us to prise apart the genes controlling those two traits and created a strong friendship and led us to explore other questions''

This event is in-person and will also be streamed live, and recorded. There will also be a photographer taking photos at the event. If you are booking to attend online, you will receive a link with your event reminder email.

Refreshments will be served from 5 pm in the Kellogg Hub, followed by the lecture at 5.30 pm.

This event is free and open to all.

If you have symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in contact with someone with Covid-19, please do not attend this event.

Event attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face covering at all indoor Kellogg events unless exempt. We recommend that you take an LFD test before attending, to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. We encourage attendees to observe social distancing where possible and use handwashing and hand sanitisation facilities regularly.

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