Haldane Lecture

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Haldane Lecture
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First awarded2001
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The Haldane Lecture is an award lecture given at the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom since 2001. [1] The lecture is named in honour of J.B.S. Haldane, who was employed by the John Innes Trustees from 1927 to 1937 [2] under the directorship of Alfred Daniel Hall. [1] [3]

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Haldane Lecturers

Source: John Innes Centre

All Haldane Lecturers are presented with a print of a work of art by Leonie Woolhouse, wife of Harold Woolhouse. [1] During their visit to the John Innes Centre, Haldane Lecturers are given the opportunity to have their portrait painted by Enrico Coen as a memento. [1] [7]

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References

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  2. Wilmot, Sarah (2017). "J. B. S. Haldane: the John Innes years". Journal of Genetics. 96 (5): 815–826. doi:10.1007/s12041-017-0830-7. ISSN   0022-1333.
  3. Russell, E. J. (1942). "Alfred Daniel Hall. 1864-1942". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 4 (11): 228–250. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1942.0018.
  4. Sponge, Creative. "The 2017 Haldane Lecture - "Human migrations and megafaunal extinctions" - Professor Eske Willerslev - John Innes Centre". www.jic.ac.uk.
  5. Sponge, Creative. "The Haldane Lecture by Professor Michael Elowitz - "Design Principles of Mammalian Signaling and Epigenetic Memory Circuits" - John Innes Centre". www.jic.ac.uk.
  6. Sponge, Creative. "The Haldane Lecture - Mutation, Drift, and the Origin of Subcellular Features - John Innes Centre". www.jic.ac.uk.
  7. Sponge, Creative. "Portraits - John Innes Centre". www.jic.ac.uk.