Professor Shirley Tilghman, Science
Professor Shirley Tilghman at Royal College of Physicians, London (Science)
In the third and final of the Wolfson Anniversary Lecture series, President Emerita of Princeton University and leading molecular biologist Professor Shirley Tilghman delivered the lecture 'Laying the Foundation for 21st Century Scientific Progress' in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre at the Royal College of Physicians.
You can listen to the full lecture (beginning at 11'30") by clicking on the media player below, including introductions from Professor Jane Dacre (President, Royal College of Physicians), Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton (3'05", Chairman, Wolfson Foundation), Professor Alice Gast (6'01", President, Imperial College London) and with closing words from Dame Jean Thomas (59'10", Master, St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Trustee, Wolfson Foundation). An illustrated transcript of the lecture is available here.
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Professor Jane Dacre, President of the Royal College of Physicians, opens the evening
Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton, Chairman of the Wolfson Foundation, welcomes guests
Professor Alice Gast, President of Imperial College London, introduces our guest speaker
Professor Shirley Tilghman, President Emerita of Princeton
Dame Jean Thomas, President of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and Trustee
of the Wolfson Foundation, closes the lecture
Our speakers are joined by Chief Executive of the
Wolfson Foundation, Paul Ramsbottom
Pianist and former Wolfson Music Scholar, Irena Radic of the Royal College of Music
Guests enjoy highlights from the history of the Wolfson Foundation
High resolution images may be accessed here