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 Medicine in 2002, for his role in elucidating the development and programmed cell death of a small but complex animal called C. elegans. The insights he brought were borne of 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 advocate the principle of universal free access to the information it yielded. He has long 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.
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