Upcoming Lectures - The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

How lessons from frogs help mend a broken heart

When 1 October 2025

Where:Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow

Professor Sir Jim Smith

Jim Smith is a developmental biologist who served as Director of the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research, where he helped establish the Francis Crick Institute. He has been Director of Research Programmes at Wellcome and is now President of the Zoological Society of London.

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Martin Sixsmith

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David Walsh

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Mark Williams

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