Prof. Dame Anne McLaren Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK

Anne McLaren, D.Phil, worked for both the Agricultural Research Council and then the Medical Research Council, using the mouse as an animal model. Her research included reproductive biology, developmental biology and genetics, for which she was nationally and internationally recognized. Her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF)... read moreand she received many honours for her contributions to science, including being made an officer of the Royal Society. Sadly, Professor Dame Anne McLaren passed away aged 80 in 2007.