Journeys in Biology II – DNA, Genes and Who we Are
a talk by Darren Gowers
In this second talk, my aim is to look more closely at DNA, with a basic history of genetics, leading on to why understanding genes and genomes is so powerful for understanding health and disease. I aim to leave time for a fun genetics experiment and plenty of questions! There will be opportunities to handle and explore some 3D-printed molecules, so you can see up close how lumpy and bumpy the molecular world is.
Since my college days in Brighton, I have been fascinated by biology and the amazing diversity of life on our planet. I have been fortunate in following a path in bioscience research that has allowed me to understand life at the very tiniest: at the cellular level. This has been via a PhD at Southampton (1995-1998), postdoc at Bristol (1998-2004), to my present position as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biology at UoP (2005-present).