Interview with James Briscoe - winner of the EMBO Gold Medal 2008

06 January 2009

In an article entitled "Seeing students gain confidence is most rewarding", James has been interviewed for EMBOencounters about his scientific career and life outside the lab.

The developmental biologist James Briscoe of the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), UK, is the winner of the 2008 EMBO Gold Medal. The award was given in recognition of his discoveries in the regulation of neuronal cell development. “His work is highly rigorous, hits the heart of a problem and continues to be timely and of wide general interest,” praises Robb Krumlauf, former Head of Division at NIMR. In EMBOencounters, the gold medalist speaks about his scientific career and life outside the lab.

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"Seeing students gain confidence is most rewarding" EMBOencounters Issue 11. Full text

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