SIR PAUL NURSE
TRUST IN SCIENCE
ANDREW CARNEGIE LECTURE
Welcome to the third annual Andrew Carnegie Lecture at the University of Glasgow. This evening we are delighted to host Sir Paul Nurse, an inspirational figure for staff, students and alumni from across the University. The title of tonight’s lecture is Trust in Science, and Sir Paul will answer important questions including: • Why should we have trust in science? • What benefits have been brought to humankind over the ages by having trust in science? • What are the threats to trust in science? We are thrilled that Sir Paul’s lecture will be open to the wider public in Glasgow and beyond, and we hope you all enjoy this special event.
THE ANDREW CARNEGIE LECTURE SERIES IS A TEN-YEAR INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, BY BRINGING SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT THINKERS TO SCOTLAND TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL AUDIENCES IN A VIBRANT EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. FUNDING FOR THE LECTURE SERIES WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS OF CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, AND THE SERIES WILL CONTINUE WITH SEPARATE EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF ST ANDREWS, EDINBURGH AND ABERDEEN THROUGHOUT 2016.
The Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series is a celebration of the University of Glasgow’s close connection with Andrew Carnegie and his vision of the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Carnegie was a world famous industrialist and philanthropist who donated much of his wealth to improving society, with a particular focus on education, and was a major benefactor to the University of Glasgow’s building programmes during the 20th century. We have honoured this support by naming several teaching facilities after him, including The Carnegie Lecture Theatre on the University’s main campus. Tonight’s lecture is a further celebration of our connection with Andrew Carnegie and his continued support, ensuring a lasting legacy of collaborative excellence.
GLASGOW HAS DONE SO MUCH IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS TO EDUCATE OTHER CITIES AND TO HELP HERSELF THAT IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HELP HER. ‘LET GLASGOW FLOURISH!’
Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Principal Robert Story, University of Glasgow, 28 May 1906 (Courtesy of University of Glasgow Archive Services)
You can find out more about Andrew Carnegie’s connections to the University by visiting universitystory.gla.ac.uk
Sir Paul Nurse is a worldrenowned English geneticist and cell biologist, and former President of the Royal Society. He is currently the Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute, a ground-breaking biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding why disease develops and finding new ways to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses. In 2001, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells in the cell cycle. Sir Paul spent more than three decades as a research scientist in the UK, and has held senior research leadership roles including Chair of Microbiology at the University of Oxford, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK and President of Rockefeller University in New York. His contributions to cell biology and cancer research were recognised with a knighthood in 1999. He has received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, and was awarded the French Legion d’Honneur in 2002 and the Royal Society Copley Medal in 2005. In 2013 he became the winner of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science conferred by the World Cultural Council.
2016 IS THE YEAR OF INNOVATION, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN SCOTLAND AND TONIGHT’S LECTURE CELEBRATES SIR PAUL’S MANY WORLD-CHANGING ACHIEVEMENTS, WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, AN INSTITUTION KNOWN ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR ITS WORLD-CLASS INNOVATION, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
Huge thanks to Carnegie Corporation of New York for generously supporting this lecture. Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to do ‘real and permanent good in this world.’ It is America’s oldest grant making foundation, established to promote the advancement of education and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. carnegie.org
Produced by the Development & Alumni Office, University of Glasgow. Photography by the BBC, the University Photographic Unit and Shutterstock. Designed by Cactus. ©University of Glasgow, May 2016 The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401 glasgow.ac.uk/carnegielectures