A huge model ship in the waiting room of his practice in Mt Victoria, Wellington, meticulously and painstakingly put together by Lamb, is a nod to this. The scrupulousness in his work, be it treating patients directly or in his trials and research, was his trademark. Lamb’s research and trials were a defining part of his medical career. He was a founding member of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TTROG), working with doctors and researchers from Aotearoa and Australia to find better ways of treating cancer patients. He was involved in many trials, including two highly successful international ones focusing on prostate cancer, in which he later specialised.
Professor Lewis Wolpert, biologist, author and regular on TV and radio discussing science and depression – obituary
After suffering suicidal depression, with his candour and dry humour Wolpert found himself in demand to talk about his experiences
Professor Lewis Wolpert: a knack for explaining scientific ideas
Credit: Eleanor Bentall
Professor Lewis Wolpert, the developmental biologist and author, who has died of Covid-19 aged 91, was for many the approachable face of science, as a presenter or guest on numerous television and radio programmes.
As a biologist Wolpert was best known for the “French flag” model of embryonic development, proposed in a landmark 1969 paper, “Positional Information and the Spatial Pattern of Cellular Differentiation”, in which he used the French tricolor as a visual aid to show how embryonic cells can interpret genetic code to create the same pattern, even when certain pieces of the embryo are removed.
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Dr Shico Visuvanathan has been recognised for services to microbiology, infection prevention and control
- Credit: Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
A consultant microbiologist and director of infection prevention and control at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has been made an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list.
Dr Shico Visuvanathan has been recognised for services to microbiology, infection prevention and control, particularly during the Covid-19 response.
She has worked at PAHT as a consultant microbiologist since 1994 and became the first director of infection prevention and control at the hospital in 2003.
Prior to her career at PAHT, Dr Visuvanathan studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London which is now part of University College London.