Volume 39. 'Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and Development'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and Development", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 23 September 2008. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 39 of the Witness Seminar series, P.S. Harper, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and Development, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2010).

The participants for the seminar were; Chris Barnes; Dr Caroline Berry; Professor Martin Bobrow (chair); Professor John Burn; Dr Ian Lister Cheese; Professor Angus Clarke; Dr Clare Davison; Professor Joy Delhanty; Dr Nick Dennis; Professor Dian Donnai; Professor Alan Emery; Professor George Fraser; Professor Peter Harper; Dr Hilary Harris; Professor Rodney Harris; Professor Shirley Hodgson; Dr Alan Johnston; Ann Kershaw; Lauren Kerzin-Storrar; Professor Michael Laurence; Professor Ursula Mittwoch; Professor Michael Modell; Professor Marcus Pembray; Professor Sue Povey; Margaret Fraser Roberts; Professor Heather Skirton; Professor Tilli Tansey; and Professor Sir David Weatherall.

The editors of the published transcript were P.S. Harper, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by Sir John Bell.

The meeting adviser was Professor Peter Harper.

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Others present at the meeting included; Sir Christopher Booth; Dr Michael Buttolph; Professor Bernadette Modell; Professor Oliver Penrose; and Dr Maria Jesus Santesmases.

Apologies sent by; Professor Michael Baraitser; Dr Cyril Chapman; Professor Michael Connor; Professor Peter Farndon; Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith; Dr Christine Garrett; Ann Hunt; Alastair Kent; Dr Mary Lucas; Professor Norman Nevin; Professor Derek Roberts; Dr Joan Slack; Dr Mary Vowles; Dr Elspeth Williamson; and Professor Ian Young.

Digital material includes recordings, papers and photographs relating to the seminar and can be found under Transcripts.

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