July 5, 2016

expert encounter with Prof Sir Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep

Tuesday 5 July 2016 marks the 20^th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the sheep at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. Dolly was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell and became the world’s most famous sheep.

On the day before the anniversary, one of Dolly’s creators (often referred to as the father of Dolly), Prof. Sir Ian Wilmut, came to answer journalists’ questions about Dolly, her creation, his work and the legacy of that work.

Speaker:

Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, Founding Director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh