Following its series of eight talks celebrating the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards, PET presents a concluding discussion chaired by Sarah Norcross, director of PET.
The eight discussants, who respond to audience questions and comments, are:
- Dr Jenny Joy (see BioNews 1311)
- Professor Barry Bavister (see BioNews 1312)
- Grace MacDonald (see BioNews 1313)
- Alastair MacDonald (see BioNews 1314)
- Professor Geraldine Hartshorne (see BioNews 1315)
- Jane Blower (see BioNews 1316)
- Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias (see BioNews 1317)
- Professor Nick Hopwood (see BioNews 1318)
One of the audience questions concerns an anecdote in Professor Barry Bavister's BioNews article about the dawn of IVF (see BioNews 1304).
This discussion originally concluded the event 'Robert Edwards at 100: Remembering an IVF Visionary', produced by PET in partnership with the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists.
The film of the discussion was made by Video Production Edinburgh. If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
Register for these upcoming PET events:
- Fertility and the Workplace: Can Employers Help? Should They?, taking place online on Wednesday 14 January 2026 – register here.
- Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take, taking place online on Wednesday 28 January 2026 – register here.
- Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?, taking place online on Wednesday 4 February 2026 – register here.
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