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Spinning Science: Speakers' Biographies
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Daniel Glaser

Daniel Glaser is an imaging neuroscientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. He uses fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to examine human brain function. In 2002 he was appointed 'Scientist in Residence' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. This was the first appointment of its kind at an arts institution. He chairs Café Scientifique at the Photographers' Gallery in London and is a NESTA cultural leadership awardee. He is the author and presenter of two one-hour documentaries for BBC4 & BBC2, Under Laboratory Conditions, on the daily practice of science. Daniel has complied the programme notes for the seminar and will be facilitator of the event.
Daniel Glaser

Tim Radford

Tim Radford is a freelance journalist. He was born in New Zealand in 1940 and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He joined the New Zealand Herald as a reporter at 16, and moved to the United Kingdom in 1961. Apart from a brief spell as a Whitehall information officer, he has spent all his life in weekly, evening or daily newspapers. He worked for The Guardian for 32 years, becoming – among other things – letters editor, arts editor, literary editor and science editor. He won the Association of British Science Writers award for science writer of the year four times. He has lectured, or taken part in debates about, science and the media around the world as well as in Britain. He has also written for The Lancet, New Scientist, the London Review of Books and many other journals. He has written one book – The Crisis of Life On Earth  (1990) - and edited two books of science writing for the Guardian.  He is married with two children and one grandchild.

Tim Radford

Erik Tunstad

Erik Tunstad was born in 1954. He earned degree in Biology with a major in Ecology from the University of Oslo before embarking on a career in science journalism in 1985. He worked on a variety of programmes at NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) including Verdt å vite, Sånn er livet, Kulturnytt, between 1991 and 2002. He was also the editor of Skepsis , the forerunner of forskning.no which he currently runs as editor.
Erik Tunstad

David Buckland

David Buckland is a designer, artist, film maker, and campaigner, whose photo based works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in London, Paris and New York. His works have been collected by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Getty Collection, Los Angeles amongst others. Five books of his photographs have been published. Since 2001, he has created and now directs the Cape Farewell project, whose ambition is to bring artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. They have recently completed three very successful expeditions into the High Arctic which have been the subject of a film for ‘The Culture Show’, and a documentary, "Art from the Arctic", for the BBC.

David Buckland

Pallab Ghosh

Pallab Ghosh is a science correspondent for BBC News. He reports on developments in science, technology, medicine and environment for programmes including The Ten O’clock News, The Today Programme, Newsnight and News 24. He is a former Chair of the Association of British Science Writers.His awards include Technology Journalist of the Year and the Media Natura Environment Award.

Pallab Ghosh

Ole Didrik Lærum

Ole Didrik Laerum, gained his MD and PhD in the 60s from University of Oslo. Since 1974, he is professor of pathology at University of Bergen. He was Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Bergen 1984-89 and Vice Chancellor 1990-96. Ole was also Chairman of the board, Norwegian Research Council 1992-94. His research areas include cancer of the skin, brain and gastrointestinal tract, in addition to biological rhythms and regulation of cell proliferation. He has written 400 articles and written or edited 26 books on cancer research and popular scientific topics, including on scientific fraud.

Ole Didrik Lærum

Ole Sejersted

Professor Ole M. Sejersted has been the Head of Institute for Experimental Medical Research (IEMR), Division of Surgery and the Faculty Division of Ullevål University Hospital since 1991. He is also Dean of Research at Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, a position which he has held since 2003. He is a member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and has published more than 130 original research articles. He received an award for outstanding research from The national Health Organisation in 1999.
Ole M. Sejersted

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