Colin Blakemore
Sacked adviser, Professor David Nutt, backed by scientists...by scientists including Oxford University neuroscientist Professor Colin Blakemore. Blakemore said Labour's 1997 election victory followed the BSE mad cow disease crisis when Conservative ministers including Stephen Dorrell and John Gummer... In this article: Alan Johnson, Labour, Oxford University, Stephen Dorrell, John Gummer, and Scotland |
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | October 31, 2009
Drug policy in chaos after adviser is sacked
...in 2000 because he was frustrated by policy at David Blunkett's education department. Professor Colin Blakemore, the Oxford University neuroscientist, said yesterday that Labour had pledged to follow "evidence-based policy" when it came to...
In this article: Cannabis, Heroin, Alan Johnson, Crack cocaine, Cocaine, The Sunday Telegraph, Oxford University, and Date rape drug
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | November 03, 2009
Drug chief sacking could stifle 'polydrug' research
...not to voice their concern if the advice they give is rejected even before it is published," said Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience at the University of Oxford and former chief executive of the UK Medical Research Council, referring...
In this article: Cannabis, Alan Johnson, UK, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, Cocaine, Heroin, and Tobacco
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Guardian | September 23, 2009
What is your dream invention?
TV's Michaela Strachan wants aeroplanes that don't churn out tonnes of carbon dioxide. Oxford University neuroscientist Colin Blakemore hit on "an attractive solution to global warming and the energy crisis" with a flash of genius: "What...
In this article: Chewing gum, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, James Cracknell, John Humphrys, England, University of Surrey, JavaScript, and Oxford University
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Wikipedia | June 15, 2009
Colin Blakemore
...though he has publicly denounced fox hunting and animal testing for cosmetics. He came to the attention of the animal rights movement while at Oxford University in the 1980s, when he carried out research into amblyopia and strabismus,...
In this article: Allegation, The Observer, University of Oxford, and Royal Society
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en.wikipedia.org
Colin Blakemore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... the attention of the animal rights movement while at Oxford University in the ... Colin Blakemore · Carl Cohen · Gill Langley · Ingrid Newkirk · Neal Barnard ...
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www.oup.com
Oxford University Press: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...
Oxford University Press USA publishes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, children's books, ... Colin Blakemore is Professor of ...
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www.rationalistinternational.net
Honorary Associates / Prof. Colin Blakemore (UK)
Waynflete Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford ... Colin Blakemore's research has been concerned with many aspects of vision and ...
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www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
Colin Blakemore — Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
University of Oxford. Skip to content | Accessibility | Sitemap. Search Site ... Colin Blakemore FMedSci FRCP (Hon) FIBiol (Hon) FRS. Professor of Neuroscience ...
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Colin Blakemore - Speaker - FORA.tv
Colin Blakemore speaks on FORA.tv. -- Colin Blakemore, FMedSci, FRCP (Hon), FIBiol (Hon), FRS, is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a Fellow ...
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Colin Blakemore is a British neurobiologist specializing in vision. He was formerly chief executive of the British Medical Research Council (MRC). He is best known to the public as a communicator of science but also as the target of a long-running animal-rights campaign. According to The Observer, he has been both "one of the most powerful scientists in the [UK]" and "a hate figure for the animal rights movement".
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