Blavatnik School of Government 58d ago

Azim Surani is the 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences. He demonstrated that both paternal and maternal genomes are indispensable for normal mammalian development and subsequently discovered genomic imprinting that confers specific modifications and complementary functions to each genome. Furthermore, he has played a pioneering role in elucidating its underlying mechanisms, thereby making contributions to foundational scientific insights across a broad spectrum of life science fields. Azim Surani’s lecture is introduced by Anna Petherick, Associate Professor in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The lecture is followed by a Q&A moderated by Professor Dame Amanda Fisher, Whitley Chair of Biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Kyoto Prize at Oxford – https://www.kyotoprize.ox.ac.uk Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/