Stem cell expert to speak in city

pune: the india-uk science festival 2002 which began in mumbai on saturday will bring to india 17 eminent uk scientists in diverse fields, particularly biotechnology and biomedical research and digital communication. the festival has been jointly organised by the british council and the british high commission. pune's participation in the festival is limited to two lectures by dr harry griffin of the roslin institute, where dolly the sheep was cloned.one is a specialist lecture 'regulating research on human embryos and embryonic stem cells', at the national centre for cell sciences, and the other a public lecture, 'social and ethical implications of new biotechnologies' at the namdeo hall, university of pune on january 11 at 5.30 pm. passes for the latter are on a first come first serve basis. for further details contact sugandhi or savitry at the british library, 917/1 f c road, pune 411 004 or log on to sciencefestival2002.org. among the many eminent scientists who will be giving lectures and holding workshops in mumbai and some other indian cities as part of the festival which was inaugurated by british prime minister tony blair in new delhi, are dr philip campbell, editor-in-chief of nature magazine, and sir paul nurse, the 100th nobel prizewinner for medicine in 2001.