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Annual Public Lecture

1949 The analogue as an instrument in biological research
E. C. Dodds (UK)
1950 The role of suprarenal cortical function in disorders of childhood
C. S. Hicks (UK)
1951 Sex hormones in diabetes
B. A. Houssay (Argentina)
1952 The action of ovarian hormones on uterine muscle
G. W Corner, A. Csapo (USA)
1953 Neurophysiology: old and new facts and theories
A. von Muralt (Switzerland)
1954 The problem of virulence in virus disease
F. M. Burnet (Australia)
1955 Hypophysectomy in diabetes
H. Olivecrona (Sweden)
1956 Recent advances in the chemistry of natural products
R. B. Woodward (USA)
1957 State and stability of proteins in aqueous solution
K. U. Linderstrøm-Lang (Denmark)
1958 Experimental basis of neuroleptic and tranquilizing therapy
D. Bovet (Italy)
1959 Le rôle de l'intuition dans la recherche médicale
P. Valléry-Radot (France)
1960 Changing concepts concerning physiological mechanisms of
animal motor behaviour
J. Konorski (Poland)
1961 Synthetic macromolecules as protein models
E. Katchalski (Israel)
1962 The future of man: evolutionary aspects: J. S. Huxley (UK)
1963 Perspectives in protein malnutrition
V. Ramalingaswami (India)
1964 Metabolic multipotentiality of malignant cells
J. Waldenstrøm (Sweden)
1965 Conflict in primate society
S. L. Washburn (USA)
(Published in Ciba Foundation Symposium [89, old series]
Conflict in society; 1966)
1966 Role of the Golgi complex in secretion
C. P. Leblond (Canada)
1967 Will this man be dangerous?
G. K. Stürup (Denmark)
(Published in Ciba Foundation Symposium 105 [old series]
The mentally abnormal offender; 1968)
1968 Protein evolution and relations to protein structure
E. L. Smith (USA)
1969 Sleep and instinctive behaviour
G. Moruzzi (Italy)
1970 Insect hormones as potential insecticides
F. Sorm (Czechoslovakia)
1971 Enzyme-coenzyme interactions in liver alcohol dehydrogenases
H. Theorell (Sweden)
1972 Computer-assisted analysis of complex synthetic problems
E. J. Corey (USA)
1973 Structural basis of stability and ageing of enzymes
B. Straub (Hungary)
1974 The beginnings of intellectual skill
J. S. Bruner (USA/UK)
1975 Ten years of immunotherapy in leukaemia and cancer
pharmacology, indications, results, and perspectives
G. Mathé (France)
1976 ADP-ribosylation of proteins and its biological significance
O. Hayaishi (Japan)
1977 Ion transport across membranes from a viewpoint of an organic chemist
Y. A. Ovchinnikov (USSR)
1978 Differentiation of lymphocytes and the continuing puzzle of self-recognition
G. V. R. Nossal (Australia)
1979 The right to be different
S. Doxiadis (Greece)
1980 The resources and resourcefulness of agriculture
L. Evans (Australia)
1981 Chemical neurotransmission yesterday and today
U. von Euler (Sweden)
(Published in Ciba Foundation Symposium 91 [new series]
Substance P in the nervous system; 1982)
1982 Chemistry which imitates biochemistry: artificial enzymes
R. Breslow (USA)
1983 Host-parasite dynamics and the control of disease
R. M. May (USA)
1984 Aspects of the ecology of the Southern Ocean
R. Laws (UK)
1985 Cell and molecular biological approaches to the study of learning
E. Kandel (USA)
1986 New strategies for controlling tropical diseases
A. Lucas (USA)
1987 A new view on hearing-motor function in the mammalian hearing organ
Å. Flock (Sweden)
1988 Supramolecular chemistry: scope and perspective
J.-M. Lehn (France)
1992 Schizophrenia: a brain teaser
Professor Julian Leff
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 4th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1993 How children learn language: natural magic or long, long haul?
Professor Jean Aitchison
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 5th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1994 Allergy: a disease of civilization
Professor Stephen Holgate
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 6th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1995 When the running has to stop
Dr Eric A. Newsholme
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 7th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1996 Mothers, babies and disease in later life
Professor David Barker
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 8th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1997 The outside world inside your head: a tour of
the senses and how we deal with them
Professor Susan Greenfield
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 9th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1998 Understanding dyslexia
Professor Margaret Snowling
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 10th Edinburgh International Science Festival
1999 Can machines think?
Dr Michael Lockwood
Held at the Royal Museum of Scotland in conjunction
with the 11th Edinburgh International Science Festival

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