Dr Adam Rutherford

Adam is a science writer and broadcaster. He studied genetics at University College London, and during his PhD on the developing eye, he was part of a team that identified the first genetic cause of a form of childhood blindness. He has written and presented many award-winning series and programmes for the BBC, including the flagship BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science, The Cell for BBC Four, and Playing God on the rise of synthetic biology for the leading science strand Horizon, as well as writing for the science pages of the Observer. His first book, CREATION, on the origin of life and synthetic biology, was published in 2013 to outstanding reviews and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize. Dr Rutherford will talk about A Brief History of Everyone who Ever Lived: The Stories of our Genes. Adam is the presenter on Radio 4’s flagship science programme Inside Science and has written and presented programmes for BBC television.