Genetic Fingerprinting: From Antarctica to Chernobyl

Abstract

Attracting some sixty members and guests, the InstMC's 1998 Thomson Lecture was held at Glaziers Hall, alongside the River Thames and London Bridge in London. The invited speaker was Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, FRS, from the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester. The Times of 22 July had referred to Sir Alec as a ‘leading authority on DNA testing’ who, having been sent the droppings of what had been claimed to be the ‘Beast of Bodmin’ for analysis, confirmed that these were indeed the droppings of a cat.