Anne McLaren Lecture 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Anne McLaren Lecture, Kellogg College.

The panel, featuring Prof Dame Kay Davies, Prof Niki Trigoni and Dr Hilary Wynne will discuss the challenges, contributions and achievements of women in science. The Panel will be chaired by Dr Judith Hillier.

Dr Anne McLaren was a leading geneticist and stem-cell scientist. She did her undergraduate and DPhil degrees at Oxford after the Second World War. Working with mice in the 1950s she performed the world’s first IVF birth, and went on to play a leading role in designing the regulatory framework for the safe use of IVF in Britain. Anne went on to be the first ever woman Officer of the Royal Society (as Foreign Secretary and Vice President) and was a founder of the Association of Women in Science and Engineering (AWiSE).

The event is free and open to the public. A drinks reception in the Hub immediately follows the panel discussion.

The event also provides an opportunity to celebrate the winners of the Anne McLaren Award for Excellence, which was established in Anne’s name to support promising Kellogg College students in science or social science. It is especially intended for women and those from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds, and offers both financial support and a platform to share their research with wider audiences. Details of how and when to apply for the award are provided in the Student Handbook.

Meet this year’s award winners, Veronika Denner (MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology) and Katarzyna Galka (MSc by Research in Women’s and Reproductive Health).

Open to: Friends of Kellogg, Guests, Members of Kellogg College, Oxford University members, the public,