RCVS Share Jones lecture to explore organ regeneration

Is human or animal organ regeneration a possibility? That's one of the questions that will be explored by the 2007 RCVS Share Jones Lecture: 'Sex and Regeneration: Lessons from Nature', which will be delivered by Professor Jo Price at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) on 15 November.

The occasion looks set to provide a fascinating insight into the only mammalian organs capable of regeneration - deer antlers - the study of which has potential implications for medical and veterinary regenerative medicine.

The RCVS Share Jones Lectureship is bestowed biennially upon a lecturer of special eminence in veterinary anatomy. John Share Jones, in whose name the lectureship was established, founded the Liverpool School of Veterinary Medicine in 1904.

Professor Price has held an interest in anatomy since her veterinary undergraduate days, when she intercalated in Anatomical Science at the University of  Bristol's School of Veterinary Science. Once qualified, she worked in equine and small animal practice before returning to Bristol as a lecturer in veterinary anatomy.

Her PhD, which she completed at the University of Sheffield, addressed the mechanisms of antler regeneration. Following a period at the RVC, she studied for four years in the Department of Medicine at University College London, before returning to the RVC, where she was made Professor of Veterinary Anatomy in 2005.

The lecture will take place at 5.30pm on Thursday, 15 November, in the Great Hall at the RVC's Camden campus. The event is free, but attendance is by ticket only. If you would like a ticket, please contact [email protected] or 020 7202 0705.