Khumbula uJohn Sulston

Kulusizi olukhulu ukuba iBhunga lifunde ngokusweleka nge-6 kweyoKwindla kukaNjingalwazi uSir John Sulston, uFRS, ophumelele iBhaso leNobel, uMlawuli ongumseki we-UK's Wellcome Sanger Institute kunye nelungu elisebenzayo le-ICSU's. IKomiti yeNkululeko kunye noxanduva ekuqhutyweni kweNzululwazi (CFRS).

UMhlekazi uJohn waqeqeshwa njengekhemisti kwiYunivesithi yaseCambridge, apho wenza khona iPhD kwichemistry yenucleotide. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wophando wachithwa elandela umkhondo wokwahlulahlula kweeseli zombungu we-nematode ukuqonda ukuba iiseli ziyahlula kwaye zife njani ukuze zenze into ephilayo. Iziphumo zakhe zazingundoqo ekuqondeni ukuba umhlaza ukhula njani.

UProfesa Sulston waseka waza wayala i-Wellcome Sanger Institute, ngoko ke iZiko leSanger, ukusuka kwi-1992 ukuya kwi-2000, ngexesha eliphambili lokufunyanwa kwemfuzo. Ukhokele igalelo le-UK kwidrafti ye-Human Genome, umzamo omkhulu owabeka isiseko sophando oluguqula ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye nokuqonda kwethu isifo.

Ngo-2008 wayeseka usihlalo-sihlalo we-Institute for Science Ethics and Innovation kwiYunivesithi yaseManchester.

Amawonga amaninzi esizwe nakwamanye amazwe uMhlekazi uJohn awawafumanayo ngomsebenzi wakhe wenzululwazi aqukiweyo Fellowship yeRoyal Society (FRS) ngo-1986 kunye ne-knighthood ngo-2001, Ngo-2002, wawongwa ngeBhaso leNobel kwiPhysiology okanye iMedicine ngegalelo lakhe ekuqondeni indlela iigenes ezilawula ngayo ukwahlukana kweeseli kunye nokufa kweeseli kwinto ephilayo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ngo-2017, uMhlekazi uJohn wenziwa iqabane lembeko nguHM ukumkanikazi ngegalelo lakhe elikhulu kwisayensi nakuluntu.

Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, uMhlekazi uJohn wayekholelwa kakhulu kwisayensi njengento yoluntu, kwaye oku kwabonakalisa umsebenzi wakhe ngexesha lobulungu bakhe bexesha ezimbini ze-CFRS 2006-2012. Ngokwenene, wayeyintshatsheli ebukhali yenyathelo lokukhusela ukufikelela ngokukhululekileyo kwidatha kunye nolwazi malunga ne-genome yomntu, exhathisa yonke imizamo yokuba zenziwe zabucala kwaye zilawulwe ngezivumelwano zeelayisensi zorhwebo. Umbono wakhe obona kude we-genomics uthetha ukuba ushiya emva kwentsimi yehlabathi esekelwe ngokuqinileyo kwimigaqo yokufikelela okuvulekileyo, kunye nesizukulwana sonke senzululwazi esithonywe yizenzo zakhe kunye nemilinganiselo.