Celebrating the life of Professor John Wood

Colleagues, friends and family were invited to a very personal event to celebrate the life of Professor John Wood, who sadly died earlier this year of pancreatic cancer. Professor Wood was Professor of Medical Biochemistry here at the University of Bradford. The memorial celebration took place on Thursday 12th June, in the John Stanley Bell lecture theatre. I went along because although I didn't know John well other than hello in the profs car park, the Richmond lift or corridor he seemed such an interesting man and his inaugural lecture in the same JSB theatre in 1994 was the first I had ever attended. It was particularly memorable becuase it pre-dated powerpoint (proper slideshow) and there was a mix up including some rather interesting holiday snaps. I gatecrashed then and I gatecrashed today but felt glad to be an observer at such a unique event. John once said "Politicians come and go but scientists are here forever".