'Exchanges at the Frontier' returned to Wellcome Collection in the autumn of 2011 for a third series in partnership with the BBC World Service, hosting some of the biggest names in world science.

Follow the links below to watch interviews with each speaker about their work and most exciting current projects.

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  Paul Nurse

  Watch the video of Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize-winning cell biologist and the new President of the Royal Society.

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  Vilayanur Ramachandran

  Watch the video of Vilayanur Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego.

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  Valerie Mizrahi

  Watch the video of Valerie Mizrahi, Director of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and professor at the University of Cape Town.

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  Gebisa Ejeta

  Watch the video of Gebisa Ejeta, world-leading plant scientist developing drought-resistant crops for Africa.

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  Steven Pinker

  Watch the video of Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading psychologists, conducting research into language and cognition.

 

Exchanges at the Frontier on the BBC World Service website.

Watch highlights and listen to broadcasts from 2009's 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series.

Watch highlights and listen to broadcasts from 2010's 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series.