We are sad to report the death of Prof Jack Cohen who became a patron of our charity in 2009.
A sci-fi enthusiast and notable friend of Terry Pratchett and a contributor to his work.
His grandfather was a rabbi and he himself grew up an observant Jew, but later became an atheist. Nevertheless, he continued to attend the synagogue for cultural reasons.
From 1987 to 1989 he was Senior Embryological Advisor and Manager of Laboratories at the IVF/Infertility Clinic of a London private hospital. From 1995 to 1996 he was Visiting Professor at the Weizmann Institute, Israel. From 1996 to 2000 he was a consultant at the University of Warwick, jointly to the Ecosystems Unit of the Biology Dept and the Mathematics Institute. He was an Honorary Professor at the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick[6] and a Visiting Professor at Durham Business School.
He published in prestigious journals such as Nature and wrote textbooks such as Living Embryos – an Introduction to the Study of Animal Development (1967) and Reproduction (1977). His theory of sperm redundancy was important in studies of fertility and treatment of infertility. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Biology.
We are sad to hear of his passing and grateful that he chose to be a patron for our charity, therefore we wish to dedicate this post to his memory.
Rest in peace.
You can find the Guardian’s obituary to him by following this link.
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