The UCL Institute of Origins – exploring the origin and evolution of the universe, and the origin of life – was launched on 27 February 2009, featuring a talk by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Paul Nurse. UCL President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant described the institute as a model for how UCL is organising its intellectual activity, by drawing together individual pockets of expertise around particular research themes. Professor Louise Harra, Director of the UCL Institute of Origins, introduced its four research themes – neutrino physics, planetary science, galaxy evolution and the...