As part of the project, we interviewed over 50 individuals working in the field of biology, from Nobel Laureates to PhD students and asking them about their inspirational heroes within the field of biology and beyond.
- Becoming a Biologist: Top Tips for Life Science Careers
- Adam Heath, International Biology Olympiad 2014 finalist
- Professor Alex Blakemore, professor of human molecular genetics at Imperial College London
- Professor Andrew Steptoe, director of the institute of epidemiology and health care and professor of psychology at University College London
- Professor Beverly Glover, professor of plant systematics and evolution at the University of Cambridge
- Beverley Goodger CBiol MRSB, teacher
- Dr Dame Bridget Ogilvie FRS, vice chair, Sense about Science
- Chris D'Agorne, PhD student, Oxford Brookes University
- Professor Christopher Kirk FRSB, honorary secretary of the Society of Biology
- Professor Colin Brownlee, director of the Marine Biological Association
- Professor Daniel Davis FRSB, author and professor of immunology at the University of Manchester
- Sir David Attenborough FRS Hon FRSB, naturalist and broadcaster
- Professor Sir David Hopwood Hon FRSB, emeritus professor at the John Innes Centre
- Dr David Williams FRSB, associate lecturer in veterinary ophthalmology at the University of Cambridge
- Dr David Williams, diatoms researcher at the Natural History Museum
- Dia Ghose, International Biology Olympiad 2014 finalist
- Dr Donald Palmer, senior lecturer, Royal Veterinary College
- Professor Douglas Kell CBE CBiol FRSB, professor of bioanalytical science, The University of Manchester
- Professor Duncan Maskell, Head of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
- Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green, clinical scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Dr Elizabeth Lakin FRSB, senior lecturer in science education at the University of Dundee
- Professor EJ Milner-Gulland, professor in conservation science at Imperial College London
- Dr Hannah Critchlow, The Naked Scientist presenter at Cambridge University
- Harriet Gliddon AMRSB, PhD student at Imperial College London
- Ian Harvey FRSB, head of biology at Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, former lead researcher on the Dolly the Sheep team and emeritus professor at Edinburgh University
- Imran Khan, chief executive, British Science Association
- Professor Jackie Hunter, chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Dr Jeremy Pritchard FRSB, head of education at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
- Professor Kathleen Beckingham, professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice University in Texas
- Kelly Chaplin, mature A level student
- Dr Kevin Maringer, virologist, University of Bristol
- Kim Leong, medical student at University of Lancaster
- Dr Lorena Fernández-Martínez, microbiologist at the John Innes Centre
- Professor Martin Humphries FRSB, vice president & dean in the Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester
- Professor Munir Pirmohamed, chair of medicine and NHS chair of pharmacogenetics at the University of Liverpool
- Professor Nicola Clayton FRSB FRS, professor of comparative cognition at the University of Cambridge
- Professor Ottoline Leyser FRSB, director of the Sainsbury Lab, University of Cambridge
- Dr Paul Brooker CBiol FRSB, managing director, Huntingdon Life Sciences
- Sir Paul Nurse FRS Hon FREng Hon FRSB, director and chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute, and president of the Royal Society
- Dr Rebecca Nesbit MRSB, scientific programme manager at Nobel Media
- Reetika Suri MRSB, PhD student, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Professor Richard Dawkins Hon FRSB, evolutionary biologist
- Dr Richard Spencer MBE MRSB, head of science at Middlesbrough College
- Professor Lord Robert Winston Hon FRSB FMedSci, professor of science and society at Imperial College London
- Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer
- Sally and Robin Sanger, daughter and son of biochemist and Nobel laureate Fred Sanger
- Professor Sarah Gurr, chair in food security at Exeter University
- Professor Simon van Heyningen FRSB, biochemist, University of Edinburgh
- Sir Tim Hunt FRS Hon FRSB, Cancer Research UK
- Professor Sir Tom Blundell Hon FRSB, director of research and professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge
Interviews are continuing to be filmed and edited, and new content will be added to both this website and the Royal Society of Biology YouTube channel. If you would like to be interviewed for the project, please contact us.