This episode of the https://www.spreaker.com/show/progress-educational-trust-podcast marks the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2010/edwards/facts/, known widely (and affectionately) as 'Bob'. The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from: ⚫ Dr Jenny Joy (Bob's daughter) ⚫ Professor Barry Bavister (the https://www.progress.org.uk/working-with-robert-edwards-at-the-dawn-of-ivf/, while working alongside Bob in 1968) ⚫ Alastair MacDonald (the second person ever born who was https://www.progress.org.uk/the-story-of-the-worlds-second-ivf-mum/) ⚫ Grace MacDonald (Alastair's mother, who https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04611.x in 1979) ⚫ Professor Geraldine Hartshorne (completed her PhD under Bob's supervision in 1988, and is now Scientific Director of the Coventry Centre for Reproductive Medicine) ⚫ Jane Blower (President of the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists) ⚫ Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias (Research Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and at Pompeu Fabra University) ⚫ Professor Nick Hopwood (Professor of History of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge) PET is grateful to the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists for supporting this discussion. PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast. Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.