Professor Lord Robert Winston is one of the world's most respected medical academics and researcher of the human reproductive system. Chancellor Elect of Sheffield Hallam University Lord Winston is best know as the presenter of the Human Body and Super Human television series, but he also heads up a world leading human fertility research team. A major contributor to the development of gynaecological microsurgery in the 1970's Lord Winston was a prime figure in the enormous progress in the fields of IVF and reproductive genetics. His group's research enabled families with a history of a particular genetic disease to have children free of fatal illnesses. This particular field of research has earned Lord Winston international recognition, awards and honours. His latest ground breaking investigative research has pioneered techniques in transferring germ cells from the testes of one male into the testes of another. It means males will be able to act as surrogate fathers carrying another males sperm and fathering offspring that are not genetically their own. As Winston explains the work has important implications for males undergoing x-ray treatments for cancer - which kill off sperm cells. A great philanthropist his Queen Charlotte's Appeal recently raised over £13 million to build and equip the most advanced reproductive research centre in Europe, with space for 130 scientists and doctors working to improve the health of women and babies. Lord Winston, previously Robert Winston, was created a life peer in 1995. As Government Whip he plays a very active role in the House of Lords participating in debates on education, science, medicine and the arts.