Happy birthday Sir David Hopwood! He is an Emeritus Fellow at
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, Norwich and an Emeritus Professor at
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. He has been a member of the Microbiology Society since 1955 and was President of the Microbiology Society 2000–2003.
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many of us are lucky enough to meet people who inspire us. Meeting David changed my life and 33 years onwards he is still a major inspiration. He also more or less invented the concept of open science, and invited 100s of young guest scientists to his lab to learn techniques