"My mission at the moment Is to shake the foundations. No less than that"

One of the founders of the field of systems biology, Denis Noble is an Emeritus professor of cardiovascular physiology at the University of Oxford. He was the first to develop computer models of the heart in 1960.  His books include the first popular science book on the subject, The Music of Life (OUP, 2006), which has been translated into 12 languages. Central to Noble's work is that living organisms are "more like a piece of music than a genetically determined machine", a challenging metaphor in the field for the field of biology.

Amongst many awards and honours, he became a founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was awarded a CBE in 1998. In 2022, he was elected a Fellow of The Linnean Society.

"A pioneer" - The Guardian

"Certainly has a rebellious streak" - The Oxford Scientist