- Research into sheep fertility focused on why some were more fertile than others.
- That work eventually steered Alan Trounson towards skills in freezing and transferring animal embryos.
- Professor Trounson and a team of scientists later joined the global race to produce an IVF baby.
"You could see a few sheep here and there, and I was thinking 'goodness me, what have I dropped into?'"
"It was groundbreaking I can tell you. Everything was groundbreaking about what they were doing,"Mr Corliss said.
"He's really a visionary."