Philip Cohen gave the keynote lecture at the EMBO European Meeting on Protein Phosphorylation and Protein Phosphatases on 11th July 2001 in Marburg, Germany. To introduce Philip, the organisers arranged for a special "mystery guest" to attend the conference. Nobody knew who the mystery guest was and Philip was most surprised when it turned out to be none other than Tricia Cohen (his wife!). Philip commented that "Tricia did a very good job of keeping this a secret from me; I had no idea at all".
Remarkably, 15 of the 43 speakers at the conference were either past or present members of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit in Dundee, including Tricia Cohen.
Remarkably, 15 of the 43 speakers at the conference were either past or present members of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit in Dundee, including Tricia Cohen.