Recent awards in the School of Life Sciences
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Awards in 2024
| Award | Year | Awarded to |
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Cancer Research Horizons Further, Faster, Together Industry-Academia Award |
2024 | Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation and Boehringer Ingelheim |
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 The Royal Society of Edinburgh Sir James Black Medal |
2024 |
Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 The Royal Society of Edinburgh Mary Somerville Medal |
2024 | Drug Discovery Unit |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
2024 |
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Biochemical Society Morton Lecture |
2024 |
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
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| Order of the British Empire (OBE) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
2024 |
Professor Geoffrey Gadd OBE FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award |
2024 |
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Biochemical Society Industry and Academia Award |
2024 | Drug Discovery Unit-GSK Kinetoplastid Drug Discovery Team |
| Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards Knowledge Exchange Champion at Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards |
2024 |
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
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Awards in 2023
| Award | Year | Awarded to |
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| Commendation for Engaged Early Career Researcher of the Year |
2023 | |
| Commendation for Engagement Project of the Year |
2023 | Breaking the Chains |
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Lifetime Achievement Award at The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023 |
2023 |
Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FAA FFMedSci
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| Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research |
2023 | Engaged Researcher of the Year: Fred Simeons Team of the Year : CeTPD Outreach Team Project of the Year: MRC-PPU’s ‘Exchanges: Inspiring Parkinson's Conversations’ |
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award |
2023 |
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| Commendation for Engaged Early Career Researcher of the Year |
2023 | |
| International Science Prizes awarded since 1990 Feldberg Prize - British Recipient |
2023 |
Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
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| Order of the British Empire (OBE) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
2023 |
Professor Dario Alessi OBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
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| People's Award |
2023 | Derek Bateman and Ruth Hernandez (PhD student) Team Award went to the Scottish Parasitology Partnership in Research, Innovation and Training (SPPIRIT) Committee |
| Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards Commercialisation Achievement of the Year at PraxisAURIL KE Awards |
2023 | Amphista Therapeutics Ltd founded by Professor Alessio Ciulli |
Awards in 2022
| Award | Year | Awarded to |
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| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Royal Society of Edinburgh Senior Public Engagement Medal |
2022 |
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
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| International Science Prizes awarded since 1990 European Molecular Biology Organisation Young Investigator Programme |
2022 |
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| Fellow of the Royal Society |
2022 |
Professor Kate Storey FMedSci FRS FRSE FRSB
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| People's Award |
2022 | Louise Fraser, Heather Duncan, Team Award went to the Assess Team in CTIL |
| Fellow of Learned Societies and Colleges Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy |
2022 |
Dr Piers Hemsley SFHEA FRSB
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| PiCLS Best Mentor Award |
2022 |
Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
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| International Science Prizes awarded since 1990 Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery |
2022 |
Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSE FRSC
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| PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award |
2022 |
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| DUSA Awards Innovation in Teaching - DUSA Student-led Teaching Awards |
2022 |
Professor Hari Hundal FHEA FRSB
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| Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching |
2022 |
Professor Jennifer Woof FRSB FHEA
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| Innovator of the Year |
2022 | Best Innovation was awarded to a team comprising of Simone Altmann, Sandra Carvalho, Melanie Ridgway, Anna Trenaman, Michele Tinti, Susan Wyllie and David Horn Best Early-Stage Business Idea was won by Toan Phung (with significant contribution from Raja Nurijogi and team Alessi ) |
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Microbiology Society Marjory Stephenson Prize |
2022 |
Professor Geoffrey Gadd OBE FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
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| Personal Fellowships Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (renewal) |
2022 |
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| Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize |
2022 | Dr Thomas Williams |
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 Honorary Membership of British Society for Parasitology |
2022 |
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
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| International Science Prizes awarded since 1990 Applied Microbiology International Dorothy Jones Prize |
2022 |
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| Brian Cox Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research |
2022 | Engaged Researcher of the Year: Thomas Williams Project of the Year: DNA Daffodil Team |
| Major Personal Funding Awards Wellcome Career Development Award |
2022 |
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| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
2022 |
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| Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards ‘Fierce 15’ biotechnology company by Fierce Biotech |
2022 | Amphista Therapeutics Ltd founded by Professor Alessio Ciulli |
Awards in 2021
| Award | Year | Awarded to |
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| Innovator of the Year Innovator of the Year - Best Early-Stage Business Idea |
2021 | Adam Bond Connor Craigon |
| People's Award |
2021 | Dr Nicola Darling |
| Engaged Early Career Researcher of the Year |
2021 |
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| Innovator of the Year Innovator of the Year - Best Innovation |
2021 | Drug Discovery Unit |
| British Empire Medal (BEM) |
2021 |
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| Engaged Researcher of the Year |
2021 |
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| Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year |
2021 |
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| Order of the British Empire (OBE) Honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
2021 |
Professor Jason Swedlow OBE FRSE
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| Engagement Project of the Year |
2021 | Educational Comics Team |
| Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher |
2021 |
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| School of Life Sciences Awards Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee |
2021 |
Professor Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
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| Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards ‘Financing Deal of the Year’ at the Scrip Awards |
2021 | Amphista Therapeutics Ltd founded by Professor Alessio Ciulli |
| British Empire Medal (BEM) |
2021 |
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| PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award |
2021 |
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| Chancellor's Award Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee |
2021 |
Professor Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
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| Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
2021 |
Professor Ian Gilbert FMedSci FRSE FRSC
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| PiCLS Best Mentor Award |
2021 |
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
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| Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award - COVID-19 Collaborative Response Award |
2021 |
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| Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience |
2021 |
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| Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize |
2021 | Olivia James |
| Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) |
2021 |
Professor Geoffrey Codd MBE FRSE
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| Major Personal Funding Awards Wellcome Investigator Award |
2021 |
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| Howard Elder Prize |
2021 |
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| Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology |
2021 |
Dr Piers Hemsley SFHEA FRSB
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