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Royal Society recognises excellence in science

The Royal Society, the UK’s independent academy for science  announced the recipients of its  2011 Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures.

The scientists receive the awards in recognition of their achievements in a wide variety of fields of research - the uniting factor is the excellence of their work and the profound implications their findings have had for others working in their relevant fields and wider society. Congratulations to Simon Boulton (DNA Damage Response), on being awarded the Francis Crick Lecture 2011.

The Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures for 2011 are below:

Premier Awards

  • Copley Medal
  • Royal Medals

Medals

  • Davy Medal
  • Buchanan Medal
  • Hughes Medal
  • Gabor Medal

Awards

  • Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture
  • Kohn Award
  • Rosalind Franklin Award

Prize lectures
Kavli Medal and Lecture 2011

  • Professor Clare Grey FRS for her pioneering work in the use of solid state NMR in the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Francis Crick Lecture 2011

  • Dr Simon Boulton for his exceptional achievements in the field of DNA repair and genome instability.

Five prize lectures for 2012 have also been chosen and are as follows:

  • Bakerian Lecture 2012
  • Croonian Lecture 2012
  • Leeuwenhoek Lecture 2012
  • Clifford Paterson Lecture 2012
  • Francis Crick Lecture 2012

For a full list of the Royal Society’s Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures please visit: http://royalsociety.org/awards/medals-awards-prizes/