The London Research Institute hosts a number of conferences throughout the year and has extensive seminar schedules as part of its education programme.
Awards and Honours
The scientific community has awarded LRI scientists many prestigious honours. The following awards and honours recognise and celebrate distinguished scholars engaged in scientific research, dedicated to the advancement of science and who continue to achieve through original research.
- Academy of Medical Sciences - Elected Fellows
- EMBO - Elected Members
- EMBO Gold Medal
- EMBO Young Investigator Program
- Hooke Medal
- Louis Jeantet Prize
- Nobel Prize
- Pontecorvo Prize
- Royal Society - Elected Fellows
- Royal Society - Royal Medal
- Other memberships, fellowships and awards
Elections to the Academy of Medical Sciences
The prime criterion for election to Fellowship of the Academy is the contribution of sustained excellence to the medical sciences.
- Simon Boulton (2012)
- Giampietro Schiavo (2011)
- John Diffley (2011)
- Julian Downward (2010)
- Caetano Reis E Sousa (2006)
- Tim Hunt (2006)
- Paul Nurse (2006)
- Nancy Hogg (2002)
- Adrian Hayday (2002)
- Peter Parker (2001)
- Gordon Peters (2000)
- Richard Treisman (2000)
- Stephen West (2000)
- Tomas Lindahl (1998)
- Nick Wright (1998)
EMBO - Elected Members
Becoming a member of EMBO gives scientists the opportunity to access other leaders in the discipline of molecular biology. It provides scientists with the opportunity to influence research in Europe and neighbouring countries.
- Axel Behrens (2012)
- Thomas Surrey (2012)
- Giampietro Schiavo (2010)
- Sharon Tooze (2010)
- Simon Boulton (2009)
- Julie Cooper (2009)
- Facundo Batista (2009)
- Helle Ulrich (2008)
- Caetano Reis e Sousa (2006)
- Michael Way (2006)
- Frank Uhlmann (2006)
- Julian Lewis (2005)
- Jesper Svejstrup (2003)
- Caroline Hill (2002)
- Gordon Peters (2002)
- Dale Wigley (2002)
- Peter Parker (2000)
- John Diffley (1998)
- Julian Downward (1995)
- Syephen West (1994)
- Paul Nurse (1987)
- Richard Treisman (1987)
- David Ish Horowicz (1985)
- Tim Hunt (1979)
EMBO Gold Medal
Recipients of the EMBO gold medal are recognised for the quality of molecular biology research they undertake. It brings the work of these researchers to the attention of a worldwide audience. Awardees are recognized as role models for other young scientists in Europe.
- Simon Boulton (2011)
- Frank Uhlmann (2006)
- Richard Treisman (1995)
EMBO Young Investigator Program
Selected by EMBO Members annually for their high research standards, EMBO Young Investigators are some of Europe’s most talented young scientists who benefit from financial, academic and practical support during the start up of their first independent research laboratories.
- Taija Makinen (2011-2013)
- Almut Schulze (2009-2011)
- Erik Sahai (2009-2011)
- Nic Tapon (2008-2010)
- Holger Gerhardt (2008-2010)
- Simon Boulton (2007-2009)
- Vincenzo Costanzo (2007-2009)
- Axel Behrens (2005-2007)
- Facundo Batista (2005-2007)
- Helle Ulrich (2004-2006)
- Frank Uhlmann (2003-2005)
- Ralph Adams (2001-2003)
Hooke Medal
The British Society awards this medal for Cell Biology to an emerging leader in cell biology. The award is made to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to UK Cell Biology usually within the first 10 years of establishing their own lab.
- Holger Gerhardt (2012)
- Erik Sahai (2009)
- Frank Uhlmann (2005)
Louis Jeantet Prize
The prize is awarded to experienced researchers who have distinguished themselves in the field of biomedical research in Europe. It is to finance the continuation of research projects of major importance to medicine.
- Steve West (2007)
- Richard Treisman (2002)
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards given by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. Each recipient, or laureate, is presented with a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money, which depends on the Nobel Foundation's income that year.
2001
Tim Hunt and Paul Nurse - Awarded the Nobel Prize in ‘Physiology or Medicine’ for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.
Pontecorvo Prize
The Pontecorvo Prize is awarded each year to a PhD student who submits the best Cancer Research UK thesis during the year.
- Devanshi Jain (2010)
- Sophie Pinner (2009)
- Peter O'Donovan (2007)
- Oliver Sieber (2006)
- Sarah Trewick (2005)
Royal Society - Elected Fellows
Fellows of the Royal Society are elected through a peer review process. Each year 44 Fellows, 8 Foreign Members and up to 1 Honorary Fellow are elected from a group of over 700 candidates who are proposed by the existing Fellowship.
- Jesper Svejstrup (2009)
- Peter Parker (2006)
- John Diffley (2005)
- Julian Downward (2005)
- Dale Wigley (2004)
- David Ish-Horowicz (2002)
- Richard Treisman (1994)
- Tim Hunt (1991)
- Paul Nurse (1989)
Royal Society - Royal Medal
Scientists receiving the Royal Medal are recognised for their important contributions to the advancement of Natural Knowledge and interdisciplinary or applied sciences.
- Tomas Lindahl (2007)
- Tim Hunt (2006)
- Paul Nurse (2003)
Other memberships, fellowships and awards
2011
- Simon Boulton - Royal Society Francis Crick Prize Lecture
- Holger Gerhardt - 2011 Judah Folkman Award from the North American Vascular Biology Organisation
- Caetano Reis e Sousa - 2011 European Society for Clinical Investigation Award for Excellence in Basic/ Translational Research
2010
- Ken Blight - 2nd Prize in the 2010 Royal Microscopical Society’s International Micrograph Competition
- Simon Boulton - Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- Julian Downward – elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- Tomas Lindahl - Royal Society's Copley Medal 2010
- Charles Swanton - Emerging leader in Oncology prize (Sponsored by Pfizer)
- Stephen West - GlaxoSmithKline Prize and Medal of the Royal Society
2009
- Facundo Batista - Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- John Diffley - Elected Member of Academia Europaea
- Holger Gerhardt - Walther-Flemming Medal of the German Society for Cell Biology
- Caetano Reis e Sousa - Made officer of the order of Sant’lago da Espada
- Steve West - Research Award from Swiss Bridge Foundation
2008
- Simon Boulton - Eppendorf award for young cancer researchers
- Simon Boulton - EACR Young Cancer Researcher of the Year Award
- Holger Gerhardt - Lister Research Prize Award
- Tomas Lindahl - French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) award
- Caetano Reis e Sousa - Life Sciences award from the Lillian Bettencourt Foundation Jonathan Leslie
- Stephen West - Novartis Medal and Prize from the Biochemical Society
2007
- John Diffley - Elected a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science
- David Ish-Horowicz - Waddington Medal of the British Society of Developmental Biology
2006
- Simon Boulton - Colworth Medal 2006. Awarded from the Biochemical Society
- Vincenzo Costanzo - Lister Institute Research Prize
- Helle Ulrich - The Bea Singer Award of the DNA Damage, Mutations & Cancer Gordon Research Conference
2005
- Simon Boulton - Biochemical Society 2006 Colworth Medal
- Ian Tomlinson - ‘Achiever of the Year’ award by European weekly paper, European Voice
2004
- Peter Parker - Awarded the Biochemical Society Morton Lecture
2003
- John Diffley - Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, awarded by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
- Julian Lewis - Waddington Medal, British Society for Developmental Biology
- Ian Kerr - Feldberg Prize
- Paul Nurse - The Royal Society of Edinburgh Gold Medal
- Paul Nurse - Medal of the British Mycological Society
- Fiona Watt - FEDERA award of the Dutch Federation of Medical Scientific Societies
2002
- Stephen West - Leeuwenhoek Prize of the Royal Society
