Recent awards in the School of Life Sciences

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Awards in 2024

Award Year Awarded to
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
Biochemical Society Morton Lecture
2024
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award
2024
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

Awards in 2023

Award Year Awarded to
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
C.A. Wright Memorial Medal
2023
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
2023
PiCLS Best Postdoctoral/Technician Mentor Award
2023
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
Royal Society of Edinburgh Dame Anne McLaren Early Career Medal in Life Sciences
2023
Fellow of the Royal Society
2023 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRS FMedSci FRSC FRSE FRSB
Innovator of the Year
2023 Research focused award - Peter Ibrahim
Business focused award - Ricardo Moreno Ballesteros ​
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) Postdoctoral Researcher Medal
2023 Dr Thomas Williams
Wellcome and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
2023
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
2023 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRS FMedSci FRSC FRSE FRSB
Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2023 Joshua Peter

Awards in 2022

Award Year Awarded to
Fellow of Learned Societies and Colleges
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2022
Dr Piers Hemsley SFHEA FRSB
PiCLS Best Mentor Award
2022
Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
International Science Prizes awarded since 1990
Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery
2022
PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award
2022
DUSA Awards
Innovation in Teaching - DUSA Student-led Teaching Awards
2022
Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching
2022
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
Personal Fellowships
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (renewal)
2022
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
International Science Prizes awarded since 1990
Applied Microbiology International Dorothy Jones Prize
2022
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
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2022
Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards
‘Fierce 15’ biotechnology company by Fierce Biotech
2022 Amphista Therapeutics Ltd
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
Royal Society of Edinburgh Senior Public Engagement Medal
2022
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
International Science Prizes awarded since 1990
European Molecular Biology Organisation Young Investigator Programme
2022
Fellow of the Royal Society
2022
Professor Kate Storey FMedSci FRS FRSE FRSB
People's Award
2022 Louise Fraser, Heather Duncan, Team Award went to the Assess Team in CTIL

Awards in 2021

Award Year Awarded to
Brian Cox Prize: Project of the Year
2021
Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE)
2021
Brian Cox Prize: Engaged Researcher
2021
School of Life Sciences Awards
Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee
2021
Dr Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
2021
PiCLS Best Postdoctoral Mentor Award
2021
Chancellor's Award
Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee
2021
Dr Stephen Land CSciTeach FRSB FTPS
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
2021
Professor Ian Gilbert FMedSci FRSE FRSC
PiCLS Best Mentor Award
2021
Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM SFHEA
Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards
Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award - COVID-19 Collaborative Response Award
2021
Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience
2021
Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize
2021 Olivia James
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
2021
Major Personal Funding Awards
Wellcome Investigator Award
2021
Howard Elder Prize
2021
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
2021
Dr Piers Hemsley SFHEA FRSB
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
Innovation and Knowledge Exchange awards
‘Financing Deal of the Year’ at the Scrip Awards
2021 Amphista Therapeutics Ltd
Innovator of the Year
Innovator of the Year - Best Innovation
2021 Drug Discovery Unit
British Empire Medal (BEM)
2021