Hunterian Professor Dr Umar Sadat receives the prestigious Hunterian medal 2019
Umar Sadat (Christ's College, 2008), currently a Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, delivered the Hunterian Lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Dr Frederick Baker wins Grand Prix at the European Heritage Europa Nostra Awards
The Grand Prix was awarded for the creation of an interactive web platform called 'History Radar 1938', which relays the Nazi annexation of Austria as a 24 hour news stream.
Dame Ann Dowling receives prestigious engineering accolade
Esteemed Mechanical engineer, Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS has been rewarded for her outstanding contribution to the engineering profession, with an Honorary Fellowship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Dr Silvia Vignolini (Department of Chemistry) has been awarded a 2019 Philip Leverhulme Prize for the international impact of her work on bio-inspired optical materials.
Group Leader Meri Huch of the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute has been awarded this year's BINDER Innovation Prize by the German Society for Cell Biology, for her world-leading research onĀ 'Liver organoids for the study of liver biology and disease'.
New York Stem Cell Foundation - Robertson Investigator
Dr. Florian Merkle was named a Robertson Investigator in Stem Cell Biology by the New York Stem Cell Foundation, which provides his group $1.5 million over the next five years to support research into the neuroscience of obesity.
Professor Jonathan Heeney receives Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development grant
Professor Jonathan Heeney, head of the Lab of Viral Zoonotics, Department of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded a $2 million Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Flu Lab.