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Legacy Awards

Excellence in Science Award

The Excellence in Science Award recognised outstanding contributions to the development of any branch of the molecular biosciences.

The Excellence in Science Award (sponsored by Portland Press) was retired in 2023 and is no longer open for nominations. The Excellence in Science Award was first awarded in 1964 by the Ciba Laboratories (later Ciba-Geigy and then Novartis) and was presented as The Novartis Medal and Prize until 2021. From 2021, the award was sponsored by Portland Press, the publishing arm of the Biochemical Society.

The recipient of the award received: 

  • £3000 prize money
  • A trophy
  • The opportunity to present a lecture at a Society conference or webinar
  • An invitation to submit an article to a Society-owned publication

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Recipients

2019
Caroline Dean
2018
Laurence Pearl
2017
Doreen Cantrell
2016
David Tollervey
2015
Matthew Freeman
2014
Jeff Errington
2013
Tony Kouzarides
2012
Ron Hay
2011
Angus Lamond
2010
D. Grahame Hardie
2009
Louise Johnson
2008
Stephen West
2007
Adrian Bird
2006
James Barber
2005
Alan Hall
2004
Jean D. Beggs
2003
Ian D. Campbell
2002
Michael S. Neuberger
2001
Stephen Halford
2000
K.E. Nagai
1999
Christopher J. Marshall
1998
Richard N. Perham
1997
Ronald Laskey
1996
John E. Walker
1995
Christopher F. Higgins
1994
J. Subak-Sharpe
1993
T. Rabbitts
1992
Philip Cohen
1991
Paul Nurse
1988
Robert H. Michell
1987
Thomas L. Blundell
1985
E.A. Barnard
1984
Philip J. Randle
1983
George K. Radda
1981
I. Helen Muir
1980
Sydney Brenner
1979
J.B. Gurdon
1978
J.R. Quayle
1977
Cesar Milstein
1976
Samuel V. Perry
1975
E.F. Hartree
1974
E. Kodicek
1973
Peter D. Mitchell
1972
R.T. Williams
1971
D.H. Northcote
1970
D.C. Phillips
1969
Trevor W. Goodwin
1968
William J. Whelan
1967
D.M. Blow
1966
R.R. Porter
1965
J.W. Cornforth and G.J. Popjak