Portland Press Excellence in Science Award explained

The Portland Press Excellence in Science Award was an annual award instituted in 1964 to recognize notable research in any branch of biochemistry undertaken in the UK or Republic of Ireland. It was initially called the CIBA Medal and Prize, then the Novartis Medal and Prize. The prize consists of a medal and a £3000 cash award. The winner is invited to present a lecture at a Society conference and submit an article to one of the Society's publications.^[1] Notable recipients include the Nobel laureates John E. Walker, Paul Nurse, Sydney Brenner, César Milstein, Peter D. Mitchell, Rodney Porter, and John Cornforth.

The Novartis Medal and Prize was last presented in 2019 and will be replaced from 2021 by the Portland Press Excellence in Science Award. Portland Press is the publishing arm of the Biochemical Society.^[2]

Recipients

Source: Biochemical Society

Novartis Medal and Prize

• 2021: Bart Vanhaesebroeck^[3]
• 2019: Caroline Dean ^[4]
• 2018: Laurence Pearl^[5]
• 2017: Doreen Cantrell^[6]
• 2016: ^[7]
• 2015: ^{[8] [9]}
• 2014: Jeff Errington^[10]
• 2013: Tony Kouzarides
• 2012: ^[11]
• 2011: ^[12]
• 2010: D. Grahame Hardie^{[13] [14]}
• 2009: Louise Johnson^{[15] [16]}
• 2008: Stephen C. West^[17]
• 2007: Adrian Bird^[18]
• 2006: James Barber^[19]
• 2005: Alan Hall^[20]
• 2004: Jean D. Beggs^[21]
• 2003: Iain D. Campbell^[22]
• 2002: Michael S. Neuberger^[23]
• 2001: ^[24]
• 2000: Kiyoshi Nagai^[25]
• 1999: Christopher J. Marshall^[26]
• 1998: Richard N. Perham
• 1997: Ronald Laskey^[27]
• 1996: John E. Walker^[28]
• 1995: Christopher F. Higgins^[29]
• 1994:
• 1993: T. Rabbitts^[30]
• 1992: Philip Cohen^[31]
• 1991: Paul Nurse^[32]
• 1988: ^[33]
• 1987: Thomas L. Blundell^[34]
• 1985: E. A. Barnard
• 1984: Philip J. Randle^[35]
• 1983: George K. Radda^[36]
• 1981: I. Helen Muir^[37]
• 1980: Sydney Brenner^[38]
• 1979: J. B. Gurdon^[39]
• 1978: J. Rodney Quayle^[40]
• 1977: César Milstein^[41]
• 1976: Samuel V. Perry^[42]
• 1975: ^[43]
• 1974:
• 1973: Peter D. Mitchell^{[44] [45]}
• 1972: R. T. Williams^[46]
• 1971: D. H. Northcote
• 1970: D. C. Phillips
• 1969: ^[47]
• 1968: William J. Whelan^[48]
• 1967: D. M. Blow^[49]
• 1966: R. R. Porter^{[50] [51]}
• 1965: J. W. Cornforth and ^{[52] [53]}

Source: ^[1]

See also

• List of biochemistry awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Novartis Medal and Prize. Biochemical Society. 31 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044424/https://www.biochemistry.org/Awards/TheNovartisMedalandPrize.aspx. 1 September 2018. dead.
2. Web site: The Portland Press Excellence in Science Award. Biochemical Society. 2 May 2020.
3. Web site: Biochemical Society Awards 2021 Winners . Biochemical Society . 11 July 2021.
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6. Web site: Novartis Medal and Prize for Professor Doreen Cantrell. BioDundee. 30 March 2016. 9 October 2018.
7. Web site: 2016 Novartis Medal and Prize awarded to David Tollervey . Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology . 9 October 2018.
8. Freeman . M. . Rhomboids, signalling and cell biology . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 44 . 3 . 1 June 2016 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst20160035 . 27284064 . 945–950. 4902136 .
9. Web site: Matthew Freeman. 1 September 2015. Royal Society. 9 October 2018.
10. Errington . Jeff . Cell wall-deficient, L-form bacteria in the 21st century: a personal perspective . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 45 . 2 . 1 April 2017 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst20160435 . 28408469 . 287–295. 5390494 .
11. Hay . Ronald T. . Decoding the SUMO signal . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 41 . 2 . 1 April 2013 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst20130015 . 23514139 . 463–473.
12. Web site: [//www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/news/2013/aug/20/professor-angus-lamond-wins-2011-novartis-medal-and-prize Professor Angus Lamond wins 2011 Novartis Medal and Prize ]. University of Dundee School of Life Sciences . 10 March 2010. 9 October 2018.
13. Hardie . D. Grahame . AMP-activated protein kinase: a cellular energy sensor with a key role in metabolic disorders and in cancer . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 39 . 1 . 1 February 2011 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst0390001 . 1–13.
14. Web site: Grahame Hardie . Royal Society . 1 September 2015 . 9 October 2018.
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16. News: Professor Dame Louise Johnson. Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2012. 9 October 2018.
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21. Beggs . J.D. . Lsm proteins and RNA processing1 . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 33 . 3 . 1 June 2005 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst0330433 . 15916535 . 433–438.
22. Campbell . I.D. . Modular proteins at the cell surface . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 31 . 6 . 1 December 2003 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst0311107 . 14641006 . 1107–1114.
23. Neuberger . M. S. . Antibodies: a Paradigm for the Evolution of Molecular Recognition . Biochemical Society Transactions . Portland Press Ltd. . 30 . 4 . 2002 . 0300-5127 . 10.1042/bst0300341 . 12196093 . 341–350.
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49. Blow . D. M. . The study of α-chymotrypsin by x-ray diffraction. The Third CIBA Medal Lecture . Biochemical Journal . Portland Press Ltd. . 112 . 3 . 1969 . 0264-6021 . 10.1042/bj1120261 . 5801300 . 261–268. 1187704 .
50. Porter . R. R. . The structure of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin and its relevance to the nature of the antibody-combining site. The Second CIBA Medal Lecture . Biochemical Journal . Portland Press Ltd. . 105 . 2 . 1967 . 0264-6021 . 10.1042/bj1050417 . 4171421 . 1198327 . 417–426.
51. Web site: Rodney Robert Porter - Biographical. NobelPrize.org . 1 September 1985. 9 October 2018.
52. Popják . G. . Cornforth . J. W. . Substrate Stereochemistry in Squalene Biosynthesis . Biochemical Journal . Portland Press Ltd. . 101 . 3 . 1966 . 0264-6021 . 10.1042/bj1010553 . 553–568.
53. Web site: John Cornforth - Biographical. NobelPrize.org. 9 October 2018.