Founded in 2013, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing and celebrating breakthrough research. This year, the foundation gave away a whopping US$36million in prize money for research into the life sciences, physics and mathematics. We’re pleased to say that one of the winners of the 2015 Life Science Prize was…
Brendan Crabb, F1000 Section Head in Microbiology, has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) as part of the Australia day honours. The award recognises his contributions to medical research and global health. Crabb is the Director and CEO of the Burnet institute, and past president of the Association of Australian Medical…
The Vilcek Prize for biomedical science recognizes major contributions to science made by immigrants to America. We are pleased to be able to say that Cell Biology Section Head Peter Walter has received the 2015 prize! Prof. Walter is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California San Francisco and has been…
This is a cross-post from F1000Research, written by Eva Amsen. For the past few weeks, the F1000 Outreach Directors have looked at lists of all of your past activities to figure out who deserved to be crowned this year’s F1000 Specialist of the Year. The decision was much harder than last year because so many…
We are thrilled to congratulate Dame Kay Davies, F1000 International Advisory Board member, on being awarded the 2014 WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. WISE Awards celebrate female talent in science, technology and engineering, and recognise the efforts of advisors, employers and other organisations to encourage and support women in STEM careers. This is the 30th year…
Many congratulations to Cell Biology Section Head Denise Montell, who has been given a 2014 Pioneer award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award recognizes a select group of scientists whose innovative pioneering approaches have the potential to make an unusually high impact on a broad area of biomedical research. Montell, from the…
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently elected 70 new members and 10 foreign fellows at their 44th annual meeting. I’m pleased to announce that a number of F1000 Faculty were honoured amongst them. Election to the IOM recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service – one of the highest honours…
The National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation are the highest awards the US gives to leaders in the fields of science and technology. This month, US President Barack Obama announced a new group of recipients, and we’re delighted to congratulate F1000 International Advisory Board Member Bruce Alberts and Section Head…
F1000 Section Head David Tilman has been announced as the recipient of the 2014 Balzan Prize. Aiming to “promote culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world” this prestigious award was created from the inheritance Lina Balzan to honor the memory of…
We are delighted to congratulate Edvard Moser, F1000Prime Faculty Member in the Neuroscience Faculty, on receiving the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professor Moser is a founding director of The Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for the Biology of Memory (KI/CBM) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and has…
