The Shaw Prize was established in 2002 by the Hong Kong philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw to recognize individuals who have made “outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research”. The prize is awarded annually in three categories, Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, and comes with a monetary award of one million…
We are delighted to offer our congratulations to Tasuku Honjo and James Allison, both F1000Prime Immunology Section Heads, for being jointly awarded the Tang Prize in biopharmaceutical science earlier this month. James, who is chairman of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was one of the scientists who discovered cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4…
Established in 1983, the International Burn Foundation (IBF) was created by Dr John Carlton Tanner Jr to promote the goals of the International Society for Burns Injuries (ISBI). To this end, Dr Tanner set up the Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize, named after Dr Jaques Vandeput, who co-developed the Tanner-Vandeput dermatome for expanding donor skin for use…
The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is a new annual award set up jointly by Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab in order to provide extra encouragement to young scientists as they begin their scientific careers. Applicants submit a 1000-word essay, judged by an independent editorial team on the quality of research and the applicants’ ability…
We’d like to congratulate Prof. Simon Levin, F1000Prime Section Head in Theoretical Ecology, on being awarded the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The award recognizes his research into the complexity of species and ecosystems, and the relationships between them. The Tyler Prize is an international environmental award for environmental science, environmental health and energy,…
The National Academy of Sciences is the foremost society of distinguished scholars in the United States, providing “independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology”. Each year, the academy elects new members and foreign associates on the basis of their contributions to science and achievements in original research. The scientists…
We are delighted to congratulate Pascale Cossart, Faculty Member in the Microbiology Faculty, on winning the FEBS-EMBO Women in Science Award 2014. Based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, Pascale is world renowned for her work in infectious diseases, particularly in the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and how it causes disease. After her success last…
The Royal Society Fellowship is made up of eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Past Fellows have included Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Today, the Royal Society has announced their new Fellows, among which are four F1000Prime members, whom we would like to heartily congratulate: Philippe Sansonetti – Microbiology Head of…
We are pleased to congratulate Simon Levin, Section Head for Theoretical Ecology in the Ecology Faculty, on winning the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Simon’s research revealing the complexity of, and relationships between, species and ecosystems and his work on bridging the gap between theoretical ecology and the natural environment have earned him this…
Since the first reports of AIDS, approximately 36 million people have died from the disease, with an estimated 35 million living with HIV. Drug therapy consists of HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, which slows progression of the disease and lessens risk of death. Today, researchers are closer than ever to finding a functional cure and…
