School of Life Sciences

University of Dundee

Honours & Awards

Recent Honours & Awards
Year Awarded to
Fellow of the Physiological Society 2019 Dr Stephen Land FRSB
European Mycological Association Prize 2019 Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience 2019 Dr Stephen Land FRSB
Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship 2019 Dr Kasper Rasmussen
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology 2019 Dr Ingo Hein FRSB
British Society for Developmental Biology Waddington Medal 2019 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
British Society for Parasitology President's Medal 2019 Dr Mattie Pawlowic
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2019 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2019 Professor Geoff Barton FRSE FRSB
Knight Bachelor of the British Empire 2019 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2018 Mrs. Daisy MacGowan
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2018 Dr Tracy Bayliss
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2018 Dr Suzanne Duce
Brian Cox Prize - Engaged Researcher of the Year 2018 Dr Lauren Webster
Brian Cox Prize - Engaged Researcher of the Year 2018 Ms. Lesley-Anne Pearson
Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize 2018 Dr. Ye Hong
Howard Elder Prize 2018 Dr Christina Rollings
Innovator of the Year - best early-stage new business idea 2018 Dr Xinjin Liang
Innovator of the Year - Best Innovation 2018
Innovator of the Year - Runner Up 2018 Mr Alejandro Brenes Murillo
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 2018 Dr Greg Findlay
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 2018 Dr David Murray
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Clinical Science 2018 Professor Miratul Muqit
Royal Society of Edinburgh Patrick Neill Medal 2018 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
The W H Pierce Prize from the Society of Applied Microbiology 2018 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
The Fleming Prize from the Microbiology Society 2018 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
Chancellor's Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee 2018 Professor John Peters
Best Postgraduate Supervisor - DUSA Student Led Teaching Awards 2018 Professor Kim Dale FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society 2018 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2018 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiologists 2018 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Albert I Grand Medal 2017 Professor John Raven FRS FRSE
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 2017 Professor Paul Birch FRSE
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship 2017 Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
Novartis Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society 2017 Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
ERC Consolidator Award 2017 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Sir Henry Dale Research Fellowship (renewal) 2017 Dr Jens Januschke
Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize 2017 Dr Thomas Carroll
Howard Elder Prize 2017 Dr Remi Sonneville
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2017
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2017 Fascination of Plants Day, Dr Sarah McKim
Brian Cox Prize - Engaged Researcher of the Year 2017 Miss Senga Robertson
Doctor of Science (DSc), University of St Andrews 2017 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Fellow of the Linnean Society 2017 Professor John Raven FRS FRSE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 2017 Professor David Coates MBE CBiol FRSA FRSB FLS
Royal Society Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2017 Professor Miratul Muqit
Goulstonian Lecture of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) 2017 Professor Miratul Muqit
Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Science 2017 Professor Miratul Muqit
Student nominated Award for Teaching & Impact on the Student Experience 2017 Dr Marios Stavridis
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation 2017 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 2017 Dr. Mahima Swamy
Stephen Fry Award: Engaged Researcher of the Year 2017 Professor Jenny Woof FRSB, FHEA
Tenovus Scotland Robin McLellan Award 2017 Dr Helge Dorfmueller
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2017 Professor David Horn FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2017 Professor John Rouse FRSE
Wellcome Trust Investigator Award 2017 Professor Mark Field FRSB
Wellcome Trust Investigator Award 2017 Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSci
Royal Society of Chemistry Khorana Prize 2016 Professor David Lilley FRS FRSE FRSC
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation 2016 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Brian Cox Prize - Project of the Year 2016
Brian Cox Prize - Engaged Researcher of the Year 2016
Molecular and Cellular Biology Prize 2016 Dr. Federico Pelisch
Howard Elder Prize 2016 Dr. Ruzica Bago
Innovator of the Year 2016 Dr Satpal Virdee
C.A. Wright Memorial Medal 2016 Professor David Horn FRSE
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 2016 Dr Helge Dorfmueller
Member of the Academia Europaea 2016 Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSci
Teaching Award for Good Practice (Highly Commended) 2016 Dr David Booth
Teaching Award for Good Practice (Highly Commended) 2016 Dr Stephen Land FRSB
Teaching Award for Good Practice (Highly Commended) 2016 Ms. Erin Hardee
Teaching Award for Good Practice (Highly Commended) 2016 Professor Jenny Woof FRSB, FHEA
Teaching Award for Good Practice (Highly Commended) 2016 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Teaching Award for Good Practice 2016 Dr David Booth
European Molecular Biology Organisation Young Investigator Programme 2016 Professor Miratul Muqit
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
Wain Medal 2016 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Fellow of the Marine Biological Association 2016 Professor John Raven FRS FRSE
RSE Young Academy of Scotland 2016 Dr Davide Bulgarelli
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2016 Professor Karim Labib FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2016 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2016 Professor Paul Birch FRSE
MedChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship (2016) 2016 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 2016 Professor Miratul Muqit
Royal Society of Chemistry Capps Green Zomaya Award 2016 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
RNA Society Lifetime Service Award 2015 Professor David Lilley FRS FRSE FRSC
Wolfson Research Fellowship 2015 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science 2015 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
World Cultural Council Special Recognition Diploma 2015 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology 2015
Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2015
Tenovus Scotland Small Research Grant 2015 Dr Helge Dorfmueller
FEBS Short Term Fellowship to visit UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands 2015 Dr Helge Dorfmueller
Chancellor’s Award for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee 2015 Professor Mike Stark FRSB
EFMC Prize for Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia 2015 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
ICBS Young Chemical Biologist Award 2015 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology 2015 Professor Gordon Simpson FRSB
Member of the Society of Biology 2015 Dr Marios Stavridis
Associate Member of the Higher Education Academy 2015 Dr Marios Stavridis
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology 2015 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
British Society for Cell Biology Woman in Cell Biology Award 2014 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Howard Elder Prize 2014 Dr Marija Maric
Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology 2014
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2014 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2014 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2014 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Anne and Normille Baxter Prize for Cancer Research 2014
Innovator of the Year 2014 Dr Axel Knebel
MRC Suffrage Science Award 2014 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Talented Young Italians Award 2014 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
The Albert Einstein World Award of Science , World Cultural Council 2014 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2014 Professor Paul Crocker FRSE
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2014 Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Royal Society 2014 Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2014 Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2014 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2014
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2014 Professor Claire Halpin FRSE FRSB
Commander of the British Empire 2014 Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
Howard Elder Prize 2013 Dr. Kayo Ono
Howard Elder Prize 2013 Dr Motoharu Ono
Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology 2013
Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2013
Innovator of the Year 2013
Innovator of the Year 2013 Dr Jeremy Besnard
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2013 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
European Research Council Advanced Grant 2013 Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSE
EMBO Young Investigator Award 2013 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Sir Henry Dale Research Fellowship 2013 Dr Jens Januschke
MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship 2013 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Clinical Science 2013 Professor Miratul Muqit
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2013 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
RSE Personal Fellowship (Marie Curie) 2013 Dr Davide Bulgarelli
Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013 Professor Robbie Waugh FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013 Professor Paul Wyatt FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013 Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012 Professor Jason Swedlow FRSE
Sir Robin MacLellan Award (Tenovus Scotland) 2012 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2012
President's Award of the British Mycological Society 2012 Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2012 Professor Kim Dale FRSB
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2012 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2012 Professor David Horn FRSE
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2012 Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSB
Wellcome Trust Early Postdoc Training Fellowship Clinician Scientists 2012
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship 2012 Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSE
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2012 Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSci
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship 2012 Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship 2012 Professor Tom Owen-Hughes FRSE
European Research Council Starting Grant 2012 Dr Edgar Huitema
ERC Starting Grant 2012 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2012 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
RSE Personal Fellowship (Marie Curie) 2012 Dr Sarah McKim
European Research Council Starting Grant 2012 Dr Jorunn Bos
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2012 Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSci
CLS Innovator of the Year 2012
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2012 Professor Julian Blow FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2012 Professor Dario Alessi FRS FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2012 Professor Carol MacKintosh FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012 Professor Jason Swedlow FRSE
Royal Society of Edinburgh Sir James Black Prize 2012 Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
Royal Society of Edinburgh Patrick Neil Medal 2012 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Royal Society of Edinburgh Beltane Prize for Public Engagement 2012 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
The Novartis Medal & Prize of the Biochemical Society 2012 Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSci
CLS Innovator of the Year 2012 Dr Richard Bickerton
Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology 2011
Howard Elder Prize 2011 Dr Kumara Dissanayake
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Mark Field FRSB
Correspondent Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences 2011 Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSB
Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowship 2011 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship 2011 Professor Alan Fairlamb CBE, FLS, FRSE, FMedSci, FRSB
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 2011 Professor Julian Blow FRSE FMedSci
The Lister Research Prize 2011 Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Geoff Barton FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 2011 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Senior Researcher 2011 Professor Carol MacKintosh FRSB
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Young Academy 2011 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Young Academy 2011 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
CLS Innovator of the Year 2011 Dr Iva Hopkins Navratilova
The Novartis Medal & Prize of the Biochemical Society 2011 Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 2011 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSB
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Early Career Researcher 2011
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Mike Stark FRSB
The Tenovus Medal 2011 2011 Professor John Rouse FRSE
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2011
BBSRC Innovator of the Year & Social Innovator of the Year 2011 Professor Jason Swedlow FRSE
The Howard Elder Prize 2011
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Dr Alan Prescott FRSB
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Early Career Researcher 2011
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSB
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Early Career Researcher 2011
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Claire Halpin FRSE FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society 2011 Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Early Career Researcher 2011
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 Professor Alan Fairlamb CBE, FLS, FRSE, FMedSci, FRSB
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation 2010 Professor Karim Labib FRSE
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship 2010 Professor Anton Gartner
BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship 2010 Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSC
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship 2010 Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci
The Royal Society University Research Fellowship (renewal) 2010 Professor Kim Dale FRSB
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010 Dr Helge Dorfmueller
Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship 2010
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Early Career Researcher 2010
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2010 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement: Senior Researcher 2010 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
The Novartis Medal & Prize of the Biochemical Society 2010 Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSci
The Howard Elder Prize 2010
dr.scient.h.c. University of Southern Denmark, Syddansk Universitet 2010 Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy 2010 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
Honorary Member of the Society of Toxicology 2010 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2010 Professor Geoffrey Codd FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2010 Professor Daan van Aalten FRSE
The Wain Medal 2010
Fellow of the Royal Society 2010 Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Royal Society 2010 Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSci
The Brian Cox Prize for Public Engagement 2009 Dr Paul Andrews
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2009 Professor Hari Hundal FHEA FRSB
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2009 Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSB
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship 2009 Professor Daan van Aalten FRSE
RSE Scottish Government Personal Research Fellowship 2009 Dr Edgar Huitema
RSE/Scottish Government Personal Research Fellowship 2009 Dr Sarah Coulthurst
European Research Council Starting Grant 2009
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009
RSE Enterprise fellowship 2009 Dr Iva Hopkins Navratilova
The Fleming Award Medal of the Society for General Microbiology 2009 Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAM
The Colworth Medal of the Society for General Microbiology 2009 Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSE
FEBS Young Scientist Award 2009
The Brian Cox Award for Public Engagement 2009
Society for Biomolecular Sciences Achievement Award 2009 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2009 Professor Colin Watts FRS FRSE FMedSci
DSc University of Abertay Dundee 2009
The Howard Elder Prize 2009 Dr Elton Zeqiraj
Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2009 Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSci
Fellow of the Society of Biology 2009 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2009 Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FSB FAAM MEAM
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2009 Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2009 Professor Tom Owen-Hughes FRSE
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation 2009 Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSci
American Skin Association Achievement Award 2009 Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSci
The Scottish Enterprise Award for Leading Contributions to Life Sciences 2009 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
David Lane Excellence in Public Engagement 2008
Howard Elder Prize 2008
RSE/Scottish Government Personal Research Fellowship 2008
Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellowship 2008 Professor Miratul Muqit
Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 2008 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
Rolf Luft Award, Karolinska Institute, Sweden 2008 Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSci
Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2008 Professor Bill Hunter FRSE, FMedSci, FRSC
Doctor Honoris Causa, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland 2008 Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSci
The Royal Medal of The Royal Society 2008 Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FMedSci
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 2008 Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation 2008 Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSE
The Colworth Medal of the British Biochemical Society 2008 Professor John Rouse FRSE
Fellow of the Royal Society 2008 Professor Dario Alessi FRS FRSE
The 3rd Capps Green Zomaya Award in Medicinal or Computational Chemistry 2008 Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSB