Colworth Medal

The Colworth medal[1][2] is awarded annually to a biochemist under the age of 35[3] and working mainly in the United Kingdom. The award was established by Professors Tony James (Unilever Research) and Henry Arnstein (Biochemical Society). The medal takes its name from a Unilever research laboratory near Bedford in the UK, Colworth House.

The medal was first awarded in 1963 and many of those receiving it have later become respected scientists[4]. Examples include Hans Kornberg (1963), George Radda (1969), Philip Cohen (1977), Alec Jeffreys (1985), and Greg Winter (1986).

References

  1. ^ New Scientist: 642–3, June 1971 
  2. ^ Goodwin, Trevor Walworth (1987), History of the Biochemical Society, 1911-1986, Biochemical Society, pp. 50, 66–67 
  3. ^ Sarah Teichmann wins the 2011 Colworth Medal, http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/lmb-news/news-archive/sarah-teichmann-wins-the-2011-colworth-medal 
  4. ^ Previous winners of the Colworth Medal, http://www.biochemistry.org/Awards/TheColworthMedal/PreviouswinnersoftheColworthMedal.aspx 

External links