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Yoshinori Ohsumi – a deserving winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine

03 Oct 2016

Yoshinori Ohsumi is a deserving winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, whose work shows the value of basic research, writes...

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Professor Angus Deaton

Cambridge alumnus awarded Nobel economics prize

12 Oct 2015

Professor Angus Deaton, a graduate and Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, has been awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize...

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Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President Elect of The Royal Society

Sir Venki Ramakrishnan confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society

19 Mar 2015

Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society.

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Dr Frederick Sanger (1918-2013)

20 Nov 2013

Dr Frederick Sanger, recognised by many as the “father of genomics”, died in 2013 at the age of 95. The founding member of the MRC Laboratory of...

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John Gurdon

Professor Sir John Gurdon awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

08 Oct 2012

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has today been jointly awarded to Professor Sir John Gurdon, Emeritus Professor in Cell Biology currently...

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Max Born

Born identity revealed in newly-opened archive

07 Oct 2011

A Nobel Prize Medal, a postcard from Einstein and a Hitler-stamped letter of expulsion are among a fascinating archive of documents and other...

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Bob Edwards

Professor Robert Edwards awarded Nobel Prize

04 Oct 2010

Professor Robert Edwards, Pensioner Fellow at Churchill College and Emeritus Professor of Human Reproduction at the University, was today awarded the...

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