Sydney Brenner
Curriculum Vitae
| Sydney Brenner, born January 13, 1927, South Africa. Nationality: British | |
| Address: | The Molecular Sciences Institute, 2168 Shattuck Avenue, 2nd Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA |
| Academic Education and Appointments | |
| 1947 | MSc University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| 1951 | MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| 1954 | DPhil, Oxford University, UK |
| 1979-86 | Director, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England |
| 1986-91 | Director, Medical Research Council Molecular Genetics Unit, Cambridge, England |
| 1996- | President and Director of Science, The Molecular Sciences Institute, La Jolla and Berkeley |
| 2000- | Distinguished Research Professor, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA |
| Selected Honours and Awards | |
| 1965 | Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) |
| 1971 | Albert Lasker Medical Research Award |
| 1974 | Royal Medal, Royal Society of London |
| 1976 | Honorary DSc, University of Chicago |
| 1978 | Gairdner Foundation International Award, Canada |
| 1980 | Krebs Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies |
| 1981 | Ciba Medal, Biochemical Society |
| 1985 | Foreign Member of Real Academia de Ciencias, Spain |
| 1986 | Rosenstiel Award, Brandeis University, USA |
| 1987 | Prix Louis Jeantet de Medecine, Switzerland |
| 1987 | Harvey Prize, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| 1988 | Waterford Bio-Medical Science Award, The Research Institute of Scripps Clinic |
| 1988 | External Scientific Member of the Max-Planck Society |
| 1989 | Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences |
| 1989 | Honorary Member of the Chinese Society of Genetics, Taiwan |
| 1990 | Kyoto Prize |
| 1991 | Gairdner Foundation International Award, Canada |
| 1992 | King Faisal International Prize for Science, King Faisal Foundation |
| 1992 | Associe Etranger, Académie des Sciences, Paris, France |
| 2000 | Albert Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science |
| 2001 | Novartis Drew Award In Biomedical Research |
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
Sydney Brenner died on 5 April 2019.
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