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undertaken in the UK or Republic of

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. It was initially called the CIBA Medal and Prize, then the Novartis Medal and Prize. The prize consists of a medal and a £3000 cash award. The winner is invited to present a lecture at a Society conference and submit an article to one of the Society's publications. Notable recipients include the Nobel laureates John E. Walker,

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, César Milstein,

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, Rodney Porter, and

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. The Novartis Medal and Prize was last presented in 2019 and will be replaced from 2021 by the Portland Press Excellence in Science Award. Portland Press is the publishing arm of the Biochemical Society.

Recipients

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Biochemical Society
; Novartis Medal and Prize * 2021: Bart Vanhaesebroeck * 2019: Caroline Dean * 2018: Laurence Pearl * 2017: Doreen Cantrell * 2016: * 2015: * 2014: Jeff Errington * 2013: Tony Kouzarides * 2012: * 2011: * 2010: D. Grahame Hardie * 2009: Louise Johnson * 2008: Stephen C. West * 2007:

Adrian Bird Sir Adrian Peter Bird (born 3 July 1947) is a British geneticist and Buchanan Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. Bird has spent much of his academic career in Edinburgh, from receiving his PhD in 1970 to working at the Medic ...

* 2006: James Barber * 2005: Alan Hall * 2004: Jean D. Beggs * 2003: Iain D. Campbell * 2002: Michael S. Neuberger * 2001: * 2000: Kiyoshi Nagai * 1999: Christopher J. Marshall * 1998: Richard N. Perham * 1997: Ronald Laskey * 1996: John E. Walker * 1995: Christopher F. Higgins * 1994: * 1993: T. Rabbitts * 1992: Philip Cohen * 1991:

* 1988: * 1987: Thomas L. Blundell * 1985: E. A. Barnard * 1984: Philip J. Randle * 1983: George K. Radda * 1981: I. Helen Muir * 1980:

* 1979: J. B. Gurdon * 1978: J. Rodney Quayle * 1977: César Milstein * 1976: Samuel V. Perry * 1975: * 1974: * 1973:

* 1972: R. T. Williams * 1971: D. H. Northcote * 1970: D. C. Phillips * 1969: * 1968: William J. Whelan * 1967: D. M. Blow * 1966: R. R. Porter * 1965: J. W. Cornforth and Source:

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