Degrees

MA PhD (Cantab)

Awards and prizes

Gabor (1991), Davy (1998), Royal (2008) and Copley (2020) Medals of the Royal Society; Wilhelm Exner Medal (2009) Austria; G. N. Lewis Medal (Berkeley) (2009); Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht University (2008); Linderstrøm-Lang Medal (Denmark) (2005); Anfinsen (1999) and Stein and Moore (2001) Awards of the Protein Society; Bader Award of the American Chemical Society (2005); Charmian (1986) and Natural Products (2001) Awards of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Feldberg Foundation Prize (1996); the Harden Medal of the Biochemical Society (1993); Datta Medal, FEBS (1993); Novo Biotechnology Award (1986); and FEBS Anniversary Prize (1980). Foreign Member of National Academy of Science USA, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Member EMBO and Academia Europaea. Honorary degrees from Uppsala, Brussels, Aarhus and Hebrew Universities, Imperial College and Weizmann Institute.

Research interests

Protein folding, misfolding and cancer.

Teaching interests

Protein chemistry.

Other interests

Bird photography, chess, horology