Other Notable Awards

The work of LMB researchers has been recognised with many awards. These include twelve Nobel Prizes and fellowships and awards from the Royal Society, EMBO and the Academy of Medical Sciences. In addition to these, the following awards have been given to LMB researchers and support staff in the past ten years.

2025

Benjamin Ryskeldi‑Falcon

Colworth Medal

Biochemical Society

Juliette Fedry

Award for Young Investigators (Finalist)

Eppendorf

Kelly Nguyen

Research Prize

Lister Institute

John Sutherland

Stanley Miller Medal

National Academy of Sciences

2024

Tanmay Bharat

Award for Life Sciences (Finalist)

Blavatnik

Emmanuel Derivery

Hooke Medal

British Society for Cell Biology

Ben Porebski

Researcher of the year

Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards

Kiarash Jamali

PhD Student Award

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

David Posner

PhD Student Award

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

Jason Chin

Honorary Doctorate

ETH Zürich

Sofia Lövestam

Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)

Gold Accreditation

Laboratory Efficiency and Assessment Framework (LEAF)

Katerina Naydenova and Chris Russo

Innovation Award

Microscopy Today

Marta Shahbazi

Suffrage Science Award

MRC LMS

Michel Goedert

Karl Golser Parkinson Prize

Multiple System Atrophy Coalition (US) & South Tyrol government (Italy)

Lalita Ramakrishnan

Robert Koch Prize

Robert Koch Foundation

Akaash Kumar

Early Career Award

Royal Microscopical Society

LMB Biological Services Group

Openness Award

Understanding Animal Research

Benjamin Ryskeldi‑Falcon

Vallee Scholar Award

Vallee Foundation

2023

Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres

Annemarie Opprecht Award

Annemarie Opprecht Foundation

Kelly Nguyen

Colworth Medal

Biochemical Society

Andrew Carter

Hooke Medal

British Society for Cell Biology

Luka Smalinskaite

Raff Medal

British Society for Cell Biology

Madeline Lancaster

Cheryll Tickle Medal

British Society for Developmental Biology

Akaash Kumar

PhD Student Award

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

Benjamin Ryskeldi‑Falcon

Alzheimer Research Award

Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation

Stanislau Yatskevich

International Birnstiel Award

Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

Jan Löwe

Max Birnstiel Lecture

Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

Radu Aricescu

Ulf von Euler Lecture

Karolinska Institutet

Benjamin Ryskeldi‑Falcon

Young European Researcher Prize

SCOR Foundation

Daniela Rhodes

Daniela Rhodes

WLA Prize in Life Science or Medicine

World Laureates Association

2022

Madeline Lancaster

Award for Life Sciences

Blavatnik

Katerina Naydenova

PhD Student Award

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

Vaithish Velazhahan

PhD Student Award

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

Kelly Nguyen

Award for Young Investigators

Eppendorf

Sofia Lövestam

FEBS Open Bio Article Prize

FEBS Press

Richard Henderson

Richard Henderson

Max Birnstiel Lecture

Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

Sjors Scheres

Ivano Bertini Award

Instruct‑ERIC

Tanmay Bharat

Lister Institute Research Prize Lecture

Lister Institute

Tanmay Bharat

Fleming Prize

Microbiology Society

Venki Ramakrishnan

Order of Merit

Sjors Scheres

Foreign Membership

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

2021

Florence Young

Raff Medal

British Society for Cell Biology

Sjors Scheres

AstraZeneca Award Lecture

Biochemical Society

Maria Marti Solano

Early Career Research Award

Biochemical Society

Zunlong Ke

Researcher of the Year (Highly Commended)

Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards

Tanmay Bharat

Award for Young Investigators

Eppendorf

Michel Goedert

Hartwig Piepenbrock‑DZNE

Piepenbrock Group and DZNE

Madeline Lancaster

Dr Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator

International Society for Stem Cell Research

Jason Chin

Meyerhof Lecture and Medal

Max Planck Institute

Wasi Faruqi

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Laura Pellegrini

3Rs Prize

NC3Rs

Domen Kampjut

Young Life Science Research Award

Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT)

Madeline Lancaster

Vallee Scholar Award

Vallee Foundation

2020

Alex Bates

Postgraduate Prize

British Neuroscience Association

Julian Gough

Cambridge Enterprise Academic Entrepreneur of the Year

Business Weekly

Claudia Bonfio

Dream Chemistry Award

IOCB Prague, Czechia and IChF-PAN, Poland

Mateusz Trylinkski

Prize for Young Researcher

Fondation Bettencourt Schueller

Elyse Fischer

IUBMB Whelan Young Investigator Award

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Patrick Chitwood

International Birnstiel Award

Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

Kelly Nguyen

Suffrage Science Award

MRC LMS

Marta Shahbazi

3Rs Prize

NC3Rs

Sebastian Fica

Scaringe Postdoctoral Award

RNA Society

2019

Benjamin Ryskeldi‑Faclon

Rising Star Award

Alzheimer’s Research UK

Ana Casañal

FEBS Anniversary Prize

Federation of European Biochemical Societies

Michel Goedert

Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research

Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Lori Passmore

Elisa Izaurralde Award

RNA Society

Max Wilkinson

Scaringe Graduate Student Award

RNA Society

Claudia Bonfio

Dalton Emerging Researcher Award

Royal Society of Chemistry

Jason Chin

Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in the Physical Sciences

Tel Aviv University

2018

Sjors Scheres

Bijovet Medal

Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research

Ana Casañal

Early Career Research Award

Biochemical Society

M. Madan Babu

Innovator Award

International Society for Computational Biology

M. Madan Babu

Award for Life Sciences

Blavatnik

John Briggs

Award for Life Sciences (Finalist)

Blavatnik

Michel Goedert

The Brain Prize

Lundbeck Foundation

Richard Henderson

Order of the Companions of honour

Wanda Kukulski

Alan Agar Medal

Royal Microscopical Society

Tanmay Bharat

Vallee Scholar Award

Vallee Foundation

2017

Wojciech Galej

Early Career Research Award

Biochemical Society

Anne Bertolotti

GlaxoSmithKline Award

Biochemical Society

Manu Hegde

Feldberg Foundation Prize

Feldberg Foundation

Richard Henderson and Nigel Unwin

Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography

International Union of Crystallography

Chris Russo

Burton Medal

Microscopy Society of America

Michael Gait

Mike Gait

Lifetime Achievement Award

Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society

2016

Kelly Nguyen

Early Career Research Award

Biochemical Society

Greg Jefferis

FENS-Kavli Scholar

Fens-Kavli Network of Excellence

Richard Henderson

Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics

National Academy of Sciences

Madeline Lancaster

3Rs Prize

NC3Rs

Greg Winter

Greg Winter

Prince Mahidol Award

Prince Mahidol Award Foundation

Lori Passmore

Suffrage Science Award

MRC LMS