The Medical Research Council (MRC) is responsible for co-coordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is part of United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI),which came into operation 1 April 2018,and brings together the UK's seven research councils,Innovate UK and Research England. UK Research and Innovation is answerable to,although politically independent from,the Department for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Sir Martin John EvansFLSW is an English biologist who,with Matthew Kaufman,was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981. He is also known,along with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies,for his work in the development of the knockout mouse and the related technology of gene targeting,a method of using embryonic stem cells to create specific gene modifications in mice. In 2007,the three shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition of their discovery and contribution to the efforts to develop new treatments for illnesses in humans.
The Cardiff University School of Medicine is the medical school of Cardiff University and is located in Cardiff,Wales,UK. Founded in 1893 as part of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire,it is the oldest of the three medical schools in Wales.
Sir David Keith Peters is a retired Welsh physician and academic. He was Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge from 1987 to 2005,where he was also head of the School of Clinical Medicine.
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas,is a Welsh biochemist,former Master of St Catharine's College,Cambridge,and Chancellor of Swansea University.
Sir Menelaos (Mene) Nicolas Pangalos is a British neuroscientist of Greek descent.
Brigid L. M. Hogan FRS is a British developmental biologist noted for her contributions to mammalian development,stem cell research and transgenic technology and techniques. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Duke University,Born in the UK,she became an American citizen in 2000.
Stephen Craig West FRS is a British biochemist and molecular biologist specialising in research on DNA recombination and repair. He is known for pioneering studies on genome instability diseases including cancer. West obtained his BSc in 1974,and his PhD in 1977,both from Newcastle University. He is currently a Principal Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute in London. He is an honorary Professor at University College London,and at Imperial College London. In recognition of his work he was awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2007,is a fellow of the Royal Society,the Academy of Medical Sciences,an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences,and an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the 2022 Royal Medal for 'discovering and determining the functions of key enzymes that are essential for DNA recombination,repair and the maintenance of genomes'.
Ronald Alfred LaskeyFLSW is a British cell biologist and cancer researcher.
Sir John Gerald Patrick Sissons was an English physician,specialising in nephrology and virology,focusing on cytomegalovirus. He was aFRCP,FRCPath,FMedSci and Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge.
Simon Tavaré is the founding Director of the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute of Cancer Dynamics at Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia,he was Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute,Professor of Cancer Research at the Department of Oncology and Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.
John Tooze FRS was a British research scientist,research administrator,author,science journalist,former executive director of EMBO/EMBC,director of research services at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute and a vice president at The Rockefeller University.
Anne Jacqueline Ridley is professor of Cell Biology and Head of School for Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Bristol. She was previously a professor at King's College London.
Sir Andrew James McMichael,is an immunologist,Professor of Molecular Medicine,and previously Director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford. He is particularly known for his work on T cell responses to viral infections such as influenza and HIV.
Andrew John Timothy George,is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Brunel University London and Professor of Immunology.
Richard Malcolm Marais is Director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Institute and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Manchester.
Sir Richard Henry Treisman is a British scientist specialising in the molecular biology of cancer. Treisman is a director of research at the Francis Crick Institute in London.
Clare Margaret Lloyd is a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs at Imperial College London. She investigates allergic immunity in early life.
Charles Bangham holds the Chair in Immunology at Imperial College London.
Caetano Maria Pacheco Pais dos Reis e Sousa is a senior group leader at the Francis Crick Institute and a professor of Immunology at Imperial College London.
