Sydney Brenner, Ph.D.

Education

M.Sc., Medicine and Science, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1947
D.Phil., Chemistry, Oxford University, 1951
MB BCh, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1951

Professional Experience

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

Awards & Professional Activities

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
2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine