Millennium Medal
The Millennium Medal was inaugurated in 2000. It is awarded by the MRC’s Council and celebrates MRC-funded scientists for outstanding research that has made a major contribution to our mission to improve health, quality of life and wealth creation.
The 2011 MRC Millennium Medal was awarded to Professor Sir Edwin Southern on 13 December, in recognition of his outstanding impact on genetic analysis and his invention of both the Southern blotting technique and DNA microarray technology.
Winners:
2011: Professor Sir Edwin Southern, for the invention of the Southern blotting technique and DNA microarray technology.
2009: Sir Peter Mansfield, for his role in the development of MRI
2002: Tom Meade, for his contribution to UK health, particularly in cardiovascular disease
2000: César Milstein, for his pioneering work on monoclonal antibodies