The Academia Europaea (AE) Sydney Brenner Medal (SBM) is a Medal established by the Class of Life Sciences (Class C) of AE during the 2022 Annual Meeting. It has been created in recognition of the substantial contribution to science of one of the founding members of the Academy - Sydney Brenner.
The SBM honours the best in scholarship and personal achievements within a period of not more than 20 years after obtaining the PhD degree (with allowance for career breaks) by an individual scholar, working in the field of molecular biology and related disciplines.
The search and evaluation committee consists of the Chair of Class C. Plus, the Section Chairs of Class C, the initiators of the Medal, John Wong MAE and Balázs Gulyás MAE, and Byrappa Venkatesh (SG), Sir Keith Peters MAE (UK), Michael Hayden (CA) and Philip Goelet (US).
The first Sydney Brenner Medal call was announced in 2023.
Sydney Brenner awardees#
- 2023 Professor Eugene Yeo
- 2025 Professor Markus Ralser MAE
- 2026 Professor Professor Meritxell Huch MAE
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Professor Sydney Brenner
