The Leeuwenhoek Lecture is a prize lecture of the
Royal Society to recognize achievement in
microbiology.[1] The prize was originally given in 1950 and awarded annually, but from 2006 to 2018 was given triennially. From 2018 it will be awarded biennially.
The prize is named after the Dutch microscopist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and was instituted in 1948 from a bequest from George Gabb. A gift of £2000 is associated with the lecture.[1]
Leeuwenhoek Lecturers
The following is a list of Leeuwenhoek Lecture award winners along with the title of their lecture:[2]
21st Century
2024
Joanne Webster, for her achievements in advancing control of disease in humans and animals caused by parasites in Asia and Africa
2022
Sjors Scheres, for ground-breaking contributions and innovations in image analysis and reconstruction methods in electron cryo-microscopy, enabling the structure determination of complex macromolecules of fundamental biological and medical importance to atomic resolution
2020
Geoffrey L. Smith, for his studies of poxviruses which has had major impact in wider areas, notably vaccine development, biotechnology, host-pathogen interactions and innate immunity[3]
2018
Sarah Cleaveland, Can we make rabies history? Realising the value of research for the global elimination of rabies[4][5][6]
2015
Jeffrey Errington, for his seminal discoveries in relation to the cell cycle and cell morphogenesis in bacteria
2012
Brad Amos, How new science is transforming the optical microscope
1983
Michael Anthony Epstein, A prototype vaccine to prevent Epstein-Barr (E.B.) virus-associated tumours.[17]
1982
Hamao Umezawa, Studies of microbial products in rising to the challenge of curing cancer[18]
1981
Frank William Ernest Gibson, The biochemical and genetic approach to the study of bioenergetics with the use of Escherichia coli: progress and prospects.[19]
^Pontecorvo, Guido (1963). "The Leeuwenhoek Lecture - Microbial genetics: retrospect and prospect". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences. 158 (970): 1–23.
Bibcode:
1963RSPSB.158....1P.
doi:
10.1098/rspb.1963.0031.
ISSN2053-9193.
^Keilin, David (1959). "The Leeuwenhoek Lecture - The problem of anabiosis or latent life: history and current concept". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences. 150 (939): 149–191.
Bibcode:
1959RSPSB.150..149K.
doi:
10.1098/rspb.1959.0013.
ISSN2053-9193.
The Leeuwenhoek Lecture is a prize lecture of the
Royal Society to recognize achievement in
microbiology.[1] The prize was originally given in 1950 and awarded annually, but from 2006 to 2018 was given triennially. From 2018 it will be awarded biennially.
The prize is named after the Dutch microscopist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and was instituted in 1948 from a bequest from George Gabb. A gift of £2000 is associated with the lecture.[1]
Leeuwenhoek Lecturers
The following is a list of Leeuwenhoek Lecture award winners along with the title of their lecture:[2]
21st Century
2024
Joanne Webster, for her achievements in advancing control of disease in humans and animals caused by parasites in Asia and Africa
2022
Sjors Scheres, for ground-breaking contributions and innovations in image analysis and reconstruction methods in electron cryo-microscopy, enabling the structure determination of complex macromolecules of fundamental biological and medical importance to atomic resolution
2020
Geoffrey L. Smith, for his studies of poxviruses which has had major impact in wider areas, notably vaccine development, biotechnology, host-pathogen interactions and innate immunity[3]
2018
Sarah Cleaveland, Can we make rabies history? Realising the value of research for the global elimination of rabies[4][5][6]
2015
Jeffrey Errington, for his seminal discoveries in relation to the cell cycle and cell morphogenesis in bacteria
2012
Brad Amos, How new science is transforming the optical microscope
1983
Michael Anthony Epstein, A prototype vaccine to prevent Epstein-Barr (E.B.) virus-associated tumours.[17]
1982
Hamao Umezawa, Studies of microbial products in rising to the challenge of curing cancer[18]
1981
Frank William Ernest Gibson, The biochemical and genetic approach to the study of bioenergetics with the use of Escherichia coli: progress and prospects.[19]
^Pontecorvo, Guido (1963). "The Leeuwenhoek Lecture - Microbial genetics: retrospect and prospect". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences. 158 (970): 1–23.
Bibcode:
1963RSPSB.158....1P.
doi:
10.1098/rspb.1963.0031.
ISSN2053-9193.
^Keilin, David (1959). "The Leeuwenhoek Lecture - The problem of anabiosis or latent life: history and current concept". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences. 150 (939): 149–191.
Bibcode:
1959RSPSB.150..149K.
doi:
10.1098/rspb.1959.0013.
ISSN2053-9193.