12-663: Microbiology Society Prize Medal is awarded annually by the Microbiology Society to those who have made an impact beyond microbiology and are world leaders in their field. It was introduced in 2009 as the Society for General Microbiology Prize Medal and renamed the Microbiology Society Prize Medal in 2015 when the society changed its name. All members can nominate anyone they consider appropriate for this award. The award consists of £1000 and an invitation to give
24-777: A lecture at a society meeting. The following have been awarded this Prize: Microbiology Society The Microbiology Society (previously the Society for General Microbiology ) is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools. It is the largest learned microbiological society in Europe. Interests of its members include basic and applied aspects of viruses , prions , bacteria , rickettsiae , mycoplasma , fungi , algae and protozoa , and all other aspects of microbiology . Its headquarters
36-471: A range of prizes in recognition of significant contributions to microbiology. In 2009, the Society announced the Society for General Microbiology Prize Medal , awarded annually to a microbiologist of international standing whose work has had a far-reaching impact beyond microbiology. The first medal was awarded to Stanley Prusiner . The recipient of the Prize Medal gives a lecture based on the work for which
48-588: Is at 14–16 Meredith Street, London. The Society's current president is Prof. Gurdyal S. Besra . The Society is a member of the Science Council. The society was founded on 16 February 1945 as the Society for General Microbiology. Its first president was Alexander Fleming . The Society's first academic meeting was in July 1945 and its first journal , the Journal of General Microbiology (later renamed Microbiology ),
60-633: Is named after Peter Wildy , a virologist and was established in 2001. The Microbiology Outreach Prize was established in 2009. Source: Microbiology Society Howard Dalton Sir Howard Dalton , FRS (8 February 1944 – 12 January 2008) was a British microbiologist . He served as the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from March 2002 to September 2007. Born in New Malden , Dalton
72-680: The University of Warwick in 1973 as a lecturer in Biological Sciences. He was promoted to Professor in 1983. Dalton's main fields of interest concerned the physiology, genetics and biochemistry of organisms exhibiting methanotrophy . One of his main research interests was the particulate methane monooxygenase enzyme. His model organisms included Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. He served as Chair of Biological Sciences at Warwick from 1999 to 2002 before being appointed to DEFRA . He returned full-time to
84-566: The Society changed its name to the Microbiology Society, after its members voted in favour of the change. In 2019 the Society moved to its new headquarters at 14–16 Meredith Street, London. The Society currently organises a large Annual Conference and a number of smaller Focused Meetings, which cover a specific microbiology discipline. It publishes a magazine, Microbiology Today (formerly SGM Quarterly ), and academic journals in virology and microbiology: The Microbiology Society awards
96-471: The Year Competition is presented annually to a Society member who is a PhD student or early-career postdoctoral researcher. The competition is judged on the participants' oral or poster presentations at Society conferences. The prize was renamed in 2009 in honour of the late Howard Dalton . The Peter Wildy Prize Lecture is awarded annually for contribution to microbiology education or communication. It
108-501: The award has been made, which is usually published in a Society journal. In 2015, the prize was renamed the Microbiology Society Prize Medal . The Marjory Stephenson Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology. The winner receives £1000 and gives a lecture on his/her work at a Society meeting. The lecture is usually published in a society journal. Marjory Stephenson
120-402: Was educated at Raynes Park County Grammar School and Queen Elizabeth College , University of London (now part of King's College London ). He graduated in 1965 and went on to study at the University of Sussex with John Postgate , obtaining his PhD in 1968. He was an atheist. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University and the University of Sussex before joining
132-661: Was published in 1947. A symposium series followed in 1949, and a sister journal , the Journal of General Virology , in 1967. The society purchased its own headquarters in Reading in 1971, after initially sharing accommodation with the Biochemical Society in London . In 2014 the Society moved to Charles Darwin House, London, sharing the premises with several other learned societies. In 2015,
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#1733084998321144-465: Was the second president of the Society (1947–1949) and a distinguished pioneer of chemical microbiology. The Fleming Prize Lecture is awarded annually to recognise outstanding research in any branch of microbiology by a microbiologist in the early stages of his/her career. Sir Alexander Fleming was the first President of the Society (1945–1947) and received a Nobel Prize for his discovery of penicillin. The Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of
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