Congratulations to Karim Labib, who has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy. The Royal Society of Edinburgh each year elects a select number of Fellows who have achieved 'excellence within a wide variety of disciplines, spanning the arts, business, science and technology sectors'. Being elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh is a very prestigious and a major achievement, illustrating that your research is highly recognised and regarded.



Karim joined the MRC PPU in October 2013 and his research group studies how the eukaryotic replisome is regulated by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation and the role that this plays in allowing cells to preserve their genome integrity and epigenetic information.



Commenting on the award Karim said, 'I'm delighted and honoured to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and look forward to contributing to the future of scientific research in Scotland and the public's understanding of it.'



Dario Alessi, Director of the MRC Unit added "I am thrilled that Karim's research has reached the level to merit Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The work that Karim is undertaking on understanding the molecular mechanism that controls the replication of DNA in Eukaryotes is an amazingly intricate and fundamental. It has great potential to reveal critical insights relevant to better understanding and treating diseases such as cancer".