Vicky Cowling Awarded Prestigious British Society for Cell Biology Medal
MRC-PPU PI Vicky Cowling has been awarded the inaugural Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal by the British Society for Cell Biology.
The Medal has been established to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the British Society for Cell Biology. It will be an annual honour awarded to an outstanding female cell biologist who has started their own research group in the UK within the last seven years.
Vicky's research aims to discover new ways to suppress the growth and proliferation of cancer cells by targeting protein translation. Vicky has recently made a number of significant breakthroughs that have resulted in a better understanding how the machinery that controls mRNA cap formation is regulated by signalling pathways and oncogenes. Vicky is also investigating whether developing compounds that target the apparatus that controls the mRNA Cap formation could employed as a novel therapeutic strategy to better treat cancer in the future.
Upon receiving news of the prize Vicky said, 'I am delighted that our research has received this recognition from the British Society for Cell Biology.'
Last year Vicky was awarded a Medical Research Council Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship (£2.5million over seven years) to support her research. Vicky's research has also received recognition through the award of a highly sought after EMBO Young Investigator Prize (EMBO-YIP) and a Lister Institute Prize.
Announcing the award, Professor Jordan Raff, President of the BSCB, said, 'While the concept of women-only prizes is controversial, it is widely acknowledged that a disproportionately large number of talented, young, female scientists leave science to take up other careers. We hope that this award will help raise the profile of some of our most promising young stars at a crucial stage in their career and that the awardees will serve as inspiring role models for the next generation of female cell biologists.'
MRC-PPU Director Dario Alessi said 'I am delighted that Vicky has been awarded this great accolade that is richly deserved. This is a great reflection of the strength and calibre of our Unit's researchers."
Dr Cowling will be presented with the medal at the BSCB/BSDB Annual Spring Meeting in Warwick in April 2015, when she will deliver the inaugural Medal Lecture.
The Medal has been established to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the British Society for Cell Biology. It will be an annual honour awarded to an outstanding female cell biologist who has started their own research group in the UK within the last seven years.
Vicky's research aims to discover new ways to suppress the growth and proliferation of cancer cells by targeting protein translation. Vicky has recently made a number of significant breakthroughs that have resulted in a better understanding how the machinery that controls mRNA cap formation is regulated by signalling pathways and oncogenes. Vicky is also investigating whether developing compounds that target the apparatus that controls the mRNA Cap formation could employed as a novel therapeutic strategy to better treat cancer in the future.
Upon receiving news of the prize Vicky said, 'I am delighted that our research has received this recognition from the British Society for Cell Biology.'
Last year Vicky was awarded a Medical Research Council Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship (£2.5million over seven years) to support her research. Vicky's research has also received recognition through the award of a highly sought after EMBO Young Investigator Prize (EMBO-YIP) and a Lister Institute Prize.
Announcing the award, Professor Jordan Raff, President of the BSCB, said, 'While the concept of women-only prizes is controversial, it is widely acknowledged that a disproportionately large number of talented, young, female scientists leave science to take up other careers. We hope that this award will help raise the profile of some of our most promising young stars at a crucial stage in their career and that the awardees will serve as inspiring role models for the next generation of female cell biologists.'
MRC-PPU Director Dario Alessi said 'I am delighted that Vicky has been awarded this great accolade that is richly deserved. This is a great reflection of the strength and calibre of our Unit's researchers."
Dr Cowling will be presented with the medal at the BSCB/BSDB Annual Spring Meeting in Warwick in April 2015, when she will deliver the inaugural Medal Lecture.