The Sir Hans Krebs Lecture and Medal
The Sir Hans Krebs Lecture and Medal was endowed by a general gift from the Lord Rank Centre for Research and is awarded for outstanding achievements in biochemistry and molecular biology or related sciences. Sir Hans Krebs was a German-born British biochemist, well known for his work in identifying the urea cycle and citric acid cycle, and he played a key role in many ways during the early days of °ÄÃÅÕý°æ´óÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ.
The awardee, who should be active in European research, presents one of the plenary lectures at the °ÄÃÅÕý°æ´óÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ Congress. The awardee receives a silver medal, and is awarded travel and accommodation expenses for the Congress. It is customary for the awardee to contribute a review article related to the lecture topic for publication inÌýTheÌý°ÄÃÅÕý°æ´óÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ Journal.
In 2023, the Krebs medal was awarded to Karen VousdenÌý(The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK), who spoke on ‘Diet, metabolism and cancer progression’ at the 47th °ÄÃÅÕý°æ´óÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ Congress.