John Skehel#
| Membership Number: | 1227 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://royalsociety.org/people/john-skehel |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1975-1993 Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
- 1987-2006 Director of the National Institute for Medical Research
- 1984 Head of the virology division, National Institute for Medical Research
- 1966 PhD in biochemistry
Fields of Scholarship
- Virology
- Influenza virus
Honours and Awards
- 1984 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1986 Wilhelm Feldberg Prize
- 1987 Robert Koch Prize
- 1988 Louis Jeantet Prix de Medecine
- 1988 Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1992 ICN International Prize in Virology
- 1992 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1993 Honorary professor of Liverpool John Moores University
- 1996 Knighted
- 2003 the Royal Medal for "his pioneering research into virology"
- 2003 Vice-President and Biological Secretary of the Royal Society
- 2004 Honorary degree from University College London
- 2004 Ernst Chain Prize
- 2007 Grand Prix de Louis D Foundation of the Institute de France
