The Academia Europaea (AE) Sydney Brenner Medal (SBM) has been established in 2022 by the Class of Life Sciences (Class C) in memory of one of the founding members of the Academy - Sydney Brenner.




The Sydney Brenner Medal honours the best in scholarship and personal achievements within a period of not more than 20 years after obtaining the PhD degree (with allowance for career breaks) by an individual scholar, working in the field of molecular biology and related disciplines.

The Academia Europaea (AE) Sydney Brenner Medal (SBM) is a Medal established by the Class of Life Sciences (Class C) of AE during the 2022 Annual Meeting. It has been created in recognition of the substantial contribution to science of one of the founding members of the Academy - Sydney Brenner.

The search and evaluation committee consists of the Chair of Class C. Plus, the Section Chairs of Class C, the initiators of the Medal (John Wong MAE and Balázs Gulyás MAE) and Byrappa Venkatesh (SG), Sir Keith Peters MAE (UK), Michael Hayden (CA) and Philip Goelet (US).

The first Sydney Brenner Medal call was announced in 2023 and Professor Eugene YEO MAE was honoured for his achievements in the Life Sciences. In 2025 Professor Markus RALSER MAE was the recipient of the Sydney Brenner Medal.

Further individual donations in support of the Sydney Brenner Medal are welcome. Donors names will be included in a list of sponsors. Please contact the Academy offices for details of how to make a donation at Execsec@acadeuro.org or f.brandthaus@acadeuro.org.