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Royal Medal winner 2019

Royal Medal winner 2019
Congratulations to Michel Goedert, FMedSci FRS (MRC LMB) who was awarded the Royal Medal  for identifying and characterising assembled tau protein and alpha-synuclein and showing that they form the inclusions of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
 
The three Royal Medals, also known as the Queen’s Medals, are awarded annually by the Sovereign on the recommendation of the Council of the Society. Frederick Sanger FRS, Max Perutz FRS and Francis Crick FRS are among those who have been awarded a Royal Medal.

Posted on 16/08/2019