Shankar Balasubramanian#


Shankar Balasubramanian
Photo: Nathan Pitt, © University of Cambridge
Membership Number:6522
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Elected:2023
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM
Homepage(s):https://www.balasubramanian.co.uk/






Present and Previous Positions
  • 2010 Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
  • 2008 Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge (joint faculty appointment).
  • 2007 - 2008 Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
  • 2003 - 2007 Reader in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
  • 1998 - 2003 University Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
  • 1994 - 1998 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
  • 1991 - 1993 SERC/NATO Research Fellow, Penn State University, USA (lab of S J Benkovic)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Molecular biophysics
  • Chemical biology of nucleic acids and the genome
  • alternative DNA/RNA structures
  • Gene regulation
  • DNA sequencing
  • Modified bases

Honours and Awards
  • 2021 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (for sequencing technologies)
  • 2021 2020 Millennium Technology Prize (for sequencing technologies)
  • 2021 Honorary Doctorate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2018 Royal Medal (for sequencing)
  • 2018 Paul Ehrlich Award (Société de Chimie Thérapeutique)
  • 2017 Charlie Butcher Award, University of Colorado (for sequencing technologies)
  • 2017 ABRF Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to Biomolecular Technologies (sequencing)
  • 2017 Knight Bachelor (Knighthood from the Queen; for sequencing)
  • 2016 Honorary Doctorate, Glasgow University
  • 2015 CRSI Medal of the Chemical Society of India
  • 2014 Heatley Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society (for sequencing)
  • 2014 Honorary Doctorate University of Liverpool
  • 2013 Tetrahedron Prize for creativity in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
  • 2012 Elected member of EMBO
  • 2012 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
  • 2011 Elected Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
  • 2010 BBSRC Innovator of the Year
  • 2009 Royal Society Mullard Award (for sequencing)
  • 2002 Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • 1998 Glaxo-Wellcome Award for Innovative Organic Chemistry

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