Monday, March 3, 2008

David Baulcombe wins award

David Baulcombe, the Professor of Botany, has been awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science for 2008

The medal has been presented by the Franklin Institute to Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun and David Baulcombe for their discovery of small RNAs that turn off genes. The Franklin Institute has honored the greatest men and women of science, engineering and technology since 1824.