Dr Anthony Roberts receives Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award
Anthony Roberts' research into motor proteins recognised by award for outstanding early career scientists.
Anthony Roberts, Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Principal Investigator in the department, has been awarded the 2016 Early Career Research Award: Molecular Structure and Function from the Biochemical Society. The Early Career Research Awards are given to outstanding scientists working in four different areas, with Molecular Structure and Function one of the categories in 2016. In particular the awards recognise the impact of research carried out by early career scientists (those with less than 6 years postdoctoral research experience) on the scientific community and wider society. The award recognises Anthony’s work as being 'of the highest international standard focused on the structure and mechanism of cellular motor proteins'.
His research, which has relevance to investigations into neurological disease, has helped illuminate how dynein, one of the least understood motor proteins, moves and is regulated. Dr Roberts will give the Early Career Research Award lecture at a 2016 Biochemical Society conference, where he’ll be presented with the award’s medal. This lecture will be published in a future edition of the Biochemical Society Transactions.
Anthony commented: 'Receiving this award is a huge honour. It reflects the tremendous mentors I have had in my research career, to whom I am deeply grateful.'