Irene Manton Prize

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The Irene Manton Prize of the Linnean Society of London is awarded annually for the "best thesis in botany examined for a doctorate of philosophy during a single academic year" in the United Kingdom.[1]

The prize is named in honour of Irene Manton FRS, the first female president of the Linnean Society of London. She pioneered the biological use of electron microscopy. Her work revealed the structure of the flagellum and cilia, which are central to many systems of cellular motility.[2][3]

Recipients of the Irene Manton Prize[]

  • Sophie Harrington, University of East Anglia (2021)
  • James Clark (2020)
  • Leanne Melbourne (2019) University of Bristol; The effect of environmental change on the structure, composition and subsequently the structural integrity of un-attached corallines[4]
  • (2018) University of Oxford; Evolution and morphology of lycophyte root systems[5]
  • (2015) University of Bristol; Ecological and evolutionary genetics, focusing on reproductive biology and speciation in diploid and polyploid Sorbus populations [6]
  • (2014) Queen Mary, University of London; Evolution of repetitive DNA in angiosperms: Examples from Nicotiana[7]
  • (2013) University of Sheffield; Carboniferous plants and spores from the Bristol Coalfield[8]
  • (2012) Imperial College London;
  • (2011)
  • (2010)
  • (2009)
  • and Silvia Pressel (2008)
  • (2007); University of East Anglia; Plant innate immunity and bacterial pathogenesis [9]
  • (2006)
  • (2005)
  • (2003)
  • (2002)
  • (2001)
  • (2000)
  • (1999)
  • (1998)
  • (1997)
  • (1996)
  • (1995)
  • (1993)
  • Sharon Anita Robinson and (1992)
  • not awarded (1991)
  • (1990)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Irene Manton Prize". linnean.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ Preston, Reginald Dawson (1990). "Irene Manton. 17 April 1904-13 May 1988". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 35: 247–261. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0011.
  3. ^ Biography of Irene Manton sponsored by the Linnean Society, in The Linnean, Special Issue No. 5 (2004)
  4. ^ "Dr Leanne Melbourne". University of Bristol. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr Sandy Hetherington awarded the Irene Manton Prize | Department of Plant Sciences". www.plants.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. ^ "2015 Linnean Society Medal Winners Announced". Linnean Society. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Simon Renny-Byfield". Panzea. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Professor Charles H Wellman". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Lionel Navarro Small RNA-directed Control of the Host Immune Response and its Targeting by Bacterial Effectors". Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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