Honorary Academician
Health Sciences: Doctor in Molecular Biology
Date of admission: July 10, 2017
Reply speech: Hon. Dr. José Manuel Calavia Molinero, Doctor of Law
Nobel Prize in Medicine 1993: He received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA, a finding that revolutionized the understanding of genetic structure.
Dr. RICHARD ROBERTS
- British molecular biologist, born in 1943.
- Nobel Prize in Medicine (1993), together with Philip Sharp, for the discovery of “split genes”. This finding demonstrated that different parts of a gene can be assembled in alternative ways, allowing the expression of various proteins from a single gene and challenging the classical dogma of “one gene, one protein”.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Researcher at Harvard University (1969–1972).
- Group leader at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1972–1986), after being interviewed by Nobel Laureate James Watson.
- Joined New England Biolabs in 1986, where he served as Assistant Director (1986–1992) and later as Chief Scientific Officer.
- He has also served as Chief Scientific Officer at New England Biolabs Inc., Ipswich.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Member of the jury in several editions of the Rei Jaume I Awards.
- Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement (1994).
- Convocation Award, University of Sheffield (1994).
- Faye Robiner Award, Ross University (1994).
