Dr Julian Lewis, an Emeritus Scientist (formerly Head, Vertebrate Development Laboratory) at Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is one of 44 new Fellows elected to the national academy of science.
The Royal Society citation reads: “Julian Lewis is distinguished by the elegance and foresight with which he combines experimental and theoretical approaches to analyse the mechanisms that regulate animal development. He has a sustained record of making pioneering advances in studying the processes and logic that underlies the patterning of vertebrate embryos, with particular emphasis on timing mechanisms.”
In his role as President of the Royal Society, Paul Nurse said: “Science impacts on most aspects of modern life, improving our understanding of the world and playing an increasing role as we grapple with problems such as feeding a growing global population and keeping an ageing home population healthy. These scientists who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society are among the world’s finest. They follow in the footsteps of luminaries such as Newton, Darwin and Einstein and I am delighted to welcome them into our ranks.”
The London Research Institute is one of the founding institutes of the Francis Crick Institute.
