英国论坛
英国皇家学会4月18日公布了2011年沃弗森研究功勋奖获奖名单，共7人。该奖项是由沃弗森基金和英国商业、创新和技能部共同资助的，目的在于支持英国大学吸引和留住具有突出成就和有潜力的科学家。
此次获奖者清一色为活跃于各领域的大学教授，研究领域包括性进化、II型糖尿病的遗传作用、先进计算机用于心脏病治疗等，他们来自格拉斯哥大学、布里斯托大学、华威大学、圣安德鲁斯大学、艾克斯特大学和帝国理工。
英文原文：
Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the scheme aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract to this country or to retain respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential.
The newly appointed award holders are working on a wide variety of projects including the evolutionary aspects of sex, the role of genetics in type 2 diabetes and advanced computer modelling to improve the management of heart disease.
The full list of appointments is as follows:
Professor Andrew Baker, University of Glasgow
Developing a novel virus for human gene therapy
Professor Mark Cannell, University of Bristol
Computing and seeing a new solution to problems in the heart
Professor David Haddleton, University of Warwick
Controlled polymerisation to new materials: Polymer therapeutics to oil recovery
Professor Andrew Mackenzie, University of St Andrews
Creating, understanding and exploiting novel quantum order in oxides
Professor A. William Rutherford, Imperial CollegeLondon
Biological and artificial water photolysis
Professor Guy Rutter, Imperial CollegeLondon
Dissecting the actions of T2D susceptibility genes on insulin secretion
Professor Nina Wedell, University of Exeter
Genomic conflict: sexual antagonism and selfish genetic elements
