Nucleic Acids Award lectures sponsored by Merck and Co. Inc.

This lecture series was established in 1998 to honour world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of chemistry and/or biochemistry of nucleic acids. Award lectures are usually given annually in conjunction with conferences supported by the Nucleic Acids Group. The Award lecture series is generously sponsored by Merck and Co. Inc.

2008 Nucleic Acids Award lecture will be given by Professor Martin Gellert (NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA) at the Topo2008 conference, John Innes Centre, Norwich, July 20-24, 2008.

2007 Nucleic Acids Award lecture will be given by Professor Jennifer Doudna (University of California, Berkeley) at the NACON VII conference, University of Sheffield, April 1-5, 2007. 

2006 Nucleic Acids Award lecture was given by Professor Ignacio Tinoco (University of California, Berkeley, USA ) at the Frontiers in Chemical Biology: Single Molecules conference in Cambridge, March 2006. 

2005 Nucleic Acids Award lecture was given by Professor Greg Verdine (Harvard University) at the Responses to DNA Damage conference in Sussex, September 2005.