Award Edinburgh Medal

Royal Society Science Book Prize (2017)

Royal Society Research Professor (1991)

Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1996)

Australia Prize (1998)

Sir George Stokes Medal (1999)

Honorary Doctorate, Leicester University (2004)

Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement (2004)

Louis-Jentet Prize for Medicine (2004)

Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (2005)

National Academy of Sciences, 2005

Dr. A. H. Henineken Award for Biochemistry and Biophysics (2006)

Honorary Degree, Kings College, London (2007)

Graham Medal of the Glasgow Philosophical Society (2008)

Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Huddersfield (2009)

Association of Biomedical Resource Facilities Annual Award (2011)

Copley Medal (2014)

Honorary Doctor of Science, De Montfort University (2014)