Stephen Lawn Memorial: A scientific award that remembers the way to go | 3,500 million | Future Planet
The picture of Wimbledon stadium standing, honoring Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford University professor who co-designed one of the COVID-19 vaccines, is a symbol of this era. One of the few positive consequences of this year and a half of horrors has been the rehabilitation of science in the social imaginary. Researchers and their institutions have become the heroes of the moment and the architects of any way out of the viral labyrinth in which we are trapped. Today we know that there is no personal security or economic prosperity in the absence of a tenacious scientific endeavor, generously funded and led by the best talent.Perhaps for these reasons, the award granted to the Spanish researcher Alberto García-Basteiro is of special value. Associate Professor of ISGlobal and physician-epi...