!!!Shankar Balasubramanian
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__Present and Previous Positions__
* 2010 Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
* 2008 Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge (joint faculty appointment).
* 2007 - 2008 Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
* 2003 - 2007 Reader in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
* 1998 - 2003 University Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
* 1994 - 1998 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge 
* 1991 - 1993 SERC/NATO Research Fellow, Penn State University, USA (lab of S J Benkovic)
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__Honours and Awards__
* 2021 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (for sequencing technologies) 
* 2021 2020 Millennium Technology Prize (for sequencing technologies) 
* 2021 Honorary Doctorate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
* 2018 Royal Medal (for sequencing)
* 2018 Paul Ehrlich Award (Société de Chimie Thérapeutique)
* 2017 Charlie Butcher Award, University of Colorado (for sequencing technologies)
* 2017 ABRF Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to Biomolecular Technologies (sequencing) 
* 2017 Knight Bachelor (Knighthood from the Queen; for sequencing)
* 2016 Honorary Doctorate, Glasgow University
* 2015 CRSI Medal of the Chemical Society of India
* 2014 Heatley Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society (for sequencing)
* 2014 Honorary Doctorate University of Liverpool
* 2013 Tetrahedron Prize for creativity in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
* 2012 Elected member of EMBO
* 2012 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
* 2011 Elected Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
* 2010 BBSRC Innovator of the Year
* 2009 Royal Society Mullard Award (for sequencing)
* 2002 Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
* 1998 Glaxo-Wellcome Award for Innovative Organic Chemistry
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[Curriculum Vitae |User/Balasubramanian_Shankar/CV]
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[Publication list|User/Balasubramanian_Shankar/Publications]
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[Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Balasubramanian_Shankar/Highlight]
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