The Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences and CIMA’s Professor Malcolm Jackson has been awarded the highest honour in his field, as he is due to receive the Trevor Slater Award from the Society for Free Radical Research International
The award, given on a biennial basis, is the most prestigious accolade bestowed upon any member of the SFRR in recognition of a scientist who has made and outstanding contribution to the field. Named for the founding member of the society, Trevor Slater, the award has been given to some of the world’s most successful and enterprising researchers.
Malcolm was proposed by Dr. Michael Reid (Florida), Prof Jose Vina (Valencia) and Prof Anne McArdle (Liverpool) with the support of hundreds of international colleagues, researchers and clinicians in the field of free radical research.
Professor Jackson has been a member of the society since 1982 and is recognised for making a sustained contribution to the field of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) over 4 decades, including 300 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and scientific reviews and his research is frequently quoted as seminal.
The award comes 35 years since Professor Jackson showed exercise increased ROS in muscle – an extremely highly cited paper and flagged as a turning point for ROS and Muscle. A discovery which continues to shape the focus and direction of research today.
Professor Jackson received the award after his award lecture at the virtual 20th Biennial meeting for the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI2021) on 15th March 2021.