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The Annual Review Prize Lecture is The Physiological Society's most prestigious lecture.

Professor Anant Parekh in his office

Anant Parekh, Professor of Physiology (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) and Fellow of Merton College, has been chosen by The Physiological Society to deliver the Annual Review Prize Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference, Physiology 2023, the flagship event due to take place in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, from 10 - 12 July 2023.

The Annual Review Prize Lecture is The Society's premier award and recognises research that has a wide interest and impact. The Lecture is usually published in the Journal of Physiology and comes with a prize of £500. In recent years, the lecture has been awarded to Nobel Laureates Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe (2012) and Professor John O'Keefe (2016). Previous DPAG prize winners include the late Professor Sir Colin Blakemore FRS, who was awarded the Lecture in 1995, and Professor Gero Miesenböck (2022).

Read more on the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics website

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