Towards a new epoch in research

Constantly inquisitive, we have been making groundbreaking progress in areas such as gene structure, medicine, space research and communications.

Research facts by date
Year Subject Fact
1960 Medicine
(Zoology)
Professor Sir Peter Medawar awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work which formed the basis of modern transplant surgery. 
1962 Molecular Biology
Professor Maurice Wilkins CBE awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the structure of DNA. 
1967 Zoology Birmingham alumnus and zoologist Desmond Morris publishes his famous work The Naked Ape 
1982 Medicine Research around aspirin and prostaglandin biosynthesis led to Birmingham Graduate Sir John Vane being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 
1985 Astrophysics
& Space Research
Space Shuttle Challenger uses the X-ray telescope developed and manufactured by the Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group