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 |