Endocrine Abstracts

The European Journal of Endocrinology Prize is awarded to a candidate who has contributed significantly to the advancement of the knowledge in the field of endocrinology through publication. Further information on the prize can be found at http://www.ese-hormones.org/prizes/. This year’s recipient is Professor Jason Carroll. The prize will be presented as part of the ECE 2016 opening ceremony where Professor Carroll will deliver his lecture.

Jason is an Australian who completed a PhD in 2002 at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and University of New South Wales, Sydney, with Prof. Rob Sutherland and Prof. Liz Musgrove. He conducted postdoctoral work with Prof. Myles Brown at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA from 2002–2006. He has been running his own group at Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute and University of Cambridge since 2006. Jason has been a senior group leader since 2010 and a member of the EMBO Young Investigator programme since 2010. He is a fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge.