The Leeuwenhoek Lecture The George Gabb Fund was founded in 1948 by a bequest of £1000 from Mr George Gabb for an annual lecture in the field of microbiology to be called the Leeuwenhoek Lecture after Antony van Leeuwenhoek, FRS. A gift of £500 is associated with the lecture. Previous winners include: 2000 Howard Dalton – The natural and unnatural history of methane-oxidising bacteria 1999 Peter Doherty – Killer T cells and virus infections. 1998 George Cross – The genetics and cell biology of antigenic variation in trypanosomes. 1997 Peter Biggs – Marek’s disease: tumours and prevention. 1996 Julian Davies – Microbial molecular diversity: function, evolution and applications. 1995 John Guest – Adaptation to life without oxygen. 1994 Keith Vickerman – The opportunistic parasite. 1993 Fred Brown – Peptide vaccines: dream or reality. 1992 John Postgate – Bacterial evolution and the nitrogen-fixing plant. 1991 Harry Smith – The influence of the host on microbes that cause disease. 1990 John Skehel – How enveloped viruses enter cells. Royal Society I News & Media I Events Diary I Grants & Funding I Science for all I Science Policy I Library I Publications I Facilities I Fellows Room I Search I Home

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