{"product_id":"2007-royal-college-of-physicians-london-william-baly-57mm-silver-prize-medal","title":"2007 Royal College of Physicians London William Baly 57mm Silver Prize Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003e57mm. Silver. 98.34g. By J.S Wyon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObverse with bust of Baly, reverse with facade of college building. Edge engraved 'Sydney Brenner 2007'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolished and therefore bright, otherwise Extremely Fine and housed in fitted case of issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Baly Medal is a biennial award awarded by the Royal College of Physicians of London, in memory of William Baly, for contributions to the science of physiology. The award is made every alternate year on the recommendation of the President and Council at the Quarterly Meeting in July and presented on the occasion of the Harveian Oration. Notable past recipients include Carl Ludwig (1877), Charles Darwin (1879), David Ferrier (1887) and many others.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSydney Brenner CH FRS FMedSci MAE (13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He established the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for the investigation of developmental biology, and founded the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California, United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe was one of the first people in April 1953 to see the model of the structure of DNA, constructed by Francis Crick and James Watson; at the time he and the other scientists were working at the University of Oxford's Chemistry Department. All were impressed by the new DNA model, especially Brenner, who subsequently worked with Crick in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and the newly opened Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB). Brenner made several seminal contributions to the emerging field of molecular biology in the 1960s. The first was to prove that all overlapping genetic coding sequences were impossible. This insight separated the coding function from structural constraints as proposed in a clever code by George Gamow. This led Francis Crick to propose the concept of a hypothetical molecule (later identified as transfer RNA or tRNA) that transfers the genetic information from RNA to proteins. Brenner gave the name \"adaptor hypothesis\" in 1955. Brenner conceived of the concept of messenger RNA during an April 1960 conversation with Crick and François Jacob, and together with Jacob and Matthew Meselson went on to prove its existence later that summer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrenner then focused on establishing a free-living roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for the investigation of animal development including neural development. He chose this 1-millimeter-long soil roundworm mainly because it is simple, is easy to grow in bulk populations, and turned out to be quite convenient for genetic analysis. For this work, he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis contributions to the establishment of today’s gene technology and the important role he played as the world leader in this technology are incredibly significant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coopers Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57280320536960,"sku":null,"price":424.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2437\/4545\/files\/STA_0379_fc6288a4-583f-42a4-ba46-1891e67da4c5.jpg?v=1769603368","url":"https:\/\/www.cooperscoins.com\/products\/2007-royal-college-of-physicians-london-william-baly-57mm-silver-prize-medal","provider":"Coopers Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}