Translational Microbiology Prize Winner Q&As

Learn more about some of our previous winners of the Translational Microbiology Prize (formerly the Unilever Colworth Prize) in a series of Q&As as they describe what winning the Prize meant to them.

Prize Winner Q&A – Ravindra Gupta

The 2022 Translational Microbiology Prize was awarded to Professor Ravindra Gupta for his work focused on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 within patients in response to antibody-based therapies.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Paul Griffiths

The 2022 Translational Microbiology Prize (formerly the Unilever Colworth Prize) was awarded to Professor Paul Griffiths for his significant contributions in the field of translational microbiology. In this interview, we learn more about his research of cytomegalovirus, defining moments in his career and how he felt winning this prize.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Azra Ghani

The 2021 Unilever Colworth Prize was awarded to Professor Azra Ghani for her research significant contributions in the field of translational microbiology. In this interview, we learn more about her research and what winning the Prize meant to her.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Manu Prakash

The 2020 Unilever Colworth Prize was awarded to Professor Manu Prakash for creating tools to ‘democratise access to science’ – an endeavour he has described as ‘frugal science’.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Sharon Peacock

The 2018 Unilever Colworth Prize winner was Professor Sharon Peacock who was recognized for her work using whole genome sequencing technology in public health, increasing the speed of outbreak analysis. In this interview she tells us more about what winning the Unilever Colworth Prize meant to her.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Martin Ryan

The 2017 Unilever Colworth Prize was awarded to Professor Martin Ryan in recognition for his work on picornoviruses that has opened up numerous translational opportunities in the field of biotechnology. In this interview he tells us what led him to pursue a career in science and what winning the Unilever Colworth Prize meant to him.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor Gurdyal Besra

The 2016 Unilever Colworth Prize was awarded to Professor Gurdyal Besra in recognition of his work on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this interview he tells us what led him to pursue a career in science and what winning the Unilever Colworth Prize meant to him.
Prize Winner Q&A – Professor George Lomonossoff

The 2015 Unilever Colworth Prize was awarded to Professor George Lomonossoff in recognition for his contributions to translational microbiology. In this interview, he tells us more about his career in virology and what winning the prize meant to him.