Congratulations to Dr. Edward Tate from the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London and winner of the 2012 Wain Medal. The Wain Medal presentation was preceded by a lecture, entitled “Using chemistry to target protein modification in disease“, which took place on Monday, 22nd October 2012, in Woolf Lecture Theatre on the Canterbury Campus. The large audience – comprising students, staff, local schoolchildren and public members – were treated to an excellent lecture describing Dr. Tate’s groundbreaking research.
The Wain Medal is awarded in memory of Professor Louis Wain to a young scientist working at the interface of chemistry and biology.