Sir Mark makes no. 2 in science 'Power 100'

16 November 2010

Congratulations to the Trust-associated scientists named in the inaugural Times Eureka ‘Power 100’ list of the most influential people in British science, published in October.

Top of the pile is Sir Paul Nurse, incoming President of the Royal Society and Director of the Trust-backed UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation. But a close second is our own Director, Sir Mark Walport. There are also several names associated with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Professor Sir John Sulston, the Institute’s first Director and pioneer of the Human Genome Project, is at number 6 and Fred Sanger himself is number 22. Professor Mike Stratton, the new Director of the Institute and one of the world's leading cancer researchers, is number 36.

Also featured are geneticist and Wellcome Trust Governor Professor Kay Davies (29) and the cancer scientist Professor Peter Ratcliffe (60).

Image: Sir Mark Walport. Credit: Wellcome Images.