| RefNo | EC/2024/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Balkwill, Frances Rosemary: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Frances Balkwill as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Frances Balkwill OBE, FMedSci, is a pioneer of research into cancer-related inflammation and the tumour microenvironment. She has made paradigm-shifting discoveries on the role of cytokines in cancer promotion, that led to clinical trials. She is an expert on ovarian cancer and currently studies microenvironment regulation and combination biological therapies using novel pre-clinical models. Frances has a parallel career in public engagement with science and received the 2006 Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize. She has written twelve and edited six childrens’ science books with an estimated 500,000 books printed and ten foreign editions. She founded and directs Centre of the Cell, a unique informal science learning centre for young people with over 239,000 participants to date. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |