| RefNo | EC/2019/60 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rothman, James Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 28 March 2019 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of James Rothman as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Foreign Member and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | James Rothman pioneered the study of vesicular trafficking using the biochemical cell-free reconstitution approach. This led to the identification of many of the components needed to generate and target transport vesicles along the secretory pathway. These include COPI coats and ARF GTPases that generate cargo-carrying Golgi vesicles, and the SNAREs that ensure specific fusion with the next compartment in the Golgi. For his original and fundamental work on the SNARE hypothesis he was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2013. |
| 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 are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |