Nobel laureate Sir Martin Evans, Professor of Mammalian Genetics at the University has been recognised as a ‘Great Briton’ in the 2007 Morgan Stanley ‘Great Britons Awards’.  Sir Martin, who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine was announced as the winner of the Science and Innovation category at a star-studded ceremony in London’s Guildhall.

He was named as a ‘Great Briton’ ahead of the two other finalists in the category, neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore and the former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, Sir David King. Sir Martin was awarded the Science and Innovation award for his pioneering stem cell research. He was the first scientist to identify embryonic stem cells, which can be adapted for a wide variety of medical purposes.  His ground-breaking discoveries are now applied in virtually all areas of biomedicine - from basic research to the development of new therapies, delivering new insights in the fight against diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis and cystic fibrosis.

诺贝尔奖得主马丁•埃文斯爵士，卡迪夫大学的哺乳动物遗传学教授被评为2007年摩根斯坦利‘英国伟人奖’的其中一位‘英国伟人’。在2007年获得诺贝尔化学奖的马丁爵士，在星光闪耀的伦敦市政厅被宣布成为‘科学及创新’领域的得奖者。他被冠上‘英国伟人’的头衔，排在其余两名领域入围者：神经生物学家科林•布莱克摩尔教授和政府的前首席科学顾问大卫•金爵士的前面。马丁爵士获授‘科学与创新’奖是由于他在干细胞领域的先驱研究。他是第一个鉴别胚胎干细胞的科学家，这项技术可以应用于广泛的医学用途。他的开拓性发现现在已经应用于生物科学的实质研究领域――从基础研究到新的医疗方法的发展，为对抗如癌症、糖尿病和囊肿性纤维化这些疾病提供了新的视角。