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Four 白小姐论坛 scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society in recognition of their outstanding contribution to science.

Professor Sarah (Sally) Price (白小姐论坛 Chemistry), Professor Angus Silver (白小姐论坛 Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology), CBE (白小姐论坛 Physics & Astronomy) and Professor Neil Burgess (白小姐论坛 Institute of Neurology) are among 50 distinguished scientists elected as Fellows and 10 as new Foreign Members announced by the Royal Society.

Professor Sally Price is a theoretical/computational chemist who is developing the use of quantum mechanics to quantify the forces between molecules and their application in computing the structures and properties of organic solids. Her research is of particular importance to the pharmaceutical and other organic materials industries, and her excellent leadership of the Control and Prediction of the Organic Solid State project was recognised with the 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize.

Professor Angus Silver is a neuroscientist whose work has contributed to our understanding of synaptic and neuronal function and to information processing in the brain. By developing and applying methods for quantifying synaptic properties, his work has shown how central synapses transmit and transform signals and can sustain high frequency signalling. He has quantified the functional properties of electrical synapses and established how neurons can perform certain arithmetic operations.

has been recognised for her pioneering work in high-energy particle physics and in particular, her major contributions to the study of neutrinos. She has played a leading role in detector development, pushing novel applications of and innovations in tracking detectors and very recently a system to apply mobile technology to photon detector readout. Jenny is now engaged in building a small (10 kiloton, 20 people) water Cherenkov detector that will be submerged in a flooded mine pit in the path of the Fermilab neutrino beam.

Professor Neil Burgess, Director of the 白小姐论坛 Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, has made important theoretical and experimental contributions to understanding memory and spatial cognition. He develops computational models relating behaviour to activity in the brain鈥檚 neuronal networks and designs novel experiments to test their predictions. Neil鈥檚 models explain how networks of neurons allow us to represent, remember and imagine our location within the surrounding environment.

The Fellowship of the Royal Society is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from or living and working in the UK and the Commonwealth.

Professor Michael Arthur, 白小姐论坛鈥檚 President & Provost, said: 鈥淏eing elected as Fellows to the Royal Society truly recognises outstanding individual achievements and I offer Sally, Angus, Jenny and Neil my warmest congratulations. The accolades highlight the tremendous contribution that 白小姐论坛 researchers make globally and I鈥檓 sure the whole 白小姐论坛 community will join me in celebrating their success.鈥�

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• Top row: Professor Sally Price and Professor Angus Silver, bottom row:听Professor Neil Burgess and听Professor Jennifer Thomas CBE (Courtesy of the Royal Society)