Laskey was the Charles Darwin Professor of Embryology at the
University of Cambridge. In 1991, he co-founded the
Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute (now known as the Wellcome Trust/
Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute), along with five other senior scientists including Professor Sir
John Gurdon. In 2001, he founded the
Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit in 2001, and was Director of the Unit until 2010. Laskey is also a Fellow of
Darwin College, Cambridge.
Awards and honours Laskey was appointed
Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2011 New Year Honours. Other significant honours include the
Royal Society Royal Medal, for his "pivotal contributions to our understanding of the control of DNA replication and nuclear protein transport, which has led to a novel screening method for cancer diagnosis", and the
Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize. • 1998:
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine. • 2000: ''
Tomorrow's World'' award for health innovation. • 2001:
Croonian Lecture. • 2009:
Royal Society Royal Medal. • 2011: Received an
CBE in the
New Year Honours list for services to Science. • 2013: Elected
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. • 2014:
Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement In Cancer Research Prize ==Personal life ==