2010 Sanders moved to the John Innes Centre, Norwich, as director and group leader, establishing new collaborations with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Awards and honours Sanders was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. Throughout his career Sanders has received a number of additional awards and honours, including: Fellowships: Inaugural Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2009) Elected to Royal Society Council 2004 – 2006) China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award (2021) Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) International Science and Technology Cooperation Award (2021) Royal Society/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship (1997–1998) Nuffield Foundation Science Research Fellowship (1989–1990) James Hudson Brown Fellowship, Yale University (1979–1980) Prizes: Koerber Foundation European Science Prize (2001) President's Medal, Society for Experimental Biology (1987) Honorary Chairs: University of York (2010–present) University of East Anglia (2010–present) Agricultural Genomics Institute Shenzhen (2018–present) References 1953 births Living people Alumni of the University of York Alumni of Darwin College, Cambridge Academics of the University of East Anglia Fellows of the Royal Society People from Hemel Hempstead Academics of the University of York University of Sydney faculty Yale University people British biologists