He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ( FRS ) in 1984 . He was awarded the Wilhelm Feldberg Prize in 1986 , the Robert Koch Prize in 1987 , the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 1988 , the ICN International Prize in Virology in 1992 , the Royal Medal in 2003 for " his pioneering research into virology " , and the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. ( shared with Dutch virologist Ab Osterhaus ) of the Institut de France in 2007 . Skehel was knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours . In 1998 , he became a founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences ( FMedSci ) . In November 2013 , he was appointed Vice-President and Biological Secretary of the Royal Society . He was made an honorary professor of Liverpool John Moores University in 1993 and given an honorary fellowship in 2007 . In 2004 , he was also awarded an honorary DSc degree from University College London
Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D.
Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D.
John Skehel