ˌɔn hɪz tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkstiːn ᵻlˈɛkʃən tə ðə ɹˈɔɪəl səsˈaɪəɾi, ˈeɪbəlz ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ wʌz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz hˈævɪŋ "tʃˈeɪndʒd ðə fˈeɪs ʌv dɹˈʌɡ dɪskˈʌvɚɹi.
On his 2016 election to the Royal Society, Abell's research was described as having "changed the face of drug discovery.