| 1954 |
DPhil, Oxford University, UK |
| 1971 |
Albert Lasker Medical Research Award |
| 1979-1986 |
Director, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England |
| 1986-1991 |
Director, Medical Research Council Molecular Genetics Unit, Cambridge, England |
| 1990 |
Kyoto Prize |
| 1996-2001 |
Founding President and Director of Science, The Molecular Sciences Institute, La Jolla and Berkeley |
| 2000 |
Albert Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science |
| 2000- |
Distinguished Research Professor, The Salk Institute, La Jolla |
| 2000-2007 |
Chairman, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR, Singapore |
| 2002 |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 2005- |
President, OIST |
| 2006 |
National Science and Technology Medal, Singapore |
