22 May 07

Three scientists from Oxford University have been elected to join the Fellowship of the Royal Society. A total of 44 scientists became Fellows this month.

Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society, said: 'These new Fellows are at the cutting edge of science in the UK and beyond. Their achievements represent the enormous contribution science makes to society.'

This year's new Fellows from Oxford University are:

Professor Siamon Gordon, GlaxoWellcome Professor of Cellular Pathology

Professor Siamon Gordon is distinguished for discovering new macrophage-restricted plasma membrane antigens and receptors and demonstrating their functions in differentiation, adhesion, phagocytosis, immune activation and secretion. These surface molecules are important in innate immunity to microbial and fungal infection, in tissue homeostasis and in pathogenesis of a range of inflammatory and metabolic diseases.

He is an Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College.

Professor (Edward) Richard Moxon, Action Research Professor and Head of Department of Paediatrics

Professor Richard Moxon is distinguished for his work in bacterial genetics, the identity of vaccine candidates, and for pioneering important vaccine programmes. He carried out seminal studies on the biosynthesis, transport and assembly of the type b capsule antigen of Haemophilus influenzae, established it as a vaccine candidate, introduced type b conjugate vaccine into the UK and organised safety and pilot trials leading to a successful vaccine programme.

He is a Fellow of Jesus College.

Professor Andrew Peter Zisserman, Microsoft/RAE Professor of Computer Vision

Professor Andrew Zisserman is one of the principal architects of modern Computer Vision. His work in the 1980s on surface reconstruction with discontinuities is widely cited. He is best known for his leading role during the 1990s in establishing the computational theory of multiple view reconstruction and the development of practical algorithms that are widely in use today. His laboratory in Oxford is internationally renowned, and its work is currently shedding new light on the problems of object detection and recognition.

He is a Fellow of Brasenose College.