The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennal scientific prize awarded since 1980 by UNESCO to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. . The Prize is named after Dr, Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), who was a Cuban physician and microbiologist, widely known for its pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever (he was the first to indicate that it was transmitted by a mosquito). 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ...

The prize consists of US$5,000 donated by the Government of Cuba and a UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal. Albert Einstein ( ) (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely considered one of the greatest physicists of all time. ...

Winners

• 1980 - Pabel Ariel Torres (Nicaragua)
• 1983 - Cesar Milstein, FRS (UK)
• 1985 - Victor Nussenzweig and Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)
• 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Ricardo J. Pacheco (Cuba)
• 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium)
• 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Vinuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium)
• 1993 - International Society of Soil Science (IISS): James Michael Lynch (UK), James Tiedje (USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands)
• 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale Cossart (France)
• 1996 - Etienne Pays (Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan)
• 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
• 2001 - Susana Lopez Charreton and Carlos Arias Ortiz (Mexico)
• 2003 – Alejandro J. Pacheco (Cuba)

César Milstein was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, in 1927. ... Walter Fiers was born in Ieper (Belgium) in 1931. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr. Pascale Cossart is an award-winning bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and the foremost authority on Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsible for encephalitis, meningitis, bacteremia, gastroenteritis, and other diseases. ...

External links

• Official home page for the Prize