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The Gairdner Foundation International Award is given annually at a special dinner to three to six people for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. Past winners are: The Gairdner Foundation is a non-profit organisation devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research worldwide. ...

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Roger Guillemin ( born January 11, 1924 in Dijon, France) is a neuroendocrinologist who received the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones. ... Andrzej Wiktor Schally (born November 20, 1926) in Wilno, Poland), is a Polish endocrinologist and Nobel Prize winner in 1977 in Medicine for research work. ... Baruch Samuel Blumberg (born 1925) is a American scientist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases. ... George Johnn Klein, O.C., M.B.E., B.A.Sc. ... George Davis Snell (December 19, 1903 - June 6, 1996), U.S. geneticist; corecipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset, for discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune systems distinction between... Jean Dausset (b. ... Victor Almon McKusick (born October 21, 1921) is a professor of medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University and the main instigator of Mendelian Inheritance in Man, now often referred to unofficially as McKusicks catalog. Biography Victor McKusick was born on a dairy farm in Parkman, Maine. ... Sydney Brenner,CH (born 1927 January 13) is a British biologist active in the United States. ... Jean-Pierre Changeux (born in Domont, France, April 7, 1936) is a French neuroscientist, who researched many different areas of biology in his life, from the structure and function of proteins, to the early development of the nervous system. ... Samuel O. Freedman (born May 8, 1928) is a Canadian clinical immunologist, professor and academic administrator. ... Phil Gold (born September 17, 1936), CC, OQ, MD, PhD, FRS(C), FRCP(C), MACP is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor. ... Dr Edwin Gerhard Krebs (born June 6, 1918) is an American biochemist. ... 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Arvid Carlsson (b. ... Dr Paul Janssen was born in 1926, the son of a Flemish general practitioner. ... Susumu Tonegawa (利根川 進 Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity. ... J. Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ... Harold Elliot Varmus (b. ... Alfred Goodman Gilman (b. ... Martin Rodbell won a Nobel Prize in 1994 Martin Rodbell (December 1, 1925- December 7, 1998) was an American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist who is best known for his discovery of G-proteins. ... Robert Laing Noble (1910 – December 11, 1990) was a Canadian physician who was involved in the discovery of Vinblastine. ... Stanley Cohen can refer to: Stanley Cohen - neurologist, Nobel Prize winner Stanley Cohen - former MP for Leeds, South-East Stanley Cohen - sociologist Stanley Cohen - geneticist Stanley Cohen - author STANLEY COHEN and RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI for their discoveries of growth factors. ... Paul Christian Lauterbur, (born May 6, 1929) is an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible. ... Dr. Raymond Urgel Lemieux was a Canadian biochemist, who pioneered a number of discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose. ... Mary Francis Lyon (b. ... Charles Yanofsky (1925-) is a leading American geneticist. ... Categories: Australia-related stubs | 1940 births | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners | Australian scientists ... Rolf Martin Zinkernagel (January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. ... Michael Smith or Mike Smith is a relatively common name in the English-speaking world. ... Dr. Robert C. Gallo Robert C. Gallo (born March 23, 1937) is a U.S. biomedical researcher. ... Luc Montagnier (born 1932) is a French virologist. ... Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918–July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine. ... Eric Richard Kandel (born November 7, 1929) is a neuroscientist who won a Nobel Prize in the year 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. ... Thomas R. Cech received Nobel Prize in 1989 because he discovered the catalytic properties of RNA with Sidney Altman. ... Tak Wah Mak (born October 4, 1946) is a Canadian immunologist, molecular biologist, and academic. ... 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BIOCOM Life Sciences Heritage Award - Chemical Heritage Foundation (503 words)
The BIOCOM Life Sciences Heritage Award is awarded annually by BIOCOM and the Chemical Heritage Foundation to recognize an individual in the Greater San Diego region who has made outstanding contributions to the life sciences.
The BIOCOM Life Sciences Heritage Award is the premier life sciences award in the Greater San Diego regional area and is given to encourage emulation, inspire achievement, and promote public understanding of the scientific and industrial successes of the modern life sciences.
THE CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION (CHF) serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future.
The Gairdner Foundation (607 words)
The Foundation’s aim is to honour and reward outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the ultimate goal of contributing through research to the conquest of disease and relief of human suffering.
Gairdner Foundation Awards are given annually in the amount of $30,000 (each) payable in Canadian funds and are given to residents of any country without restriction.
A joint award may be given for the same discovery or contribution to medical science, but each awardee receives a full prize.
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