The International Prize for Biology is a annual award for significant contributions to biology. The award was created in 1985 to recognize Emperor Showa of Japans long time interest in and support of the biological sciences. The selection and award of the prize is managed by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The reciepient scientist is awared 10 million Yen and an international symposium on the scientists area of research is held. Main articles: Life The most salient example of biological universality is that all living things share a common carbon-based biochemistry and in particular pass on their characteristics via genetic material, which is based on nucleic acids such as DNA and which uses a common genetic code with only minor... Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ...

Recipients and their field of study:

• 1985 - E.J.H. Corner - Taxonomy or Systematic Biology
• 1986 - Peter H. Raven - Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
• 1987 - Sir John B. Gurdon - Developmental Biology
• 1988 - Motoo Kimura - Population Biology
• 1989 - Sir Eric Dentonh - Marine Biology
• 1990 - Masakazu Konishi - Behavioral Biology
• 1991 - Marshall D. Hatch - Functional Biology of Plants
• 1992 - Knut Schmidt-Nielsen - Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
• 1993 - Edward O. Wilson - Ecology
• 1994 - Ernst Mayr - Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
• 1995 - Ian Read Gibbons - Cell Biology
• 1996 - Ryuzo Yanagimachi - Biology of Reproduction
• 1997 - Elliot Martin Meyerowitz - Plant Science
• 1998 - Otto Thomas Solbrig - The Biology of Biodiversity
• 1999 - Setsuro Ebashi - Animal Physiology
• 2000 - Seymour Benzer - Developmental Biology
• 2001 - Harry B. Whittington - Paleontology
• 2002 - Masatoshi Nei - Biology of Evolution
• 2003 - Shinya Inoué - Cell Biology
• 2004 - Thomas Cavalier-Smith - Systematic Biology and Texonomy

Peter H. Raven Botanist and environmentalist. ... Motoo Kimura (木村資生, born on November 13, 1924 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture - November 13, 1994) was a highly influential Japanese mathematical biologist, working in the field of theoretical population genetics. ... E.O. Wilson with Dynastes hercules E. O. Wilson, or Edward Osborne Wilson, (born June 10, 1929) is an entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. ... Ernst Mayr Ernst Mayr (July 5, 1904, Kempten, Germany – February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts USA), was one of the 20th centurys leading evolutionary biologists. ... Ryuzo Yanagimachi (Japanese: 柳町 隆造 Yanagimachi Ryūzō; August 29, 1928– ) is a pioneer in the cloning field. ... Seymour Benzer (born October 15, 1921) is an accomplished American physicist and biologist. ... Thomas Cavalier-Smith is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Oxford, and is winner of the International Prize for Biology 2004 and one of the most notable researchers concerning the relationships, development, and classification of living things. ...

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