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Lasker Award

HONOR

"The Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards honors scientists whose fundamental investigations have provided techniques, information, or concepts contributing to the elimination of major causes of disability and death." Named for Albert Lasker.

Official Website:
http://www.laskerfoundation.org/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Oswald Avery
Biologist
21-Oct-1877 20-Feb-1955 Antibodies and DNA
George Beadle
Scientist
22-Oct-1903 9-Jun-1989 One gene, one enzyme theory
Paul Berg
Chemist
30-Jun-1926   Pioneer in recombinant DNA
Sune K. Bergström
Scientist
10-Jan-1916 15-Aug-2004 Prostaglandins
J. Michael Bishop
Scientist
22-Feb-1936   Genetic causes of cancer
James W. Black
Scientist
14-Jun-1924 22-Mar-2010 Propranolol and cimetidine
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Scientist
26-Nov-1948   Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Alfred Blalock
Doctor
5-Apr-1899 15-Sep-1964 "Blue baby" operation
Günter Blobel
Scientist
21-May-1936   Protein signaling in cells
Herbert W. Boyer
Biologist
10-Jul-1936   Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Sydney Brenner
Scientist
13-Jan-1927   Genetic regulation of organ development
Michael S. Brown
Biologist
13-Apr-1941   Metabolism of cholesterol
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Scientist
3-Sep-1899 31-Aug-1985 Acquired immunological tolerance
Mario Capecchi
Scientist
6-Oct-1937   Knock-out mice
Thomas R. Cech
Chemist
8-Dec-1947   Proved enzyme role of RNA
Brock Chisholm
Doctor
18-May-1896 4-Feb-1971 First Director-General of World Health Organization
Aaron Ciechanover
Scientist
1-Oct-1947   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Stanley Cohen
Scientist
17-Nov-1922   Nerve and skin cell growth factors
Stanley N. Cohen
Biologist
17-Feb-1935   Recombinant DNA
Carl Cori
Scientist
5-Dec-1896 20-Oct-1984 Catalytic conversion of glycogen
André F. Cournand
Scientist
24-Sep-1895 19-Feb-1988 Cardiac catheterization
Francis Crick
Scientist
8-Jun-1916 28-Jul-2004 Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA
Michael DeBakey
Doctor
7-Sep-1908 11-Jul-2008 Father of cardiovascular surgery
Peter C. Doherty
Scientist
15-Oct-1940   T-cells and antigens
Renato Dulbecco
Scientist
22-Feb-1914 20-Feb-2012 Tumor viruses and host genetics
Robert G. Edwards
Scientist
27-Sep-1925   In vitro fertilization
John F. Enders
Scientist
10-Feb-1897 8-Sep-1985 Cultured the polio virus
Martin Evans
Scientist
1-Jan-1941   Embryonic stem cells
Robert F. Furchgott
Scientist
4-Jun-1916 19-May-2009 Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Robert C. Gallo
Doctor
23-Mar-1937   Identified first retroviruses in humans
John H. Gibbon, Jr.
Doctor
29-Sep-1903 5-Feb-1973 Open-heart surgery
Alfred G. Gilman
Scientist
1-Jul-1941   G-protein cell signal transmission
Joseph L. Goldstein
Scientist
18-Apr-1940   Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Carol W. Greider
Scientist
15-Apr-1961   Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Roger Guillemin
Scientist
11-Jan-1924   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Leland H. Hartwell
Scientist
30-Oct-1939   Regulators of cell cycle
Mark Hatfield
Politician
12-Jul-1922 7-Aug-2011 US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Henry Heimlich
Doctor
3-Feb-1920   Heimlich maneuver
Philip S. Hench
Scientist
28-Feb-1896 30-Mar-1965 Adrenocortical hormones
Alfred D. Hershey
Scientist
4-Dec-1908 22-May-1997 Molecular structure of viral genes
Avram Hershko
Scientist
31-Dec-1937   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
James Hillier
Physicist
22-Aug-1915 15-Jan-2007 Electron microscope
Robert W. Holley
Scientist
28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Leroy Hood
Biologist
10-Oct-1938   Systems biology and Human Genome Project
Godfrey N. Hounsfield
Engineer
28-Aug-1919 12-Aug-2004 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Charles B. Huggins
Scientist
22-Sep-1901 12-Jan-1997 Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
Eric R. Kandel
Scientist
7-Nov-1929   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Edward C. Kendall
Scientist
8-Sep-1886 4-May-1972 Adrenocortical hormones
H. Gobind Khorana
Scientist
9-Jan-1922 9-Nov-2011 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Georges J.F. Köhler
Scientist
17-Apr-1946 1-Mar-1995 Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Willem Johan Kolff
Scientist
14-Feb-1911 11-Feb-2009 Artificial kidney, artificial heart
Edwin G. Krebs
Scientist
6-Jun-1918 21-Dec-2009 Protein phosphorylation
Melvin Laird
Government
1-Sep-1922   US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Ann Landers
Columnist
4-Jul-1918 22-Jun-2002 Syndicated advice columnist
Paul C. Lauterbur
Scientist
6-May-1929 27-Mar-2007 Magnetic resonance imaging
Philip Leder
Biologist
19-Nov-1934   Harvard Geneticist
Edward B. Lewis
Scientist
20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Roderick MacKinnon
Biologist
19-Feb-1956   Ion channels of cell membranes
Barry J. Marshall
Doctor
30-Sep-1951   H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers
Barbara McClintock
Scientist
16-Jun-1902 2-Sep-1992 Discovered transposable genes
Victor A. McKusick
Scientist
21-Oct-1921 22-Jul-2008 Father of medical genetics
Bruce Merrifield
Chemist
15-Jul-1921 14-May-2006 Synthesized polypeptides
César Milstein
Scientist
8-Oct-1927 24-Mar-2002 Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Luc Montagnier
Scientist
18-Aug-1932   Co-Discoverer of HIV
Ferid Murad
Scientist
14-Sep-1936   Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Scientist
10-Apr-1927 15-Jan-2010 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Paul Nurse
Scientist
25-Jan-1949   Regulators of cell cycle
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Scientist
20-Oct-1942   Embryonic development of fruit flies
Tip O'Neill
Politician
9-Dec-1912 5-Jan-1994 Speaker of the House, 1977-87
George E. Palade
Scientist
19-Nov-1912 7-Oct-2008 Microstructure of the cell
George Papanicolaou
Scientist
13-May-1883 19-Feb-1962 Pap smear
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
Gregory Pincus
Scientist
9-Apr-1903 22-Aug-1967 Inventor of oral contraceptives
Stanley B. Prusiner
Scientist
28-May-1942   Prions
Christopher Reeve
Actor
25-Sep-1952 10-Oct-2004 Superman
Elliot Richardson
Government
20-Jul-1920 31-Dec-1999 Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor
Ernst Ruska
Physicist
25-Dec-1906 27-May-1988 Inventor of the electron microscope
Albert Sabin
Biologist
26-Aug-1906 3-Mar-1993 Developed oral polio vaccine
Bengt I. Samuelsson
Scientist
21-May-1934   Prostaglandins
Frederick Sanger
Chemist
13-Aug-1918   Two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry
Andrew V. Schally
Scientist
30-Nov-1926   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Phillip A. Sharp
Biologist
6-Jun-1944   Eukaryotic (split) genes
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Relative
10-Jul-1921 11-Aug-2009 Founder of the Special Olympics
Oliver Smithies
Scientist
23-Jun-1925   Knock-out mice
Alfred Sommer
Doctor
1942   SPH Dean at Johns Hopkins, 1990-2005
Roger W. Sperry
Scientist
20-Aug-1913 17-Apr-1994 "Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Jules Stein
Business
26-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1981 Founder of MCA
Ralph M. Steinman
Biologist
14-Jan-1943 30-Sep-2011 Dendritic cells
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.
Scientist
19-Nov-1915 9-Mar-1974 Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scientist
16-Sep-1893 22-Oct-1986 Vitamins C and B2
Jack W. Szostak
Scientist
9-Nov-1952   First artificial chromosome
Helen B. Taussig
Doctor
24-May-1898 20-May-1986 Mother of pediatric cardiology
Howard M. Temin
Scientist
10-Dec-1934 9-Feb-1994 Tumor viruses and host genetics
Max Theiler
Scientist
30-Jan-1899 11-Aug-1972 Yellow fever vaccination
Susumu Tonegawa
Scientist
6-Sep-1939   Antibody production and diversity
John R. Vane
Scientist
29-Mar-1927 19-Nov-2004 Prostaglandins
Harold E. Varmus
Scientist
18-Dec-1939   Genetic causes of cancer
Vincent du Vigneaud
Chemist
18-May-1901 11-Dec-1978 Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin
George Wald
Biologist
18-Nov-1906 12-Apr-1997 Physiology of the retina
James Watson
Scientist
6-Apr-1928   Co-Discoverer of DNA
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Physicist
19-Jul-1921 30-May-2011 Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Scientist
6-Jan-1944   T-cells and antigens


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