Meet our Past Winners
Dr. Lynne Maquat, Sc.D.
J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of Rochester
For their fundamental discoveries about regulated degradation of RNAs and proteins.
Dr. Alexander Varshavksy,
Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology at the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering California Institute of Technology
Dr. Robert Langer, Sc.D.
David H. Koch Institute Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For his groundbreaking work in designing novel drug delivery systems that can deliver medications continuously, precisely, and at controlled rates over extended periods.
Jeffrey Gordon, M.D.
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor Director, The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
For pioneering discoveries of the role of variation in the gut microbiome in modulating metabolism, health and disease.
Katalin Karikó, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, BioNTech Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery,
University of Pennsylvania
Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D.
Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, University of Pennsylvania
For Uncovering Ways to Safely Use mRNAs in Vaccines and Therapeutics.