Canada Gairdner International Award
The Gairdner Foundation is devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research worldwide. The awards recognize individuals whose work or contribution constitutes tangible achievement in the field of medical science. Since 1959, when the first Gairdner Foundation International Awards were presented, 17 recipients have been associated with The Rockefeller University.
2012 Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D.
By identifying the genetic components that cause immune system cells to respond to specific antibodies, Jeffrey V. Ravetch hopes to gain a better understanding of how a functioning immune system protects organisms from invaders, and how a dysfunctional immune system attacks the body’s own tissues.
2012 Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
Michael W. Young is interested in how interactions among certain genes and their proteins set up a network of molecular oscillations that are autonomously generated in most tissues and that establish overt rhythms in physiology and behavior.
Past Rockefeller Recipients
- 2012 Jeffrey V. Ravetch
- 2012 Michael W. Young
- 2007 C. David Allis
- 2005 Jeffrey M. Friedman
- 2003 Ralph M. Steinman
- 2001 Roderick MacKinnon
- 2000 Robert G. Roeder
- 1992 Paul Nurse
- 1986 James E. Darnell
- 1982 Günter Blobel
- 1974 David Baltimore
- 1970 Vincent P. Dole
- 1970 R. Bruce Merrifield
- 1967 Christian de Duve
- 1967 George E. Palade
- 1964 Keith R. Porter
- 1962 Henry G. Kunkel
Jeffrey V. Ravetch & Michael W. Young
2012 Recipients
