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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Molecular and developmental biologist
Born in Venezuela
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado receives the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for his contributions to the field of regeneration—from the identification of crucial genes that control regeneration in living organisms, to the potential for regenerative medicine to treat disease.
2023 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Edward Chouchani
Biochemist and cell biologist
Born in Canada
Edward Chouchani receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for his work to decipher the molecular mechanisms that drive metabolic disease, with the aim of developing therapeutic interventions targeted at the molecular drivers of metabolism within cells.
2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Shixin Liu
Molecular biologist
Born in China
Shixin Liu receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise for applying cutting-edge biophysical tools to directly visualize, manipulate, and understand the physiological function of nanometer-scale biomolecular machines including DNA replication and transcription complexes at the single-molecule level.
2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Harris Wang
Systems and synthetic biologist
Born in China
Harris Wang receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for the development and application of Mutiplex Automated Genome Engineering (MAGE), a platform to track, program, and engineer entire microbial communities and ecosystems for a range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Silvi Rouskin
Molecular biologist
Born in Bulgaria
Silvi Rouskin receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing methods to unravel the shapes of RNA molecules inside cells and aiding the potential development of RNA-based therapeutics.
2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Xiaowei Zhuang
Biophysicist
Born in China
Xiaowei Zhuang receives the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for developing super-resolution microscopy and genome-scale imaging to directly visualize the structures, activities, and expression profiles of life-sustaining molecules in cells.
2020 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Kivanç Birsoy
Cell biologist
Born in Turkey
Kıvanç Birsoy receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge tools to unravel the altered metabolism of cancer cells and uncovering molecular targets for treatment.
2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Martin Jonikas
Cell biologist
Born in France
Martin Jonikas receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for molecular studies on Chlamydomonas, a model photosynthetic organism, with long-term implications for improving food-crop yield and combating climate change.
2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Angelika Amon
Molecular and cell biologist
Born in Austria
Angelika Amon (1967-2020) receives the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for groundbreaking research on the molecular signals that regulate cell growth and division, and how errors in these processes contribute to birth defects and cancer.
2019 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
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