Winners

2012: Victor Ambros, Ph.D. and Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D.

2011: Napoleone Ferrara, M.D.

2010: Erik De Clercq, M.D., Ph.D. and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

2009: Axel Ullrich, Ph.D.

2008: Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini

2006: Craig C. Mello, Ph.D.

2012

Victor Ambros, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
and

Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School Professor of Genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital

For their co-discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) as central regulators of gene expression and development.

• Prize winner announcement
• Biographies of Victor Ambros, Ph.D. (PDF format - 46 k) and Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D. (PDF format - 56 k)

2011

Napoleone Ferrara, M.D.
Genentech Fellow, San Francisco, California, USA

For his research on angiogenesis, the process of new blood vessel formation that plays a key role in cancer proliferation and a number of other diseases.

• Prize Winner Announcement
• Read Dr. Ferrara's Biography. (PDF format - 205 k)

2010

Erik De Clercq, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
and

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

For their pioneering work in understanding and combating viral diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS

• Prize winner announcement
• Biographies of Erik De Clercq (PDF format - 212 k) and Anthony S. Fauci
  (PDF format - 221 k)

2009

Axel Ullrich, Ph.D.

Director of the Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

For his pioneering work in applying molecular biology and molecular cloning to the discovery of protein therapeutics for the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including diabetes and cancer.

• Prize winner announcement
• Read Dr. Ullrich’s biography (PDF format - 605 k)

2008

Professor Marc Feldmann FMedSci, FAA, FRS and Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder Maini, FMedSci, FRCP, FRS

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, U. K

For their role in the discovery of tumor necrosis factor-alpha as an effective therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic inflammatory conditions.

• Prize winner announcement
• Biographies of Professors Feldmann (PDF format - 59 k) and Maini (PDF format - 60 k)
• Background information on their research (PDF format - 57 k)

2006

Craig C. Mello, Ph. D.

Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical
School, Worchester, Massachusetts, U. S. A.

For his role in the discovery of RNA interference and the elucidation of its biological functions.

• Complete Announcement of Award
• Read Dr. Mello's Biography. (PDF format - 12 k)
• Key paper describing discovery of RNAi (PDF format - 428 k)