Canada Gairdner International Award 1980: Winners

Recipients

1. Efraim Racker

   Biology

   For his contributions to our knowledge of energy metabolism in cells and of transport in biological membranes.

2. Har Gobind Khorana

   Biology

   For the chemical synthesis of a functional gene.

3. Irving B. Fritz

   Biology

   For his discovery of the role of carnitine in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism.

4. Jesse Roth

   Biology

   For the elucidation of mechanisms through which insulin and other peptide hormones interact with cells and of the ways in which these interactions are altered in disease states.

5. Michael Sela

   Biology

   For his fundamental contribution to our understanding of the molecular basis of immunogenicity.

6. Paul Berg

   Biology

   In recognition of his contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of protein synthesis and of the interplay of viral and cellular genes in regulating growth and division.