Canada Gairdner International Award 2006: Winners

Recipients

1. Alan Hall, Thomas D. Pollard

   Biology

   For his discoveries related to understanding the cytoskeleton of the cell and the basis of cell mobility and its relevance to human disease.

2. Joan A. Steitz

   Biology

   For her discovery of the reactivity of autoimmune sera with ribonucleoprotein particles and elucidation of the roles of small nuclear RNAs in messenger RNA processing.

3. Ralph L. Brinster

   Biology

   For his pioneering discoveries in germ line modifications in mammals.

4. Ronald M. Evans

   Biology

   For his seminal studies defining new classes of nuclear hormone receptors and elucidating their role in energy metabolism and endocrine-related disease.