Canada Gairdner International Award 2011: Winners

Recipients

1. Adrian Bird, Aharon Razin, Howard Cedar

   Biology

   For his pioneering discoveries on DNA methylation and its role in gene expression.

2. Jules A. Hoffmann

   Biology

   For his ground-breaking discovery of the family of Toll like receptors and the array of microbial compounds that they recognize to provide innate resistance to infection.

3. Shizuo Akira

   Biology

   For his ground-breaking discovery of Toll like receptors and the array of microbial compounds that they recognize to provide innate resistance to infection.