Canada Gairdner International Award 2016: Winners

Recipients

1. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Feng Zhang, Jennifer A. Doudna

   Biology

   For development of CRISPR-CAS as a genome editing tool for eukaryotic cells.

2. Philippe Horvath, Rodolphe Barrangou

   Biology

   For establishing and characterizing CRISPR-Cas bacterial immune defense system.