Canada Gairdner International Award 2018: Winners

Recipients

1. Azim Surani, Davor Solter

   Biology

   For the discovery of mammalian genomic imprinting that causes parent-of-origin specific gene expression and its consequences for development and disease.

2. Edward S. Boyden, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann

   Biology

   For the discovery of light-gated ion channel mechanisms, and for the discovery of optogenetics, a technology that has revolutionized neuroscience.