Canada Gairdner International Award 2020: Winners

Recipients

1. Elaine Fuchs

   Biology

   For her studies elucidating the role of tissue stem cells in homeostasis, wound repair, inflammation and cancer.

2. Masatoshi Takeichi, Rolf Kemler

   Biology

   For their discovery, characterization and biology of cadherins and associated proteins in animal cell adhesion and signalling.

3. Mina J. Bissell

   Biology

   For characterizing “Dynamic Reciprocity” and the significant role that extracellular matrix (ECM) signaling and microenvironment play in gene regulation in normal and malignant cells, revolutionizing the fields of oncology and tissue homeostasis.

4. Roel Nusse

   Biology

   For pioneering work on the Wnt signaling pathway and its importance in development, cancer and stem cells.