Prix international Canada Gairdner 2003 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Linda B. Buck

   Biologie

   For their discovery of the olfactory receptors and the clarification of how these receptors transfer olfactory signals to the brain.

2. Ralph M. Steinman

   Biologie

   For his discovery and characterization of the role of the dendritic cell, a pivotal phagocytic cell in the immune system and essential to the development of vaccines.

3. Richard Axel

   Biologie

   For their discovery of olfactory receptors and the clarification of how these receptors transfer olfactory signals to the brain.

4. Seiji Ogawa

   Biologie

   For his development of blood oxygenation dependent imaging which has revolutionized the field of functional magnetic resource imaging (fMRI), and used extensively to study brain function.

5. Wayne A. Hendrickson

   Biologie

   For contributions to macromolecular crystallography, in the development of robust methods of phasing and refinement, and in the determination of complex and biologically important structures.