Edwin Southern

Prix

1. 1990

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For the discovery, development and application of gel electrophoresis methods that allow the separation and identification of specific proteins and nucleic acids.

2. 2005

   Prix Lasker — Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Biologie

   For development of two powerful technologies— Southern hybridization and DNA finger-printing — that together revolutionized human genetics and forensic diagnostics.