Sydney Brenner

Prix

1. 1971

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For their brilliant contributions to molecular genetics.

2. 1978

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   In recognition of his highly original and conceptual contributions to molecular biology, and to the understanding of how genetic information is read and translated.

3. 1990

   Prix Kyoto — Technologie avancée

   Informatique

   Pioneering Contribution to Molecular Biology through Demonstration of Messenger RNA and Establishment of C. Elegans as an Experimental System for Developmental Biology.

4. 1991

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For establishing C. elegans as a model for studying the genetic control of development.

5. 2000

   Prix Lasker — Prix Lasker-Koshland pour réalisations spéciales en sciences médicales

   Biologie

   For 50 years of brilliant creativity in biomedical science — exemplified by his legendary work on the genetic code; his daring introduction of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a system for tracing the birth and death of every cell in a living animal; his rational voice in the debate on recombinant DNA; and his trenchant wit.

6. 2002

   prix Nobel — Médecine

   Biologie

   for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'