Albert Coons

Awards

1. 1959

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the development of the fluorescent method of labelling proteins, a significant tool for the study of infection in human beings.

2. 1962

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   In recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of pathology and immunology, and especially for his development of the fluorescent antibody technique which has cast new light on hypersensitivity reactions, and which has opened important new avenues for the study of diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever and disseminated lupus erythematosus, in which these reactions may be involved.