Alexander Varshavsky

Awards

1. 1999

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of the ubiquitin system of intracellular protein degradation and its many functions in the cell.

2. 2000

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery and recognition of the broad significance of the ubiquitin system of regulated protein degradation, a fundamental process that influences vital cellular events, including the cell cycle, malignant transformation, and responses to inflammation and immunity.

3. 2001

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for the discovery of the ubiquitin system of intracellular protein degradation and the crucial functions of this system in cellular regulation.

4. 2014

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for discovering critical molecular determinants and biological functions of intracellular protein degradation.