Alfred G. Gilman

Awards

1. 1984

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For elucidating the mechanism by which peptide hormones act across cell membranes to influence cell function.

2. 1989

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For research revealing how IP3 governs the intracellular level of calcium and orchestrates the major activities of the cell.

3. 1994

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells