Laureate

Don C. Wiley

1944–2001 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 1994

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For contributions to our understanding of the immune system by elucidation of the complex formed between MHC class I proteins and peptides derived from foreign antigens.

  2. 1995

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For the discovery of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) restriction of T-cell recognition.

  3. 1999

    Japan Prize — Molecular Recognition and Dynamics in Bioscience

    Biology

    for the elucidation of the three dimensional structures of class I and class II human histocompatibility antigens and their bound peptides.