Earl Wilbur Sutherland

Awards

1. 1969

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   In recognition of his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the central role the adenylcyclase system plays in mediating many of the effects of hormones on metabolic processes.These discoveries, which emanated from a careful, imaginative and thorough analysis of the mechanisms by which epinephrine and glucagon increased glycogenolysis, have opened new fields for exploration.

2. 1970

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of cyclic AMP and elucidation of this key chemical mechanism that regulates hormonal action.

3. 1971

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones