Edwin G. Krebs

Awards

1. 1978

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For elucidating fundamental biochemical mechanisms related to glycogen breakdown: pioneer work that has enhanced our knowledge of hormone action.

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. 1992

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism