Edwin Southern

Awards

1. 1990

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the discovery, development and application of gel electrophoresis methods that allow the separation and identification of specific proteins and nucleic acids.

2. 2005

   Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For development of two powerful technologies— Southern hybridization and DNA finger-printing — that together revolutionized human genetics and forensic diagnostics.