Everett Peter Greenberg

Awards

1. 2015

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine

   Biology

   For elucidating the molecular mechanism of quorum sensing, a process whereby bacteria communicate with each other and which offers innovative ways to interfere with bacterial pathogens or to modulate the microbiome for health applications.

2. 2023

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For their discoveries of how bacteria communicate with each other and surrounding non-bacterial cells, providing a new paradigm for how microbes behave and yielding novel avenues for therapeutics against infectious diseases.