Francis Harry Compton Crick

Awards

1. 1960

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For revealing the structure of the DNA molecule.

2. 1962

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   In recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of molecular biology and genetics, including his inspiring investigations of the nucleic acids which have shown how genetic information can be impressed and stored in the germ cells of parents and be transmitted to succeeding generations, his studies of the molecular structure of collagen and especially his brilliant development of the 'coding' theory - a concept which explains the way in which information carried in the genes determines the amino acid sequence and therefore the structure and character of all the many different proteins which are continuously being synthesized by the living organism. His theories and discoveries have opened vast avenues through which greater understanding of the basic processes of life may be achieved.

3. 1962

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material