Harry F. Noller

Awards

1. 2007

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics.

2. 2017

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for discovering the centrality of RNA in forming the active centers of the ribosome, the fundamental machinery of protein synthesis in all cells, thereby connecting modern biology to the origin of life and also explaining how many natural antibiotics disrupt protein synthesis.