Kary B. Mullis

Awards

1. 1991

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his discovery of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

2. 1993

   Japan Prize — Molecular and Cellular Technology in Medicine

   Biology

   for the development of the polymerase chain reaction.

3. 1993

   Nobel Prize — Chemistry

   Chemistry

   for contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry; for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method