Laureate

Leroy Hood

Born 1938 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 1987

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For imaginative studies of somatic recombinations in the immune system, detailing in molecular terms the genetics of antibody diversity.

  2. 2002

    Kyoto Prize — Advanced Technology

    CS

    Contributions to life sciences through the automation of protein and DNA sequencing and synthesis.