Laureate

Lewis C. Cantley

Born 1949 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 2013

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

    Biology

    for the discovery of PI 3-Kinase and its role in cancer metabolism.

  2. 2015

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For his discovery of PI 3-Kinase, a critical component of the cell signaling machinery that plays a key role in normal functions of proliferations and growth and is de-regulated in diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

  3. 2016

    Wolf Prize — Medicine

    Biology

    for discovery of phosphoinositide-3 kinases and their roles in physiology and disease.