Luc Montagnier

Awards

1. 1986

   Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For contributions concerning the impact of retroviral infection on the human immune system.

2. 1987

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the identification and isolation of the virus causing acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

3. 1988

   Japan Prize — Preventative Medicine

   Biology

   for the discovery of the AIDS-causing virus and development of diagnostic methods.

4. 2008

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus