Lynne E. Maquat

Awards

1. 2015

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of the mechanism that destroys mutant messenger RNAs in human cells, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, which is critically important in both normal and disease states.

2. 2021

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   For discovering a mechanism that destroys mutant mRNA in cells – non-sense mediated mRNA decay (NMD).