Laureate

Michael Berridge

1938–2020 · Zimbabwe · Male

Awards

  1. 1988

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For his work in establishing the roles of inositol trisphosphate, diacylglycerol, calcium and protein kinase C during signal transduction and in growth and differentiation.

  2. 1989

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For research revealing how IP3 governs the intracellular level of calcium and orchestrates the major activities of the cell.

  3. 1994/1995

    Wolf Prize — Medicine

    Biology

    for their discoveries concerning cellular transmembrane signalling involving phospholipids and calcium.

  4. 2005

    Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine

    Biology

    For his discoveries on calcium signalling in the regulation of cellular activity.