Laureate
Michael Berridge
1938–2020 · Zimbabwe · Male
Awards
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1988
Canada Gairdner International Award
BiologyFor his work in establishing the roles of inositol trisphosphate, diacylglycerol, calcium and protein kinase C during signal transduction and in growth and differentiation.
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1989
Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
BiologyFor research revealing how IP3 governs the intracellular level of calcium and orchestrates the major activities of the cell.
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1994/1995
Wolf Prize — Medicine
Biologyfor their discoveries concerning cellular transmembrane signalling involving phospholipids and calcium.
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2005
Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine
BiologyFor his discoveries on calcium signalling in the regulation of cellular activity.