Robert Bruce Merrifield

Awards

1. 1969

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For a new concept and a new method for the synthesis of polypeptides and proteins.

2. 1970

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   In recognition of his work on the solid phase method for synthesis of polypeptides and of his application of this method in the first synthesis of an enzyme. His work has made possible the systematic exploration of the structural basis of activity of enzymes, hormones, and antibodies.

3. 1984

   Nobel Prize — Chemistry

   Chemistry

   for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix