Thomas R. Cech

Awards

1. 1988

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the discovery that some forms of RNA have catalytic properties.

2. 1988

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For revolutionary research revealing the enzymatic role of RNA, opening a new universe in molecular biology.

3. 1989

   Nobel Prize — Chemistry

   Chemistry

   for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA