Wolfgang Baumeister

Awards

1. 2025

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine

   Biology

   For his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography (cryo-ET), an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings.

2. 2026

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For developing cryo-electron tomography, a method that visualizes molecular structures inside intact cells at near-native resolution, creating a new way to study cellular architecture and revealing the inner workings of life at the molecular level.