Recent awards
Biology
75 recipients from 24 prize editions, 2024–2026.
Prizes and recipients
2026
Breakthrough Prize
- Albert Maguire Life Sciences
- Bryan Traynor Life Sciences
- Jean Bennett Life Sciences
- Katherine A. High Life Sciences
- Rosa Rademakers Life Sciences
- Stuart H. Orkin Life Sciences
- Swee Lay Thein Life Sciences
Canada Gairdner International Award
Japan Prize
- Shizuo Akira Life Sciences
- Zhijian Chen Life Sciences
Kyoto Prize
- Farooq Azam Basic Sciences
Shaw Prize
- Anne Dejean Life Science and Medicine
- Chen Zhu Life Science and Medicine
- Hugues de Thé Life Science and Medicine
The Brain Prize
2025
Breakthrough Prize
- Daniel J. Drucker Life Sciences
- David R. Liu Life Sciences
- Stephen L. Hauser Life Sciences
Canada Gairdner International Award
Crafoord Prize
- Christopher Goodnow Polyarthritis
- David Nemazee Polyarthritis
Japan Prize
- Carlos M. Duarte Biological Production, Ecology/Environment
Kyoto Prize
- Azim Surani Basic Sciences
Lasker Award
- Dirk Görlich Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Jesús (Tito) González Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lucy Shapiro Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
- Michael J. Welsh Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Paul Negulescu Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Steven L. McKnight Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Nobel Prize
- Frederick J. Ramsdell Medicine
- Mary E. Brunkow Medicine
- Shimon Sakaguchi Medicine
Shaw Prize
- Wolfgang Baumeister Life Science and Medicine
The Brain Prize
Wolf Prize
- Brian J. Staskawicz Agriculture
- Jeffery L. Dangl Agriculture
- Jonathan D. G. Jones Agriculture
- Pamela J. Bjorkman Medicine
2024
Breakthrough Prize
- Carl H. June Life Sciences
- Sabine Hadida Life Sciences
- Thomas Gasser Life Sciences
Canada Gairdner International Award
Japan Prize
- Ronald M. Evans Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science
Lasker Award
- Joel Habener Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lotte Bjerre Knudsen Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Quarraisha Abdool Karim Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Salim S. Abdool Karim Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Svetlana Mojsov Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Zhijian Chen Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Nobel Prize
- Gary Ruvkun Medicine
- Victor Ambros Medicine
Shaw Prize
- Stuart H. Orkin Life Science and Medicine
- Swee Lay Thein Life Science and Medicine
The Brain Prize
Wolf Prize
- Botond Roska Medicine
- Elliot M. Meyerowitz Agriculture
- Joanne Chory Agriculture
- José-Alain Sahel Medicine
- Venkatesan Sundaresan Agriculture