Awards & Winners

1980 Canada Gairdner Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1980 Canada Gairdner Awards. Check awards winners of 1980 Canada Gairdner Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Gairdner Foundation International Award

Har Gobind Khorana

(For the chemical synthesis of a functional gene.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Michael Sela

(For his fundamental contribution to our understanding of the molecular basis of immunogenicity.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Jesse Roth

(For the elucidation of mechanisms through which insulin and other peptide hormones interact with cells and of the ways in which these interactions are altered in disease states.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Efraim Racker

(For his contributions to our knowledge of energy metabolism in cells and of transport in biological membranes.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Irving B. Fritz

(For his discovery of the role of carnitine in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Paul Berg

(In recognition of his contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of protein synthesis and of the interplay of viral and cellular genes in regulating growth and division.)