Awards & Winners

1985 Canada Gairdner Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1985 Canada Gairdner Awards. Check awards winners of 1985 Canada Gairdner Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Gairdner Foundation International Award

Charles Yanofsky, Mark Ptashne

(For their many contributions in the field of molecular genetics, especially in the field of gene regulation.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Mary F. Lyon

(For her contributions to our understanding of X-chromosome inactivation and its significance in normal and abnormal development.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Raymond Lemieux

(For his contributions to the organic synthesis and structural analysis of oligosaccharides with human blood-group antigen specificity.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Paul Lauterbur

(For first proposing the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to produce images and demonstrating its application to human disease.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Stanley Cohen

(In recognition of his research on growth factors, and particularly for the isolation, purification and elucidation of the function of epidermal growth factor.)