Awards & Winners

Stanley Falkow

Date of Birth 1934
Place of Birth Albany
(Albany County, United States of America, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Microbiologist
Stanley Falkow, PhD, is microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is sometimes referred to as the father of molecular microbial pathogenesis, which is the study of how infectious microbes and host cells interact to cause disease at the molecular level. He formulated molecular Koch's postulates, which have guided the study of the microbial determinants of infectious diseases since the late 1980s.

Awards by Stanley Falkow

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2008


Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award
(For a 51-year career as one of the great microbe hunters of all time \u2014 he discovered the molecular nature of antibiotic resistance, revolutionized the way we think about how pathogens cause disease, and mentored more than 100 students, many of whom are now distinguished leaders in the fields of microbiology and infectious diseases. )