Awards & Winners

Mario Capecchi

Date of Birth 06-October-1937
Place of Birth Verona
(Italy, Veneto, Province of Verona)
Nationality United States of America, Italy
Profession Molecular Geneticist, Scientist, Geneticist, Researcher
Mario Ramberg Capecchi is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Awards by Mario Capecchi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mario Capecchi.

2007


Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells)

2002


Massry Prize
(For their pioneering work on Gene targeting.)
Wolf Prize in Medicine
(For their contribution to the development of gene-targeting, enabling elucidation of gene function in mice.)

2001


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(For the development of a powerful technology for manipulating the mouse genome with exquisite precision, which allows the creation of animal models of human disease.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
(For his groundbreaking research which has revolutionized biomedical research and provided a powerful tool for understanding disease mechanisms and gene functions.)

1993


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For Pioneering work in the use of homologous recombination to generate targeted mutations in the mouse.)