Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology
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The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennal scientific prize sponsored by the Government of Cuba and awarded since 1980 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions to microbiology
(including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. Winners receive a grant of $5,000 USD donated by the Government of Cuba and an Albert Einstein Silver Medal from UNESCO.
The Prize is awarded in odd years (to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference) and is named after Carlos Juan Finlay (1833 – 1915), a Cuba
n physician and microbiologist widely known for its pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever
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Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
(including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. Winners receive a grant of $5,000 USD donated by the Government of Cuba and an Albert Einstein Silver Medal from UNESCO.
The Prize is awarded in odd years (to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference) and is named after Carlos Juan Finlay (1833 – 1915), a Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n physician and microbiologist widely known for its pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....
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Winners
- 1980 - Roger Y. Stanier (Canada)
- 1983 - César MilsteinCésar MilsteinCésar Milstein FRS was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels K. Jerne and Georges Köhler.-Biography:...
, FRS (Argentina, United Kingdom) - 1985 - Victor Nussenzweig and Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)
- 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Peter Reichard (Sweden)
- 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter FiersWalter FiersWalter Fiers is a Belgian molecular biologist.He obtained a degree of Engineer for Chemistry and Agricultural Industries at the University of Ghent in 1954, and started his research career as an enzymologist in the laboratory of Laurent Vandendriessche in Ghent. In 1956-57, he worked with Heinz...
(Belgium) - 1991 - Margarita SalasMargarita SalasMargarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marquise of Canero , commonly known as Margarita Salas, is a well-known Spanish scientist in the fields of Biochemistry, and Molecular genetics....
and Eladio Viñuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium) - 1993 - International Society of Soil Science, James Michael Lynch (UK), James TiedjeJames TiedjeJames Tiedje is the director of the NSF Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, as well as a Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences and Microbiology. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 and served as president of the American Society for Microbiology from...
(USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands) - 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale CossartPascale CossartPascale Cossart is an award-winning bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and the foremost authority on Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsible for encephalitis, meningitis, bacteremia, gastroenteritis, and other diseases.- Biography :Cossart earned...
(France) - 1996 - Etienne PaysEtienne PaysEtienne Pays is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. His research interest is on trypanosomes....
(Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan) - 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
- 2001 - Susana López CharretonSusana López CharretonSusana López Charreton is a prominent Mexican virologist specialized in rotaviruses. She was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology along her husband, Carlos Arias Ortiz....
and Carlos Arias OrtizCarlos Arias OrtizCarlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a prominent Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviri. He was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology along his wife, Susana López Charreton....
(Mexico) - 2003 - Antonio Peña DíazAntonio Peña DíazAntonio Peña Díaz is a Mexican biochemist who received the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and chaired both the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Mexican Society of Biochemistry ....
(Mexico) - 2005 - Khatijah Binti Mohamad Yusoff (Malaysia)