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March of Dimez - Prize in Developmental Biology
Termin:
30.10.2015
Fördergeber:
Fördergeber - Sonstige
The March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology honors leaders in the field. Their pioneering research offers hope and opportunity to one day prevent and treat some of the most serious birth defects and other human diseases.
Each year outstanding scientist(s) are awarded the coveted March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology for research that has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects. The Prize has been awarded annually since 1996. The March of Dimes created the Prize as a tribute to Dr. Jonas Salk shortly before his death in 1995. Five recipients of the March of Dimes Prize to date have gone on to win the Nobel Prize® in Physiology or Medicine.
The Prize carries a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of a Roosevelt dime. This is in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. The awardee delivers his/her lecture before the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meeting held yearly in the spring. The actual award is given at a black-tie event traditionally hosted by TV celebrity Greg Gumbel. Anne Eleanor Roosevelt, great-granddaughter of President Roosevelt, traditionally awards the silver medal.
In 2015, the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology was awarded to Rudolf Jaenich, M.D., for devising innovative technologies that elucidated long-standing dilemmas in developmental biology, for recognizing the transformative significance on cellular function of epigenetic programming, and for applying the power of induced pluripotent stem cells to novel discoveries.
Further Information:
http://www.marchofdimes.org/research/prize-in-developmental-biology.aspx
Each year outstanding scientist(s) are awarded the coveted March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology for research that has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects. The Prize has been awarded annually since 1996. The March of Dimes created the Prize as a tribute to Dr. Jonas Salk shortly before his death in 1995. Five recipients of the March of Dimes Prize to date have gone on to win the Nobel Prize® in Physiology or Medicine.
The Prize carries a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of a Roosevelt dime. This is in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. The awardee delivers his/her lecture before the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meeting held yearly in the spring. The actual award is given at a black-tie event traditionally hosted by TV celebrity Greg Gumbel. Anne Eleanor Roosevelt, great-granddaughter of President Roosevelt, traditionally awards the silver medal.
In 2015, the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology was awarded to Rudolf Jaenich, M.D., for devising innovative technologies that elucidated long-standing dilemmas in developmental biology, for recognizing the transformative significance on cellular function of epigenetic programming, and for applying the power of induced pluripotent stem cells to novel discoveries.
Further Information:
http://www.marchofdimes.org/research/prize-in-developmental-biology.aspx