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The Gairdner Foundation Announces the 2009 Canada Gairdner Award recipients/
La Fondation Gairdner présente les 7 nouveaux lauréats des Prix Canada Gairdner pour l'année 2009
Professor of Biochemistry and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco | Professor, Department of Biophysics, Kyoto University, Japan |
Director, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine Professor, Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine | Professor, Microbial Development and Gene Regulation, Harvard University |
Professor, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Kyoto University, Japan | To view past Canada Gairdner International award recipients/ Pour regarder vieux lauréats des Prix Canada Gairdner click here |
Canada Gairdner Wightman Award Recipient Professor Emeritus, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University | Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Recipient Emeritus Professor, National Cancer Institute,Colombia Consultant, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain |
The Gairdner Foundation celebrates
50 Years
The discovery of the structure of DNA. MRI machines. The human genome. The cure for ulcers. The vaccine against HPV. The eradication of smallpox. CT scans. Immunosuppressant drugs to allow organ transplants. What do all these have in common? The scientists who discovered them have all received a Canada Gairdner Award during the past 50 years.
This year The Gairdner Foundation is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in spectacular fashion.
Between March and November we will hold 7 major international symposia across the country, in Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto (York), Sherbrooke, Montreal and Halifax (see under Events). The finale will occur in Toronto, where we will host 50 past Gairdner recipients, including 22 Nobel Laureates, from Oct 28-30. This will be by far the largest gathering of the world's top scientists ever held in Canada. We will also introduce the 2009 Canada Gairdner Award recipients.
Canada Gairdner Laureates will participate in lectures, panel discussions, public forums, interviews and informal talks with academics, researchers, biotech and pharma companies, government leaders, graduate and postgraduate students, high school students, the media and interested members of the general public. With the exception of the social events, all the programs will be free and open to anyone who wants to share in the excitement of leading edge biomedical science.
The 50th Anniversary will be a spectacular culmination of everything The Gairdner Foundation has achieved in becoming Canada's premier international prize, and one of the top three biomedical prizes in the world. It will be a vehicle to raise awareness of the fascinating world of biomedical science and its importance to lives.
50th Anniversary celebration of science
Gairdner Week
October 28-30, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
50th Anniversary National Symposia
Vancouver- March 11
Edmonton - May 20 - 21st
Ottawa - June 3rd
Sherbrooke - Sept. 20 - 23rd
Halifax - Oct. 2nd
Montreal - Nov. 2 - 3rd
CALL FOR 2010 NOMINATIONS
The Gairdner Foundation is now accepting nominations for 2010. Please visit our Nominations section for more details
RECENT NEWS
June 26, 2009
Gairdner/York University 50th Anniversary Symposium
Videos of Speakers and Presentations now available >>
May 19, 2009
Dr. John Dirks, President and Scientific Director, the Gairdner Foundation, receives honorary degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) from the University of Manitoba.
May 19, 2009
Dr. John Dirks, President and Scientific Director, the Gairdner Foundation, receives honorary degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) from the University of Manitoba.
April 1, 2009
The Globe and Mail: Gairdner award honours noted stem-cell scientist
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March 24, 2009
2009 Canada Gairdner Awards Announcement Luncheon
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