Longevity Prize
The Longevity Prize is a scientific award of 20,000 euros (as of 2012) from the Ipsen Foundation in the field of research into longevity (see aging ).
The prize is awarded to a French or foreign researcher - for example in the field of biology , genetics , gerontology , psychology , statistics - who has made outstanding contributions to research into longevity. The prize can be shared. An application is not expected.
Award winners
- 1996 Caleb E. Finch
- 1997 Vaino Kannisto
- 1998 Roy L. Walford
- 1999 John Morley
- 2000 Paul Baltes , Margret Baltes
- 2001 Justin Congdon
- 2002 George M. Martin
- 2003 James Vaupel
- 2004 Linda Partridge
- 2005 Michael Marmot
- 2006 Cynthia Kenyon
- 2007 David Barker
- 2008 Gerald McClearn
- 2009 Jacques Vallin
- 2010 Judith Campisi
- 2011 Thomas Kirkwood
- 2012 Linda Fried
- 2013 Gary Ruvkun
- 2014 Luigi Ferrucci
- 2015 Steve Austad
- 2016 Kaare Christensen
- 2017 Andrzej Bartke
- 2018 Nir Barzilai
See also
- Methuselah Mouse Prize , a competitive award for researchers trying to artificially extend the lifespan of house mice.
Web links
- Longevity at the Fondation IPSEN (fondation-ipsen.org) ( Memento from December 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- fondation-ipsen.org
- ↑ Life Biosciences on Twitter. In: twitter.com. November 13, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018 .