Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier International Prize
The Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier International Prize is a French science prize awarded in the field of biomedical research.
The award is made to one or more researchers or doctors “in recognition of a significant contribution to a biomedical discovery with therapeutic application”. The aim of the prize is to promote basic research and the use of its results in therapy . The Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier International Prize is endowed with prize money of 150,000 euros and is awarded every three years. The first award took place in 2003.
The composition of the jury responsible for selecting the winners also changes every three years. The institutions that give it its name are the Pasteur-Weizmann Committee, which coordinates the collaboration between the French Pasteur Institute and the Israeli Weizmann Institute for Science , and the Servier Institute belonging to the French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier .
Award winners
- 2003: Merrill D. Benson ( USA ) for research on amyloidosis
- 2006: George Eisenbarth ( USA ) and Lucienne Chatenoud ( France ) for research on autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes
- 2009: Endel Tulving ( Canada ) for research on the neuropsychology of memory
- 2012: Caroline Dive ( UK ) for research on non-invasive biomarkers
- 2015: Félix Rey ( France ) for research on emerging viruses
- 2018: Michel Sadelain ( USA ) for research on immune regulation and cancer
Web links
- The Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier International Prize (servier.com)
- ↑ Professor Michel Sadelain wins the 2018 Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier Prize for his work on immunoregulation and cancer. In: servier.com. October 16, 2018, accessed October 19, 2018 .