Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology
| Carlos J. Finlay Prize | |
|---|---|
Government of Cuba . | |
| First awarded | 1980 |
The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennial scientific prize sponsored by the
USD donated by the Government of Cuba and an Albert Einstein Silver Medal from UNESCO.[1]
The Prize is awarded in odd years (to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference) and is named after
Carlos Juan Finlay (1833 – 1915), a Cuban physician and microbiologist widely known for his pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever
.
Winners
Source: UNESCO
- 1980 - Roger Y. Stanier (Canada)[2]
- 1983 - César Milstein, FRS (Argentina, United Kingdom)[2]
- 1985 - Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)[2]
- 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Peter Reichard (Sweden)[2]
- 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium)[2]
- 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Viñuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium)
- 1993 - James Michael Lynch (UK), James Tiedje (USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands)[3]
- 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale Cossart (France)
- 1996 - Etienne Pays (Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan)
- 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
- 2001 - Susana López Charreton and Carlos Arias Ortiz(Mexico)
- 2003 - Antonio Peña Díaz[1] (Mexico)
- 2005 - Khatijah Yusoff (Malaysia)[4]
- 2015 - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Japan)[5]
- 2017 - Samir Kumar Saha (Bangladesh) and Shahida Hasnain (Pakistan)[6]
- 2020 - Kenya Honda (Japan)[7]
- 2023 - Dilfuza Egamberdieva (Uzbekistan)[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The 2003 Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology has been awarded to Professor Antonio Peña Diaz from Mexico". UNESCO.
- ^ a b c d e Shabaan, Saad Ahmed; Döbereiner, Johanna; Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis; Sarma, D.D.; Cohen, Georges N.; Fiers, Walter (8 November 1989). "Ceremony of award of four UNESCO science prizes". unesdoc.unesco.org. UNESCO. p. 42. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- . unesdoc.unesco.org. UNESCO. p. 5. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "World Science Forum opens in Budapest". Press Release N°2005-136. UNESCO Media Services. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology
- ^ "UNESCO awards Bangladeshi microbiologist". The Daily Star. 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ "Kenya Honda (Japan) to receive the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology". 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Elserafy, Menattallah (9 November 2023). "Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Uzbek scientist behind "super crops", wins UNESCO–Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 February 2024.