Novartis-Drew Award Explained

The Novartis-Drew Award for Biomedical Research is an award jointly presented by Novartis and Drew University. It comprises a cash award (originally $2000) and a plaque. The award was initially created as the Ciba-Drew Award for Biomedical Research and renamed following the change of company name from Ciba-Geigy to Novartis in 1996.^[1]

Incomplete list of winners

Novartis-Drew Award

• 2003: Elaine Fuchs;^[2] Philip A. Sharp;^[3] David Botstein
• 2002: Frank McCormick; Brian J. Druker; Harold Varmus
• 2001: Sidney Brenner; Eric Lander; Craig Venter^[4]
• 2000: Susan L. Lindquist^[5]
• 1999: Elizabeth Helen Blackburn;^[6] Joan Steitz^[7]
• 1998: Tom Maniatis;^[8] Alexander Varshavsky^[9]
• 1997: Edward Alan Berger^[10]

Ciba-Drew Award

• 1996: H. Robert Horvitz;^[11] Stanley J. Korsmeyer
• 1995: Joseph Schlessinger;^[12] Günter Blobel ; Arnold J. Levine
• 1994: Thomas R. Cech;^[13] Albert Eschenmoser;^[14] Manfred Eigen^[15]
• 1993: Leroy Hood;^[16] Francis S. Collins^[17]
• 1992: Stuart L. Schreiber ; Peter G. Schultz ; Richard Lerner^[18]
• 1991: Sir Michael Berridge^[19]
• 1990: Roger David Kornberg;^[20] Nicholas R. Cozzarelli^[21]
• 1989: Robert William Mahley^[22]
• 1988: Samuel Broder;^[23] Robert C. Gallo ; Luc Montagnier^[24]
• 1987: Thomas A. Waldmann
• 1986: Michael H. Wigler
• 1985: Jean-Pierre Changeux; Solomon Halbert Snyder^[25]
• 1984: Albrecht Fleckenstein; Harald Reuter
• 1983: Ronald Levy;^[26]
• 1982:
• 1981: C. Ronald Kahn;^[27] Donald F. Steiner ; Sydney Brenner ^[28]
• 1980: Bengt I. Samuelsson;^[29] John Robert Vane^[30]
• 1979: Paul Greengard
• 1978:
• 1977: Robert C. Gallo;^[31] Fred Rapp

See also

• List of biochemistry awards

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Elaine Fuchs.
3. Web site: Phil Sharp's Lab - CV.
4. Web site: Whitehead Institute of MIT. 12 December 2001 .
5. Web site: Susan L. Lindquist.
6. Book: The International Who's Who of Women 2002. 62.
7. Web site: Joan Steitz, PhD.
8. Web site: Thomas Maniatis, Ph.D.. 21 June 2003.
9. Book: Istvan, Hargittai. Candid Science Vi: More Conversations With Famous Scientists. 311.
10. Web site: Principal Investigators.
11. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002.
12. Web site: About the Principal Investigator.
13. Web site: CURRICULUM VITAE: Thomas R. Cech . University of Colorado.
14. Curriculum Vitae - Albert Eschenmoser . 10.3987/COM-10-S(E)CV. 2010 . Eschenmoser . Albert . Heterocycles . 82 . 15 . 2024-02-17 . free .
15. Book: Gigatrends: Erkundungen der Zukunft unserer Lebenswelt. 307.
16. Web site: Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.. IEEE Computer Society. 29 September 2019.
17. Book: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education ..., Part 4, Issue 1. 890.
18. Web site: Richard Lerner | Scripps Research.
19. Web site: Academy of Europe: Berridge Michael.
20. 100 years of biochemistry and molecular biology. The decade-long pursuit of a reconstituted yeast transcription system: The work of Roger D. Kornberg.. 19847957. 2009. Kresge. N.. Simoni. R. D.. Hill. R. L.. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284. 43. e18-20. 10.1016/S0021-9258(20)38209-0. 2785628. free.
21. Web site: Nicholas R. Cozzarelli.
22. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-09-29 . 2019-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190929143326/http://labmed.ucsf.edu/dnld/faculty-path-rmahley-CV.pdf . dead .
23. Book: NIH Almanac 1992. 32.
24. Book: Journal of the National Cancer Institute: JNCI, Volume 80. 1277.
25. Book: The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook. 216.
26. Book: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society. 532.
27. 10.1210/jcem.85.8.6764. The Endocrine Society 2000 Annual Awards . 2000 . Jesse Roth . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism . 85 . 8 . 2976–2986 . 72109749 . free .
28. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002.
29. Web site: Bengt I. Samuelsson-Facts. 29 September 2019.
30. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982.
31. Web site: Robert C. Gallo | AACC.org . 2020-05-02 . 2020-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923034342/https://www.aacc.org/Community/Awards/Hall-of-Fame/Bios/L-to-S/Robert-Gallo.aspx . dead .