Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science explained

The Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award is one of the four Lasker Awards given by the Lasker Foundation for medical research in the United States. The first award was given in 1994; it is not awarded every year. In 2008, the award was renamed the Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science in honor of Daniel E. Koshland Jr.^[1]

Recipients

Source: The Lasker Foundation - Awards

• 1994: Maclyn McCarty
• 1996: Paul Zamecnik
• 1997: Victor A. McKusick
• 1998: Daniel E. Koshland Jr.
• 1999: Seymour S. Kety
• 2000: Sydney Brenner
• 2002: James E. Darnell
• 2004: Matthew Meselson
• 2006: Joseph G. Gall
• 2008: Stanley Falkow
• 2010: David Weatherall
• 2012: Donald D. Brown and Tom Maniatis^[2]
• 2014: Mary-Claire King
• 2016: Bruce M. Alberts^[3]
• 2018: Joan Argetsinger Steitz
• 2021: David Baltimore
• 2023: Piet Borst

See also

• List of medicine awards

References

1. News: Discoverers of Small Regulatory RNAs and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs to Receive Lasker Awards for Medical Research. MarketWatch. 2008-09-13. 2008-09-16.
2. http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/2012special.htm The Lasker Foundation - 2012 Special Achievement
3. http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/ Lasker Awards 2016

External links

• " All Awards & Winners", The Lasker Foundation