| Year |
|
Field |
Contribution |
MBL Connection |
| 2012 |
John B. Gurdon |
Physiology or Medicine |
For the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
Lecturer, Embryology (1965)
Lillie Fellow (Research Awardee) (1983)
Friday Evening Lecturer (1983)
Faculty, Embryology (1983, 1987)
Centennial Evening Lecturer (1988) |
| 2009 |
Ada E. Yonath |
Chemistry |
For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome |
Independent Investigator (1969) |
| 2008 |
Martin Chalfie |
Chemistry |
For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein |
Faculty, Neural Systems and Behavior (1983)
Lecturer, Biology of Parasitism (1991)
Lecturer, Neurobiology (2004) |
| 2008 |
Osamu Shimomura |
Chemistry |
For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein |
Year Round Investigator (1981-2001)
Corporation Member (1988-)
Library Researcher (2002-) |
| 2008 |
Roger Y. Tsien |
Chemistry |
For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein |
Faculty, Workshop on Plant and Animal Cell Microinjection Techniques (1988)
Faculty, Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences (1989-1990)
Lecturer, Neurobiology (1997, 2000-2004) |
| 2006 |
Roger D. Kornberg |
Chemistry |
Studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
Faculty, Physiology Course (1982) |
| 2004 |
Avram Hershko |
Chemistry |
Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Corporation Member (1999-)
Fellowship recipient (1991, 1996)
Researcher (1991-) |
| 2004 |
Irwin Rose |
Chemistry |
Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Library Researcher (1968)
Student, Embryology Course (1959) |
| 2003 |
Roderick MacKinnon |
Chemistry |
For structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels |
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1986-87)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (2000) |
| 2002 |
Sydney Brenner |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
Instructor, Physiology Course (1967-70)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1967-70)
Researcher (1967-70, 1988) |
| 2002 |
H. Robert Horvitz |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
Faculty, Embryology Course (1984)
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1982)
Instructor, Embryology Course (1982)
Instructor, Physiology Course (1986)
Lecturer, Neurobiology Course (1992, 2006) |
| 2001 |
Leland Hartwell |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery of key regulators of the cell cycle |
Faculty, Physiology Course (1982) |
| 2001 |
Tim Hunt |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery of cyclins, a group of proteins that regulated the cell division cycle |
Corporation Member (1991-2006)
Faculty, Embryology Course (1979-80, 1987)
Faculty, Physiology Course (1980-83, 2004)
Lecturer, Embryology Course (1977)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (2002, 2004)
Researcher (1985-86) |
| 2000 |
Paul Greengard |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1985)
Research Assistant (1951)
Researcher (1968, 1987)
Student, Embryology Course (1950) |
| 2000 |
Eric Kandel |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1981, 1985)
Faculty, Neural Systems and Behavior Course (1983)
Laboratory Staff (1984)
Lecturer, Neural Biology Course (1975)
Lecturer, Neural Systems and Behavior Course (1978)
Researcher (1975, 1979-83) |
| 1997 |
Paul. D. Boyer |
Chemistry |
Discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase |
Researcher (1952) |
| 1997 |
Jens C. Skou |
Chemistry |
Discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase |
Researcher (1953) |
| 1995 |
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning "the genetic control of early embryonic development" |
Faculty, Embryology Course (1983) |
| 1995 |
Eric Wieschaus |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning "the genetic control of early embryonic development" |
Faculty, Physiology Course (2007)
Faculty, Embryology Course (1988, 2000-)
Student, Embryology Course (1969) |
| 1991 |
Bert Sakmann |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells |
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1988-89) |
| 1989 |
Sidney Altman |
Chemistry |
Discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
Faculty, Physiology Course (1981, 1983)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1997) |
| 1986 |
Stanley Cohen |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery of growth factors |
Instructor, Embryology (1977)
Researcher (1977) |
| 1983 |
Barbara McClintock |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries in genetics |
Student, Botany Course (1927) |
| 1981 |
David Hubel |
Physiology or Medicine |
Processing of visual information by the brain |
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1971)
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1979) |
| 1981 |
Torsten Wiesel |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system |
Corporation Member (1999-2006)
Faculty, Neural Systems and Behavior Course (1983)
Faculty, Neurobiology Course (1980-82)
Lecturer, Neurobiology Course (1975, 1977-78)
Trustee (1999-2002) |
| 1980 |
Paul Berg |
Chemistry |
Development of methods to map structure and function of DNA |
Library Researcher (1983) |
| 1980 |
George D. Snell |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions." |
Researcher (1928-29, 1933)
Student, Zoology Course (1927) |
| 1976 |
D. Carlton Gajdusek |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries concerning the origin and new mechanisms for the dissemination of infectious disease |
Student, Embryology Course (1942) |
| 1975 |
David Baltimore |
Physiology or Medicine |
Interactions between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
Corporation Member (1996-2006)
Faculty, Physiology Course (1983)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1970)
Library Researcher (1979) |
| 1975 |
Howard Temin |
Physiology or Medicine |
Interactions between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
Student, Physiology Course (1956) |
| 1974 |
Albert Claude |
Physiology or Medicine |
Developed methods of separating and analyzing components of the cell |
Researcher (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948) |
| 1969 |
Max Delbrïuck |
Replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
Researcher (1942) |
|
| 1969 |
Salvador Luria |
Physiology or Medicine |
Replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
Corporation Member (1970-90)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1968, 1971, 1976)
Library Researcher (1952, 1970-72, 1985)
Researcher (1942) |
| 1967 |
Keffer Hartline |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries about chemical and physical visual processes in the eye |
Corporation Member (1936-82)
Instructor, Physiology Course (1927)
Researcher (1924-29, 1931, 1933-34, 1936)
Student, Physiology Course (1923) |
| 1967 |
George Wald |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discoveries about chemical and physical visual processes in the eye |
Corporation Member (1940-96)
Instructor, Neurobiology Course (1974)
Instructor, Physiology Course (1947-55)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1963-65, 1967-68, 1970)
Researcher (1929, 1931, 1941, 1947-49, 1951, 1961-76)
Trustee (1948-55, 1961-68)
Trustee Emeriti (1977-97) |
| 1964 |
Konrad Bloch |
Physiology or Medicine |
Mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Researcher (1954) |
| 1963 |
John Eccles |
Physiology or Medicine |
Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
Corporation Member (1970-71)
Fellow (1968)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1969)
Researcher (1968-69) |
| 1963 |
Alan Hodgkin |
Physiology or Medicine |
Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
Researcher (1938) |
| 1963 |
Andrew Huxley |
Physiology or Medicine |
Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
Fellow (1953, 1966)
Researcher (1953, 1966) |
| 1962 |
James Watson |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery concerning the molecular structure of DNA |
Instructor, Physiology Course (1954) |
| 1960 |
Donald Glaser |
Physics |
Development of the bubble chamber |
Lecturer, Physiology (1966)
Library Researcher (1962)
Student, Physiology Course (1962) |
| 1958 |
George Beadle |
Physiology or Medicine |
Genetic recombination and organization of the genetic material of bacteria |
Corporation Member (1937-50)
Researcher (1937) |
| 1958 |
Joshua Lederberg |
Physiology or Medicine |
Genetic recombination and organization of the genetic material of bacteria |
Corporation Member (1956-)
Researcher (1947, 1954) |
| 1954 |
Thomas H. Weller |
Physiology or Medicine |
discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue |
Faculty, Biology of Parasitism (1980) |
| 1953 |
Fritz Lipmann |
Physiology or Medicine |
Coenzyme A and its role in intermediary metabolism |
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1973)
Researcher (1932) |
| 1946 |
John Northrop |
Chemistry |
Preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
Corporation Member (1938-53)
Researcher (1916-17, 1933-41, 1945-48)
Student, Embryology Course (1911)
Trustee (1939-50) |
| 1946 |
Wendell Stanley |
Chemistry |
Preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
Individual Investigator (1932, 1938) |
| 1946 |
Hermann Muller |
Physiology or Medicine |
Production of mutations by x-irradiation |
Corporation Member (1918-33, 1942-59)
Researcher (1916-20, 1936, 1938)
Student, Embryology (1911) |
| 1943 |
(Carl Peter) Henrik Dam |
Physiology or Medicine |
discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K |
Independent Investigator (1941) |
| 1937 |
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi |
Physiology or Medicine |
Biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and fumaric acid catalysis. |
Consultant, Physiology Course (1951-72)
Corporation Member (1948-86)
Faculty, Ecology Course (1979)
Lecturer, Developmental Biology Course (1974-75, 1978)
Lecturer, Physiology Course (1964-65, 1967-71, 1978)
Researcher (1947-51, 1953-60, 1962-72, 1974-86)
Trustee (1953-60, 1962-63)
Trustee Emeritus (1964-86) |
| 1936 |
Otto Loewi |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
Consultant, Physiology Course (1948-56, 1960-61)
Corporation Member (1941-1961)
Library Researcher (1941-52, 1954-56)
Researcher (1940) |
| 1933 |
Thomas Hunt Morgan |
Physiology or Medicine |
Role of the chromosome in heredity |
Corporation Member (1890-1895, 1899, 1906-1916, 1918-1945)
Instructor (1899)
Lecturer (1890, 1892-93)
Researcher (1890-93, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1906-1945)
Trustee (1897-02, 1906-36)
Trustee Emeritus (1937-45) |
| 1931 |
Otto Warburg |
Physiology or Medicine |
Nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme |
Independent investigator (1949) |
| 1922 |
Otto Meyerhof |
Physiology or Medicine |
Relationship between consumption of oxygen and metabolism of lactic acid in muscle |
Library Researcher (1942-49, 1951)
Researcher (1941)
|
| 1920 |
August Krogh |
Physiology or Medicine |
Discovery of capillary motor-regulating mechanism |
Researcher (1929) |
