Dickson Prize

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Dickson Prize

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Science award, established 1969 by Joseph Z. Dickson and Agnes Fisher Dickson, consisting of a medal and a $50,000 prize. Given by Carnegie Mellon University.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

J. Michael Bishop Scientist 22-Feb-1936 Genetic causes of cancer

Jared Diamond Scientist 10-Sep-1937 Collapse of societies

Robert C. Gallo Doctor 23-Mar-1937 Identified first retroviruses in humans

Paul Greengard Scientist 11-Dec-1925 Signal transduction in the nervous system

Carol W. Greider Scientist 15-Apr-1961 Co-Discoverer of telomerase

Roger Guillemin Scientist 11-Jan-1924 Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)

David H. Hubel Scientist 27-Feb-1926 Neurophysiology of vision

Eric R. Kandel Scientist 7-Nov-1929 Signal transduction in the nervous system

Ray Kurzweil Inventor 12-Feb-1948 Age of Spiritual Machines

Susan L. Lindquist Biologist 5-Jun-1949 Protein folding

Saul Perlmutter Astronomer 1959 Accelerating expansion of the universe

Stanley B. Prusiner Scientist 28-May-1942 Prions

Vera Rubin Astronomer 23-Jul-1928 Structure of galaxies

Phillip A. Sharp Biologist 6-Jun-1944 Eukaryotic (split) genes

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. Scientist 19-Nov-1915 9-Mar-1974 Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)

Torsten N. Wiesel Scientist 3-Jun-1924 Neurophysiology of vision

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Physicist 19-Jul-1921 30-May-2011 Developed radioimmunoassay technique

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