George W. Beadle Award

George W. Beadle Award
George W. Beadle (1903–1989)
Awarded for	outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers
Date	1999
Country	United States
Presented by	Genetics Society of America
Official website	www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/beadleaward.shtml

The George W. Beadle Award is a prestigious scientific prize given by the Genetics Society of America to individuals who have made “outstanding contributions” to Genetics. The Award was established in 1999 and named in honor of George Wells Beadle,^[1] who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958.

Laureates

Laureates of the Medal have included the following distinguished scientists:

• Hugo J. Bellen (2014)^[2]
• R. Scott Hawley (2013)^[3]
• Therese Markow (2012)^[4]
• Joseph R. Ecker (2011)^[5]
• William M. Gelbart (2010)^[6]
• Jay C. Dunlap (2009)^[7]
• Mark Johnston (2008)^[8]
• Robert K. Herman (2007)^[9]
• Fred Sherman (2006)^[10]
• Thomas C. Kaufmann (2005)^[11]
• Norbert Perrimon (2004)^[12]
• Gerald M. Rubin and Allan C. Spradling (2003)^[13]
• André Goffeau and Robert K. Mortimer (2002)^[14]
• Gerald Fink (2001)^[15]
• John Sulston and Robert Waterston (2000)^[16]
• Michael Ashburner (1999)^[17]

References

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16. Kimble, J. (2001). "The 2000 George W. Beadle Medal. John Sulston and Robert Waterston". Genetics. 157 (2): 467–468. PMC 1461515. PMID 11370623.
17. Hawley, R.; Kaufman, T. (2000). "The 1999 George W. Beadle Medal. Michael Ashburner". Genetics. 154 (1): 5. PMC 1460911. PMID 10681184.