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gold medal
The EMBO Gold Medal is awarded annually to a young life scientist for exceptional research
carried out in Europe. Widely regarded as the most prestigious award of its kind, the prize
highlights the standards being reached in molecular biology research in Europe and brings
the very best young scientists to the attention of a global audience.
The 2006 winner was Frank Uhlmann, Head of
the Chromosome Segregation Laboratory at
Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute.
Uhlmann was honoured for his landmark
work on the cell cycle, in particular his discovery
of the trigger for mitosis, which holds great
Winners of the EMBO Gold Medal
1986 John Tooze (Heidelberg, DE)
1987 Barbara Pearse (Cambridge, UK)
1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia (Basel, CH)
1989 Hugh Pelham (Cambridge, UK)
1990 Erwin Wagner (Vienna, AT)
1991 Patrick Stragier (Paris, FR)
1992 Carl-Hendrik Heldin (Uppsala, SE)
1993 Jim Smith (London, UK)
1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Strasbourg, FR)
1995 Richard Treisman (London, UK)
1996 Enrico Coen (Norwich, UK)
promise for the future prevention, diagnosis
and treatment of cancer.
Frank Uhlmann received his award and presented
a lecture on his research at a special
award ceremony on 15 October 2006 at the
EMBO Members Meeting in Sheffi eld, UK.
1997 Dirk Görlich (Heidelberg, DE)
1998 Adriano Aguzzi (Zurich, CH)
1999 Konrad Basler (Zurich, CH)
2000 Christof Niehrs (Heidelberg, DE) &
Daniel St. Johnston (Cambridge, UK)
2001 Matthew Freeman (Cambridge, UK)
2002 Amanda Fisher (London, UK)
2003 Anthony Hyman (Dresden, DE)
2004 María Blasco (Madrid, ES)
2005 Dario Alessi (Dundee, UK)
2006 Frank Uhlmann (London, UK)
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