Name of Scientist | Area of research | Year |
A. Fleming, E.B. Chain & H.W. Florey | Discovery of Penicillin and its therapeutic value | 1945 |
M. Theiler | Development of vaccine against yellow fever | 1951 |
S.A. Waksman | Discovery of streptomycin | 1952 |
J.F. Enders, T.H. Weller & F. Robbins | Cultivations of poliovirus in tissue culture | 1954 |
D. Bovet | Discovery of the first antihistamine | 1957 |
G.W. Beadle, E.I. Tatum & J. Lederberg | Microbial genetics | 1958 |
S. Ochoa & A. Kornberg | Discovery of enzyme catalyzing nucleic acid synthesis | 1959 |
F.H.C. Crick | Discoveries related to DNA | 1962 |
F. Jacob, A. Lwoft & J. Monod | Discoveries about the regulation of genes | 1965 |
F.P. Rous | Discovery of cancer virus | 1966 |
R.W. Holley, H.G. Khorana & M.W. Nirenberg | Deciphering of the genetic code | 1968 |
M. Delbruck, A.D. Hershey & S.E. Luria | Discoveries concerning viruses and viral infection of cells | 1969 |
G. Edelman & R. Porter | Research on the structure of antibodies | 1972 |
H. Temin, D. Baltimore & R. Dulbecco | Discovery of RNA dependent DNA synthesis by RNA tumor viruses; reproduction of DNA tumour virus | 1975 |
B. Blumberg & D.C. Gajdusek | Mechanism and dissemination of hepatitis B virus; research on slow virus infection | 1976 |
R. Yalow | Development of the Redioimmuno assay technique | 1977 |
H.O. Smith, D. Nathans & W. Arber | Discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to the problem of molecular genetics | 1978 1981 |
B. Benaclavaf, G. Snell & J. Dausset | Discovery of the histo-compatibilty antigens | 1980 |
P. Berg, W. Gilberg & F. Sanger | Development of DNA technique (Berg); specially of DNA sequencing techniques | 1981 |
A. Klug | Development of crystallographics electron microscopy | 1982 |
C. Milstein, G.J.F. Kohler & N.K. Jerne | Development of the technique for formation of monoclonal antibodies; theoretical work in immunology. | 1984 |
E. Ruska | Development of the transmission electron microscope. | 1986 |
S. Tonegawa | The genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity | 1987 |
J. Deisenhofer, R. Huber & H. Nichel | Crystallization and study of the photosynithetic feaction center from a bacterial membrane. | 1988 |
J.M. Bishop & H.E. Varmus | Discovery of oncogenes | 1989 |
S. Altman & T.R. Cech | Discovery of ribosome | 1989 |
K.B. Mullis & M. Smith | For discovery of PCR technique and development of site directed mutagenesis | 1993 |
E. Lewis, C. Nusslein & E. Wieschans | Physiology of Genetics of microbes | 1995 |
S.B. Prussiner | Discovery of prions | 1997 |