Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Deadline for 2022 Lurie Prize Nominations has passed
2021 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences Winner
The winner of the ninth annual Lurie Prize is Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.
Dr. Zhuang is awarded the Lurie Prize for her revolutionary work developing super-resolution microscopy and genome-scale imaging showing new spatial and functional organizations of molecules and cells. Her research lab at Harvard University pioneered both STORM and MERFISH methods of microscopy.
Former Prize Recipients
Read more about the former Lurie Prize recipients here.
- 2020: Aviv Regev, Ph.D.
- Executive Vice President of Genentech Research and Early Development; Co-Founder, Human Cell Atlas; Founding Director, Klarman Cell Observatory at the Broad Institute.
- 2019: Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D.
- Director of the Microbiome Program Chief of the Metaorganism Immunity Section in the Laboratory of Immune System Biology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
- 2018: Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D.,
- Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science
- 2017: David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2016: Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
- Molecular Biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- 2015: Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
- D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- 2014: Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D.
- Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, University of California, Berkeley
- 2013: Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D.
- David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
New York Academy of Sciences Expert Talk
Starting in 2018, the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) has partnered with the FNIH to create an Expert Talk by the Lurie Prize winners for high school students in the NYAS Junior Academy. In this talk, the Lurie Prize winners tell stories and experiences about becoming a scientist, who their mentors were, why purusing a career in STEM is vital to today's world as well as talk about their research.
These videos can be viewed by clicking the links below:
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About Ann Lurie
A full biography and description of Ann Lurie’s philanthropic philosophy and accomplishments can be found at annlurie.com.