The Robert Koch Prize ( German: Robert-Koch-Preis is one of two awards awarded annually by the Robert Koch Foundation under the patronage of the German Minister of Health for outstanding and internationally recognized achievements in the field of biomedical sciences . The monetary component of the Prize is 120 thousand euros (until 2017) - one hundred thousand) [1] .
On March 24, 1882, German microbiologist Robert Koch isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that can cause tuberculosis in humans and some animals. His work has won international support, including 500,000 gold marks from Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . That was the beginning of the Robert Koch Foundation , a non-profit organization that promotes progress in medicine and the fight against infectious diseases, in particular through financial and public recognition of basic scientific research, as well as exemplary projects aimed at solving medical and hygienic problems.
History
Since 1970, the Koch Foundation has been awarding prizes for major achievements in the field of biomedical sciences, especially in the field of microbiology and immunology . The prestige of this award has grown over the past decades, so it is now considered the leading international scientific award in the field of microbiology. According to the jury member, the committee often asks: “What will Robert Koch work today?” In order to decide on the studies to be recognized.
The Koch Prize, along with other awards such as the Lasker Prize , is considered one of the steps towards obtaining the Nobel Prize for scientists in the field of microbiology and immunology, and a number of Koch Prize winners subsequently became Nobel laureates , in particular, Cesar Milstein , Suzumi Tonegawa and Harald zur Hausen . Other prominent winners include Albert Sabin , Jonas Salk, and John Enders for their pioneering work on the development of polio vaccines . Of these three, only Anders was awarded the Nobel Prize along with Thomas Hackle Weller and Frederick Chapman Robbins .
Laureates
The following is a list of Robert Koch Prize winners from 1960 to 2017. [one]
- 1960 - (Germany), Rene Dubo ( USA ), ( Japan ), (Germany), (Germany), Josef Tomczik ( Switzerland )
- 1962 - John Enders (USA), Albert Sabin (USA), Jonas Salk (USA)
- 1963 - (Japan)
- 1964 - (Germany)
- 1966 - (Germany)
- 1968 - (Germany), (Germany), (Germany)
- 1970 - William M. Hutchinson ( born William M. Hutchinson , Great Britain ), ( Finland ), (Denmark)
- 1971 - (USA)
- 1972 - Hubertus Berrens ( Netherlands. Hubertus Berrens , Netherlands ), (Switzerland)
- 1973 - Switzerland], Hans G. Schwick ( German: Hans G. Schwick , Germany)
- 1974 - (Germany)
- 1975 - Harald zur Hausen (Germany), (Germany)
- 1976 - (USA), (Great Britain)
- 1977 - Jean Dosse ( France ), Jon van Rood (Netherlands)
- 1978 - (Germany), (Germany)
- 1979 - Ruth Arnon ( Israel ), (Germany)
- 1980 - Cesar Milstein (Great Britain), (USA)
- 1981 - (USA), ( Sweden )
- 1982 - (USA), (Germany)
- 1983 - (Germany), Robert Weinberg (USA)
- 1984 - (Germany), (USA)
- 1985 - ( Poland ), (France)
- 1986 - Suzumi Tonegawa (Japan)
- 1987 - ( Italy ), (Germany), (Great Britain)
- 1988 - Donald Metcalf ( Australia )
- 1989 - (Israel), (Netherlands)
- 1990 - USA]
- 1991 - ( Belgium ), (Japan)
- 1992 - Carey Mullis (USA)
- 1993 - (Germany), (USA), (USA)
- 1994 - (Germany), ( Colombia )
- 1995 - (Japan), (Germany)
- 1996 - (Switzerland), (Germany)
- 1997 - (France)
- 1998 - (USA), Patrick S. Moore (USA)
- 1999 - Ralph Steinman (USA)
- 2000 - Stanley Falkow (USA)
- 2001 - Axel Ulrich (Germany)
- 2002 - Rudolf Jenish (USA)
- 2003 - (Switzerland)
- 2004 - Shizuo Akira (Japan), Bruce Bötler (USA), Jules Ofman (France)
- 2005 - Brian Drucker (USA)
- 2006 - (USA), (Japan)
- 2007 - Pascal Kossard (France)
- 2008 - (Germany), Irving Weisman (USA), Xingya Yamanaka (Japan)
- 2009 - Karl Nathan (USA)
- 2010 - Max Dale Cooper (USA)
- 2011 - (USA)
- 2012 - Tasuku Honjo (Japan)
- 2013 - Jeffrey Ivan Gordon (USA)
- 2014 - (France), (France)
- 2015 - (Germany), (USA)
- 2016 - (Italy), (USA)
- 2017 - ( India / USA), (Italy / Switzerland)
- 2018 - Jeffrey Ravetch (USA)
- 2019 - Rappuoli, Reno
See also
- Robert Koch
- Robert Koch Foundation
- Robert Koch Medal
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Robert Koch Award . Robert-Koch-Stiftung . Date of treatment February 25, 2018. Archived February 25, 2018.
Links
- robert-koch-stiftung.de (German) - The official website of the Robert Koch Foundation
- Holger Breithaupt. The prize of discovery (Eng.) // : Journal. - Heidelberg : EMBO Press , 2005 .-- September ( vol. 6 , iss. 9 ). - P. 810–813 . - ISSN 1469-221X . - DOI : 10.1038 / sj.embor.7400523 .