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Awards & Honors
Svetlana Mojsov is elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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Our scientists are remarkably productive and empowered to perform at their best. That’s why we have an unparalleled concentration of researchers and trainees recognized with top awards—including the world’s most prestigious bioscience prizes.

Recent Awards & Honors

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Svetlana Mojsov
Mojsov’s discovery of GLP-1 and its critical role in the regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose led to the development of a revolutionary new class of medicines.
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Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Wenbin Mei
He is honored for work showing that a commonly inherited mutation governs breast cancer metastasis and influences survival.
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HHMI Hannah Gray Fellows
Paige Arnold and Jim Castellanos
They are recognized for their work making foundational discoveries while building an inclusive culture in academic science
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Dickson Prize in Medicine
Dickson Prize in Medicine
Leslie B. Vosshall
Vosshall is recognized for her pioneering studies of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which transmits pathogens causing human diseases including d…
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Freiwald wins the 2024 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience
Freiwald wins the 2024 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience
Winrich Freiwald
Freiwald is being honored for his discovery of a specialized system in the brain’s neocortex that is responsible for recognizing faces.
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Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Cori Bargmann
Bargmann is being recognized for her role in linking genetics with behavior.
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TIME100 Most Influential People
TIME100 Most Influential People
Svetlana Mojsov
Mojsov is honored for her groundbreaking discoveries about a blood sugar–regulating gut hormone called GLP-1.
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Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Luciano Marraffini
Marraffini is honored for his pioneering research on the study of CRISPR-Cas systems.
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Blavatnik National Awards Finalist
Blavatnik National Awards Finalist
Kivanç Birsoy
Birsoy is honored for his groundbreaking research highlighting key nutrients that cancer cells need to survive, while shedding light on debilitating m…
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Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Leslie B. Vosshall
Novo Nordisk Prize
Novo Nordisk Prize
Jean-Laurent Casanova
W. ALDEN SPENCER AWARD
W. ALDEN SPENCER AWARD
Gaby Maimon
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Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists
Arnaud Vanden Broeck and Shira Weingarten-Gabbay
António Champalimaud Vision Award
António Champalimaud Vision Award
Winrich Freiwald
Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Svetlana Mojsov
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research
Jeffrey M. Friedman
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research
Svetlana Mojsov
Searle Scholar
Searle Scholar
Jiankun Lyu
Distinguished Medical Science Award from the National Library of Medicine
Svetlana Mojsov
Tri-I Breakout Prize for Junior Investigators
Naama Aviram, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medal
Elaine Fuchs
Academia Europaea
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Michelson Prize
Dennis Schaefer-Babajew
Maria I. New International Prize
Jean-Laurent Casanova

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Awards given by The Rockefeller University

Pearl Meister Greengard Award

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an international award recognizing outstanding women in biomedical research.

Svetlana Mojsov is the 2024 recipient of the PMG Prize. Her groundbreaking discovery of GLP-1 and its role as a glucose-dependent inducer of insulin secretion led to the development of new medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus, and more recently as potent weight-loss drugs that prevent heart attacks.

Lewis Thomas Prize

The Lewis Thomas Prize is an international award for writing about science that honors the rare individuals who bridge the worlds of science and the humanities.

The 2025 awardee, Stanislas Dehaene, is a cognitive neuroscientist who is honored for his books, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine…for Now and Seeing the Mind: Spectacular Images from Neuroscience, and What They Reveal about Our Neuronal Selves. His books have spurred readers to think deeply about how brilliantly humans can process and retain information if given the right environment, using striking metaphors, humorous asides, and elegant turns of phrase.