Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology
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The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennal scientific prize awarded since 1980 by UNESCO to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. . The Prize is named after Dr, Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), who was a Cuban physician and microbiologist, widely known for its pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever (he was the first to indicate that it was transmitted by a mosquito).
The prize consists of US$5,000 donated by the Government of Cuba and a UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal.
Winners
- 1980 - Roger Y. Stanier (Canada)
- 1983 - Cesar Milstein, FRS (UK)
- 1985 - Victor Nussenzweig and Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)
- 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Peter Reichard (Sweden)
- 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium)
- 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Vinuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium)
- 1993 - International Society of Soil Science (IISS): James Michael Lynch (UK), James Tiedje (USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands)
- 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale Cossart (France)
- 1996 - Etienne Pays (Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan)
- 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
- 2001 - Susana Lopez Charreton and Carlos Arias Ortiz (Mexico)
- 2003 – Antonio Peña Diaz (Mexico)
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