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Columbia to award 2007 Horwitz prize
to three generations of teacher-student scientists.
2007 Dinner Award Pictures
Each year, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize has been awarded by Columbia University for outstanding basic research in the
fields of biology or biochemistry.
The purpose of this prize is to honor a scientific investigator, or group of investigators,
whose contributions to knowledge in either of these fields are deemed worthy of special recognition.
- Previous Prize Awardees
1967 - 2006 list of Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- Prize Committee
A panel of internationally known scientists distinguished in the fields of biology, chemistry,
biochemistry and physiology.
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The 2007 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Lecture Series
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About the Prize
The Prize Committee recognizes no geographical limitations. The prize may be awarded to an individual or a group. When the prize is
awarded to a group, the honorarium will be divided among the recipients, and each member will receive a citation. Preference will
be given to work done in the recent past.
History
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was established under the will of the late S. Gross Horwitz through a bequest to Columbia
University, and is named to honor the donor's mother. Louisa Gross Horwitz was the daughter of Dr. Samuel David Gross (1805-1889),
a prominent surgeon of Philadelphia, and author of the outstanding Systems of Surgery, who served as President of the American
Medical Association.
Each year, since its inception in 1967, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize has been awarded by Columbia University for outstanding
basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry. The purpose of this award is to honor a scientific investigator, or
group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge in either of these fields are deemed worthy of special recognition.
The Prize consists of an honorarium and a citation which are awarded at a special presentation event. Unless otherwise recommended
by the Prize Committee, the Prize is awarded annually.
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Recipients of the Horwitz Prize 2007
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Honoree:
Joseph G. Gall, Ph.D.
Staff Member, Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institution
American Cancer Society Professor of Developmental Genetics
Event:
The 2007 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Lectures
Lecture Topic:
"Chromosome Odds and Ends"
Date/Time/Location:
Monday, November 19, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Roone Arledge Cinema, Alfred Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
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Honoree:
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D.
Morris Herzstein Professor in Biology and Physiology
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco
Event:
The 2007 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Lectures
Lecture Topic:
"Telomeres and Telomerase in Health and Disease"
Date/Time/Location:
Monday, November 19, 2007
1:30 p.m.
P&S Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street, First Floor
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Honoree:
Carol W. Greider, Ph. D.
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director,
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Oncology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Event:
The 2007 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Lectures
Lecture Topic:
“Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction”
Date/Time/Location:
Monday, November 19, 2007
3:00 p.m.
P&S Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street, First Floor |
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