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Ibrahim Cissé, wearing a tan suit, against a white backdrop.
2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Ibrahim Cissé

Biophysicist Born in Niger

Ibrahim Cissé receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for using super-resolution biological imaging to directly visualize the dynamic nature of gene expression in living cells.

Portrait of Ahmet Yildiz
2017 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Ahmet Yildiz

Biophysicist Born in Turkey

Ahmet Yildiz receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing biological imaging methods that allowed for the visualization of molecules at a then-unprecedented scale, and employing those methods to unravel the mechanism of action of molecular motors within cells.