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      The Vilcek Foundation Prizes are awarded to foreign-born individuals for extraordinary achievement in the arts and sciences.

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      Awarded to immigrants with a legacy of major accomplishments.

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Mohamed Abou Donia

Chemical biologist
Born in Egypt
Mohamed Abou Donia receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for demonstrating the potential of the human microbiome as a source of novel drugs and uncovering the basis of microbiome-driven drug metabolism.
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2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Kivanç Birsoy

Cell biologist
Born in Turkey
Kıvanç Birsoy receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge tools to unravel the altered metabolism of cancer cells and uncovering molecular targets for treatment.
Portrait of Kivanc Birsoy
2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

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