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Hani Goodarzi

Systems biologist
Born in Iran
Hani Goodarzi receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for using modeling and computational methods to uncover novel molecular players and pathways and therapeutic targets in cancer metastasis and for developing sophisticated molecular tools for the early detection and monitoring of cancer.
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2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Ruth Lehmann

Geneticist
Born in Germany
Ruth Lehmann receives the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for unraveling the molecular basis by which germ cells, which give rise to sperm and egg cells, are formed.
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2021 Vilcek Prize 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.
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2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Silvi Rouskin

Molecular biologist
Born in Bulgaria
Silvi Rouskin receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing methods to unravel the shapes of RNA molecules inside cells and aiding the potential development of RNA-based therapeutics.
Portrait of Silvi Rouskin
2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Antonio Giraldez

Developmental biologist
Born in Spain
Antonio Giraldez receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for uncovering molecular mechanisms underlying embryonic development, which unfolds after fertilization of egg cells, and unveiling the dynamic role of tiny snippets of RNA called microRNAs in this process.
Antonio Giraldez
2014 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Hashim Al-Hashimi

Biochemist
Born in Lebanon
Hashim Al-Hashimi receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for using biophysical and computational methods to probe the dynamic properties of life-sustaining biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, and the proteins that interact with them, paving the way toward targeted drug discovery.
Hashim Al-Hashimi
2013 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Alice Ting

Molecular chemist
Born in Taiwan
Alice Ting receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing sophisticated tools for the detection and visualization of individual biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, and RNA, within cells at high spatial and temporal resolution and for mapping functional networks of biomolecules within cells.
Alice Ting
2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Yibin Kang

Molecular biologist
Born in China
Yibin Kang receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for identifying novel genes involved in cancer metastasis, unraveling dynamic interactions between tumor cells and their microenvironments, and uncovering the role of stem cells, microRNAs, and other noncoding RNAs in cancer.
Yibin Kang
2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Howard Chang

Molecular biologist
Born in Taiwan
Howard Chang receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for illuminating the role of long noncoding RNA molecules in regulating gene expression and cell fates, with potential therapeutic implications for a variety of human diseases, including cancer.
Howard Chang
2009 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

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