Genetics Society of America Medal

Genetics Society of America Medal
Awarded for	outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years
Date	1981
Country	United States
Presented by	Genetics Society of America
Official website	www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/gsa_medal.shtml

The Genetics Society of American Medal is a medal awarded by the Genetics Society of America (GSA) for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years.

The Medal was established by society in 1981 and recognizes members who have made recent contributions to the field. ^[1]

Award recipients

Source: Genetics Society of America

• 1981 Beatrice Mintz
• 1982 Gerald R. Fink
• 1983 Charles Yanofsky
• 1984 David S. Hogness
• 1985 Philip Leder

• 1986 Gerald Rubin
• 1987 Sydney Brenner (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
• 1988 David Botstein and Ira Herskowitz
• 1989 Allan C. Spradling
• 1990 Nancy Kleckner

• 1991 Bruce S. Baker
• 1992 Maynard V. Olson^[2]
• 1993 Jonathan R. Beckwith
• 1994 Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
• 1995 Eric F. Wieschaus^[3] (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)

• 1996 Elliot Meyerowitz^[4]
• 1997 Christine Guthrie^[5]
• 1998 Ronald W. Davis
• 1999 Charles H. Langley^[6]
• 2000 Jack W. Szostak^[7] (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)

• 2001 H. Robert Horvitz (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
• 2002 Andrew Z. Fire (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
• 2003 Jeffrey C. Hall^[8]
• 2004 Trudy F. Mackay^[9]
• 2005 Stephen J. Elledge^[10][10]

• 2006 Victor Ambros^[11]
• 2007 Shirley M. Tilghman^[12]
• 2008 Susan Lindquist^[13]
• 2009 Marian Carlson
• 2010 Barbara J. Meyer

• 2011 John Carlson
• 2012 Joanne Chory^[14]
• 2013 Elaine Ostrander ^[15]
• 2014 Angelika B. Amon
• 2015 Steven Henikoff
• 2016 Detlef Weigel

References

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