The Biotechnology Heritage Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of biotechnology through discovery, innovation, and public understanding. It is presented annually at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Annual International Convention by the
Biotechnology Innovation Organization
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest advocacy association in the world representing the biotechnology industry.
It was founded in 1993 as the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and changed its name to the Biotechnology ...
(BIO, formerly the Biotechnology Industry Organization) and the
Science History Institute
The Science History Institute is an institution that preserves and promotes understanding of the history of science. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it includes a library, museum, archive, research center and conference center.
It was fo ...
(formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation). The purpose of the award is "to encourage emulation, inspire achievement, and promote public understanding of modern science, industry, and economics".
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Recipients
The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1999.
* Ivor Royston
Ivor Royston, M.D., is an oncologist, researcher, scientist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, recognized for his efforts to develop treatments for multiple disease targets and to fund biotechnology companies with promising science, technolog ...
, 2020William Rastetter
William H. (aka Bill) Rastetter (born 1948), a scientist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, is the chair of Neurocrine Biosciences, of Fate Therapeutics, and of Daré Bioscience, Inc. in San Diego, California. He is a founding board member an ...
, 2018Stanley Norman Cohen
Stanley Norman Cohen (born February 17, 1935) is an American geneticist and the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer were the first scientists to transplant genes from one living ...
, 2016William K. Bowes
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, 2015George Rosenkranz
George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz; 20 August 1916 – 23 June 2019) was a pioneering Mexican scientist in the field of steroid chemistry, who used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials. He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerl ...
, 2013Alejandro Zaffaroni
Alejandro Zaffaroni (February 27, 1923 – March 1, 2014) was a Uruguayan serial entrepreneur who was responsible for founding several biotechnology companies in Silicon Valley. Products that he was involved in developing include the birth contr ...
, 2006Paul Berg
Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, along with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger. The award recognized their con ...
, 2005Leroy Hood
Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood (born October 10, 1938) is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington.
Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instrum ...
, 2004Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.
Education and early life
Walter Gilbert was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 21, 1932, the son of Emma (Cohen), a ...
, 2002Herbert Boyer
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, ther ...
and Robert A. Swanson
Robert "Bob" Swanson (1947–1999) was an American venture capitalist who cofounded the biotechnology giant Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is a pioneer in the field, and it remains one of the leading biotechnology companies in ...
, 2000George B. Rathmann
George Blatz Rathmann (1927–2012) was an American chemist, biologist, pioneer in biotechnology and corporate executive. In 1980 he co-founded and served as the first CEO of Amgen, and later founded Icos.
Background
Rathmann was born on Decemb ...
, 1999
Photo Gallery
File:Robert A. Swanson 2000 Biotech Award.tif , Robert A. Swanson (2000;
''photo from 1999'')
File:Herbert Boyer 2000 BIO Award.tif , Herbert Boyer (2000;
''photo from 1999'')
File:J. Craig Venter crop 2011 CHAO2011-49.jpg , J. Craig Venter (2001;
''photo from 2011'')
File:Walter Gilbert HD2008 portrait.JPG , Walter Gilbert (2002;
''photo from 2008'')
File:William Rutter BIO SAW 2003.jpg , William Rutter (2003)
File:Leroy Hood PITT2008.jpg , Leroy Hood (2004;
''photo from 2008'')
File:Paul Berg HD2008 t55 long view.JPG , Paul Berg (2005;
''photo from 2008'')
File:Alejandro Zaffaroni 2006 BIO Award.JPG , Alejandro Zaffaroni (2006)
File:Henri Termeer 2012 BIO Convention.jpg , Henri Termeer (2008;
''photo from 2012'')
File:Joshua Boger 2012 BIO Convention.jpg , Joshua Boger (2011;
''photo from 2012'')
File:Nancy Chang.jpg , Nancy Chang (2012)
File:George Rosenkranz crop 2013 13-2744-1 1247.jpg , George Rosenkranz (2013)
File:Robert Langer MTMLecture 2008 09 25 portrait.JPG , Robert Langer (2014;
''photo from 2008'')
File:Stanley Norman Cohen DSC 2027.jpg , Stanley Norman Cohen (2016)
John C. Martin 2017 Biotechnology Heritage Award DSC8562.JPG , John C. Martin (2017)
File:William Rastetter 2018 068 Science-History-Institute 2018-0604 Randall-Garnick-Photography.jpg , William Rastetter (2018)
File:Janet Woodcock Biotechnology Heritage Award 2019 009.jpg , Janet Woodcock (2019)
File:Ivor Royston crop 2013 BHA 13-2744-1 1157.jpg, Ivor Royston (''photo from'' 2013)
See also
* List of biology awards
This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornitholo ...
References
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Biology awards
American awards
Awards established in 1999
1999 establishments in the United States