The Cloëtta Prize (; ) is a Swiss distinction to honour personalities who have distinguished themselves in
biomedical research
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of ...
.
Worth 50,000
Swiss francs
The Swiss franc, or simply the franc, is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) i ...
, it has been awarded annually by the Max Cloëtta Foundation (based in Zurich), since 1974.
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Laureates
Source
Cloetta
* 2024: Andrea Ablasser and Andrea Alimonti
* 2023: Christoph Hess and Sebastian Jessberger
* 2022: Doron Merkler and Annette Oxenius
* 2021: Bart Deplancke and Anne Müller
* 2020: Mohamed Bentires-Alj and Nadia Mercader Huber
* 2019: Botond Roska and Oliver Distler
* 2018: Tim Schroeder (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)) and Johanna Joyce ( Lausanne University)
* 2017: Denis Jabaudon (University of Geneva
The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...
)) and Markus G. Manz (University Hospital of Zürich
The University Hospital of Zürich (, USZ) is one of five university hospitals in Switzerland.
The first hospital in Zürich, from which the current hospital derives, is recorded as having existed as early as 1204. The name, location and build ...
)
* 2016: Michel Gilliet (University Hospital of Lausanne
The Lausanne University Hospital (, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland.
The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL).
The CHUV' ...
) and Andreas Lüthi ( Friedrich Miescher Institute)
* 2015: Dominique Soldati-Favre (University of Geneva) and Fritjof Helmchen (University of Zurich).
* 2014: Henrik Kaessmann (University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...
) and Marc Donath ( University Hospital of Basel).
* 2013: Andreas Papassotiropoulos and Dominique J.-F. de Quervain
* 2012: Olaf Blanke (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (, EPFL) is a public university, public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 1969 with the mission to "train talented engineers in Switzerland".
Like its sister institution E ...
)
* 2011: Petra S. Hüppi
* 2010: Christian Lüscher and Burkhard Becher
* 2009: Margot Thome Miazza (University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...
) and Walter Reith
* 2008: Darius Moradpour (University Hospital of Lausanne
The Lausanne University Hospital (, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland.
The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL).
The CHUV' ...
) and Sabine Werner
* 2007: Nouria Hernandez (University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...
) and François Mach
* 2006: and Michael Hengartner
* 2005: Urs Albrecht and Dominique Muller
* 2004: Amalio Telenti and Radek Skoda
* 2003: Michael N. Hall and Bernhard Moser
* 2002: Bernard Thorens and Andrea Superti-Furga
* 2001: Isabel Roditi and Thierry Calandra
* 2000: Giuseppe Pantaleo and Brian Hemmings
* 1999: Clemens A. Dahinden and Antonio Lanzavecchia
* 1998: and Primus E. Mullis
* 1997: Gerard Waeber and Denis Duboule
* 1996: Lukas C. Kühn and Peter Sonderegger
* 1995: Jürg Reichen and George Thomas jr.
* 1994: Hans Rudolf Brenner and Daniel Pablo Lew
* 1993: Paolo Meda and Adriano Fontana
* 1992: Michel Aguet (University of Zurich
The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...
)
* 1991: Peter J. Meier-Abt and Jacques Philippe
* 1990: and Denis Monard
* 1989: and Hugh Robson MacDonald
* 1988: Jean-Dominique Vassalli and
* 1987: Jacques Louis and Joachim Seelig
* 1986: Ueli Schibler and
* 1985: Hans Thoenen and Roberto Montesano
* 1984: Heidi Diggelmann and Jean-François Borel
* 1983: Peter Böhlen and Claes B. Wollheim
* 1982: Jürgen Zapf and Jean-Michel Dayer
* 1981: Rolf Zinkernagel
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born 6 January 1944) is a professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich. Along with Peter C. Doherty, he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how t ...
and Peter A. Cerutti
* 1980: Edward W. Flückiger and Albert Burger
* 1979: Theodor Koller and Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuehl
* 1978: Susumu Tonegawa
* 1977:
* 1976: Rui C. de Sousa
* 1975: Hans Bürgi
* 1974: Urs A. Meyer
See also
* List of biomedical science awards
References
External links
Official website
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Biomedical awards
Awards established in 1974
1974 establishments in Switzerland
Swiss science and technology awards