She is also a recipient of the 2015 Gairdner International Award, Canada's major international science prize for medical researchers whose work contributes significantly to improving the quality of human life. (sciencedaily.com)
► China's top science prize is so prestigious and so selective that for 9 out of the last 15 years, it hasn't even been awarded. (sciencemag.org)
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) executive board today decided to postpone a controversial life sciences prize after Director - General Irina Bokova expressed her «alarm and anxiety» over issuing the award. (sciencemag.org)