Nobel Prize to Women in Physiology or Medicine (Part One)

Posted By on October 9, 2015

 

October 5th, The Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries relating to a novel therapy against Malaria.

Since the invention of the Nobel Prize, only 11 women were awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Youyou Tu became the 12th. Let’s have a look at those 12 excellent women! This post is to introduce the latest 5 Laureates and the next post will cover the rest 7 ones.

The 12th: Youyou Tu

Youyou Tu (1930-), pharmacists in China. She is dedicated to the study of Chinese traditional medicine and its collaboration with modern treatment. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a novel therapy against Malaria on October 5th, 2015.

The 11th: May-Britt Moser

May-Britt Moser (1963-), Norwegian psychologists and neuroscientists. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain in 2014.

The 10th: Carolyn Widney

Carolyn Widney “Carol” Greider (1961-), an American molecular biologist. She was awarded, along with Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by enzyme telomerase in 2009.

The 9th: Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Elizabeth H. Blackburn (1948-), Australian-American biological research at the University of California San Francisco. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.

The 8th : Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947-), born in Paris. She is a French virologist and director of the regulation of the Retroviral Infections Division at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. She was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with her former mentor, Luc Montagier, for their discovery of HIV.