The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennal scientific prize awarded since 1980 by UNESCO to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. . The Prize is named after Dr, Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), who was a Cuban physician and microbiologist, widely known for its pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever (he was the first to indicate that it was transmitted by a mosquito).

The prize consists of US$5,000 donated by the Government of Cuba and a UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal.

Winners

• 1980 - Roger Y. Stanier (Canada)
• 1983 - Cesar Milstein, FRS (UK)
• 1985 - Victor Nussenzweig and Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)
• 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Peter Reichard (Sweden)
• 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium)
• 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Vinuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium)
• 1993 - International Society of Soil Science (IISS): James Michael Lynch (UK), James Tiedje (USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands)
• 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale Cossart (France)
• 1996 - Etienne Pays (Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan)
• 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
• 2001 - Susana Lopez Charreton and Carlos Arias Ortiz (Mexico)
• 2003 – Antonio Peña Diaz (Mexico)

External links

• Official home page for the Prize

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